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Johnson & Johnson launches two new devices in EMEA - The Ethizia haemostatic sealing patch and the Cereglide aspiration catheter were launched last week by two J&J medtech companies.
https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/news/johnson-johnson-launches-two-new-devices-in-emea

How Generative AI Is Transforming Materials Design - Artificial intelligence is not only making materials scientists faster, but is giving them capabilities they’ve never had before.
https://www.engineering.com/story/how-generative-ai-is-transforming-materials-design

LinkedIn Sees Record Levels of Engagement Once Again -
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-sees-record-levels-of-engagement-once-again/714388

What’s New in Autodesk Inventor 2025? - Autodesk celebrates Inventor’s silver jubilee with many enhancements.
https://www.engineering.com/story/whats-new-in-autodesk-inventor-2025

UK sets out position on regulating AI as a medical device - Some AI products that currently can be put on the market without conformity assessment will move to a higher risk class, requiring more scrutiny.
https://www.medtechdive.com/news/uk-mhra-regulate-ai-medical-device/715072

How R&D can learn to stop worrying and love AI - Engineering leadership must embrace AI in the innovation process.
https://www.engineering.com/story/how-randd-can-learn-to-stop-worrying-and-love-ai

Digital BOMs are essential for digital transformation - Developing, revising and managing bills of materials (BOMs) is a fundamental part of the work of many engineers. Companies struggle with inefficiencies, rework and quality issues when they lack adequate control over the product and service definitions that BOMs provide. Engineers who include digital BOMs in their digital transformation scope can reap many benefits.
https://www.engineering.com/story/digital-boms-are-essential-for-digital-transformation

11 highlights of PTC Creo 11 - PTC enhanced design, simulation, manufacturing and more in the latest version of its desktop CAD software, plus an update to the cloud-based Creo+.
https://www.engineering.com/story/11-highlights-of-ptc-creo-11

Google Goes Big on Generative AI at I/O 2024 - Google is going big on AI, as it looks to fend off competition in search, and stake its claim as a leader in the broader generative AI space.
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/google-goes-big-generative-ai-io-2024/716101

Siemens Healthineers invests $314M in new MRI manufacturing plant - Siemens Healthineers is investing 250 million pounds ($314 million) in a facility to make imaging technology in the U.K.
https://www.medtechdive.com/news/siemens-healthineers-oxford-facility/715999

How Will Generative AI in Search Change SEO? - So when Google Search results go full AI, what then? What does the arrival of AI generated topic summaries in Search, or “AI Overviews” as Google calls them, mean for SEO, referral traffic, and brand discovery more broadly?
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/generative-ai-in-search-change-seo/716281

Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Shockwave Medical - With the addition of Shockwave, Johnson & Johnson will expand its MedTech cardiovascular portfolio into two of the highest-growth, innovation-oriented segments of cardiovascular intervention – coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD).
https://pharmaceuticalmanufacturer.media/pharma-manufacturing-news/pharma-finance-and-investment-news/johnson-johnson-to-acquire-shockwave-medical_1/

DevPro Biopharma and Bespak Complete Early Feasibility Studies -
https://pharmaceuticalmanufacturer.media/pharma-manufacturing-news/latest-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-news/devpro-biopharma-and-bespak-complete-early-feasibility-studi/

Bespak and H&T Presspart Enter into Collaboration - Bespak and H&T Presspart have announced a collaboration to accelerate the industry’s transition from existing pressurised Metered Dose Inhaler (pMDI) formulations to more climate-friendly alternatives utilising low global warming potential (GWP) propellants.
https://pharmaceuticalmanufacturer.media/pharma-manufacturing-news/latest-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-news/bespak-and-h-t-presspart-enter-into-collaboration/

PTC Creo 11 puts the focus on usability at launch -
https://develop3d.com/cad/ptc-creo-11-puts-the-focus-on-usability-at-launch/

Owlstone Medical Secures $6.5 Million to Support Development - The funding is comprised of a $5 million equity investment to advance Owlstone’s Breath Biopsy platform and $1.5 million in grant funding to develop breath-based diagnostics and identify breath biomarkers for tuberculosis (TB) and HIV.
https://pharmaceuticalmanufacturer.media/pharma-manufacturing-news/pharma-finance-and-investment-news/owlstone-medical-secures-6-5-million-to-support-development/

Autodesk unveils Project Bernini for 3D generative AI - Autodesk has announced its research project Bernini focused on developing generative AI for professional geometric workflows, capable of generating multiple functional variations of a 3D shape from a given input.
https://develop3d.com/ai/autodesk-unveils-project-bernini-for-3d-generative-ai/