In this roundup feature focusing on new developments in digital health, Medtech Insight spotlights IBM Watson Health’s divestiture and other financing news, Exec Chats with Illumina, AngelMed and Bloom, Philips’ new hand-held ultrasound device and autonomous robotic surgery, as well as the latest FDA news on digital health.

Illumina’s chief medical officer Phillip Febbo discusses expanding use cases for gene sequencing, the firm’s planned introduction of new long-read sequencing technology Infinity, the status of its Grail acquisition, and additional plans for 2022.

The emergence of multi-cancer blood tests for early detection is captivating investors and driving multi-billion-dollar acquisitions. Companies such as GRAIL, Thrive Earlier Detection and Guardant are predicting revolutionary change in the way cancer is diagnosed and treated. The biggest hurdle, however, may be coaxing health care systems and health insurers to join the revolution.

Grail hopes to launch its Galleri test in 2021 as a laboratory developed test and submit a PMA to the US FDA in 2023.