Ben White, MD, believes Dario Amodei may have “set a new record on how quickly you can be wrong about how radiology works and how it’s been affected by AI so far.”
The country’s largest imaging group announced the news March 5, with the decision applying to its Cognita Chest X-ray tool across multiple clinical indications.
Unlike other artificial intelligence tools, Merlin was built with many tasks in mind, and researchers believe its capabilities could be further expanded—with some fine-tuning.
The request to the court comes a month after the agency settled with Express Scripts, under the condition the company change its wholesale buying practices, pass on manufacturer rebates and support TrumpRx.gov. Now it's up to CVS Caremark and UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx to make deals of their own.
Clestina Lamai, the surgical technician, claimed in a lawsuit that Iowa Methodist Medical Center removed her from surgery at the request of a racist patient. The case was settled as a jury was set to deliver its verdict, local media reports.
The U.S. Department of Justice said ExThera cooperated with the investigation into a failure to file adverse event notices with the Food and Drug Administration after two cancer patients who used its blood filtration systems in Antigua died shortly after returning home. The California-based company’s former chief regulatory officer has agreed to plead guilty and could serve prison time.
Tenaya Therapeutics and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals have agreed to collaborate on identifying potential new gene therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Tenaya will receive an upfront payment of $10 million, but stands to earn much more.
A team of pediatric specialists worked closely with representative from Medtronic to develop the new pacemakers. Overall, the tiny devices—approximately one-quarter the size of a traditional pacemaker—were found to be both safe and effective. They are still under development.
Ben White, MD, believes Dario Amodei may have “set a new record on how quickly you can be wrong about how radiology works and how it’s been affected by AI so far.”
