Although a new FDA guidance recommends difference in pain scores as the primary efficacy endpoint for evaluation of postoperative analgesic effect, data on outcomes such as reduction in hospitalization and deaths from opioid abuse would be valuable and could provide a basis for inclusion in labeling; guidance is part of broader agency effort to reduce opioid use.

The biopharma industry may not have been the fastest adopter of artificial intelligence, but its vast potential means companies of every shape and size know they cannot ignore it. Executives, advisors and investors share their predictions around the impact of AI in 2023.

The confluence of data science and molecular biology fuels expectations among biopharma industry leaders for another year of breakthrough innovation in human therapeutics. More than 70 executives and experts reveal what they are most excited about on the technology front.

This new Medtech Insight feature compiles news briefs on a range of regulatory and legal happenings. This week: Guidance documents on photobiomodulation devices and COVID-19 submissions; legal settlements for Abbott and Jet Medical; and a new partnership for Pear Therapeutics.