The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow (Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle), Frederick J. Ramsdell (Sonoma Biotherapeutics, San Francisco) and Shimon Sakaguchi (Osaka University) “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.” The 11 million Swedish kronor prize will be shared equally, and the award ceremony will traditionally take place on 10 December in Stockholm.
The Genio system, developed by the American company Nyxoah, has been implanted in the first patients in the United States after being officially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This groundbreaking implant aims to help treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), offering an alternative to traditional CPAP masks.
A large multicenter study in the United States found that using ambient AI scribes for clinical documentation lowers burnout and eases workload for clinicians. The system tested was Abridge, rolled out across six health systems. Results were published on October 2, 2025, in JAMA Network Open.
The European Commission has announced significant changes that may soon reshape MedTech regulation in Europe. The first step on this path is to gather proposals and views from manufacturers, clinicians, notified bodies, and patient organizations.