Braintree, Mass. – October 11, 2026 -- Braintree Laboratories, part of Sebela Pharmaceuticals, reported that its investigational P-CAB tegoprazan delivered statistically significant gains over placebo in both heartburn and regurgitation in the 783-patient Phase 3 TRIUMpH-NERD study. The company describes it as the first P-CAB to show clinical improvement in both hallmark non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) symptoms in a prospective U.S. Phase 3 trial.

Genoa – – October 09, 2026 -- Midea Group has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Esaote S.p.A., the Italian medical imaging maker that posted fiscal 2025 revenues of EUR 267 million, 70% of them from international markets.

Bengaluru – October 07, 2026 -- Omega Healthcare has secured recognition in three separate categories of the 2026 Avtar & Seramount benchmarking studies, one of India's most rigorous assessments of workplace inclusion and wellness, with the AI-driven healthcare solutions company set to collect the awards at Avtar's Best Practices of the Best conference on Nov. 3.

New York – October 07, 2026 -- Elsevier has signed a strategic content agreement with the JAMA Network to integrate full-text content and visuals from 13 JAMA journals into ClinicalKey AI, its clinical-grade AI workspace, giving clinicians access to more than half of the world's top 100 medical journals through the platform.

Goleta, Calif. – October 7, 2026 -- Vitamin Angels presented new implementation research at the 2026 Micronutrient Forum Global Conference in Accra, Ghana, revealing a sharp gap between access to maternal nutrition supplements and actual completion of recommended courses. In Makueni County, Kenya, formative research found that while 93% of pregnant women surveyed received iron and folic acid supplementation, only 17% completed the recommended 180-day course, even as 95% of pregnant women and 96% of health providers backed multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS).

London – – October 07, 2026 -- The global cold plasma in healthcare market is projected to climb from $2,873 million in 2025 to $6,634 million by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of 12.7%, according to a new report from Credence Research Inc.

Irvine, Calif. – October 07, 2026 -- MAXAIR Systems will supply a substantial quantity of its CAPR® helmet systems and related disposable equipment to World Vision for Ebola response efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Rockville, Md. – October 07, 2026 -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has launched a two-part, $7.95 million prize competition designed to compress medical evidence reviews that currently take a year or more down to a matter of hours using super intelligence systems.

Dallas – October 07, 2026 -- Patients who completed Annual Wellness Visits through Primary Partners Alliance's (PPA) population health strategy generated nearly $70 lower per-member-per-month healthcare costs than those who did not, according to a one-year analysis of the organization's Medicare Shared Savings Program and ACO REACH population.

New York – October 07, 2026 -- Castle Connolly, which has vetted top U.S. healthcare providers for more than 35 years, has partnered with reputation management firm rater8 to deploy automated patient review tools across its national network of Top Doctors, Top Dentists, and Top Hospitals.