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DATE: July 25, 2025 at 06:00PM
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Brandon Capital closes sixth life sciences fund at AU$439M

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t.coBrandon Capital closes sixth life sciences fund at AU$439MBy Tamra Sami

DATE: July 25, 2025 at 05:00PM
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Cryofocus’ #asthma device wins @FDADeviceInfo #breakthrough label

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t.coCryofocus’ asthma device wins FDA breakthrough labelBy Marian (YoonJee) Chu

DATE: July 25, 2025 at 04:30PM
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Device, drug makers weigh in on Janssen’s #FCA case

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t.coDevice, drug makers weigh in on Janssen’s FCA caseBy Mark McCarty

DATE: July 25, 2025 at 04:00PM
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#EU approves €403M package for med tech

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t.coEU approves €403M package for med techBy Shani Alexander
ZenodoSovereign Syntax in Financial Disclosure: How LLMs Shape Trust in Tokenized EconomiesThrough structural analysis of LLM‑generated or LLM‑refined whitepapers, this study identifies a recurring pattern in tokenized finance: legitimacy is simulated through formal syntactic depth rather than verifiable disclosure. It introduces the Syntactic Deception Risk Index (SDRI), a quantitative measure of non‑referential persuasion derived from syntactic volatility. Grounded in Algorithmic Obedience and The Grammar of Objectivity, the findings show that high‑risk disclosures converge on a formal grammar that substitutes substantive content with surface coherence. The concept of sovereign syntax is formalized as the regla compilada (type‑0 production) that governs trust independently of source or reference. From this model follow concrete pathways for audit automation, exchange‑side filtration, and real‑time regulatory screening. SDRI thus exposes how non‑human authority embeds in financial language without a traceable epistemic anchor. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16421548 This work is also published with DOI reference in Figshare https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29646473 and Pending SSRN ID to be assigned.

DATE: July 24, 2025 at 06:30PM
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.@bostonsci posts 117% U.S. PFA growth, halves #tariff impact

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t.coBoston Sci posts 117% U.S. PFA growth, halves tariff impactBy Annette Boyle

DATE: July 24, 2025 at 06:00PM
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Trump administration’s #AI action draws props from med tech

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t.coTrump administration’s AI action draws props from med techBy Mark McCarty

DATE: July 24, 2025 at 05:00PM
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A fresh look at 1000 Genomes is more detailed, and more panoramic

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t.coA fresh look at 1000 Genomes is more detailed, and more panoramicBy Anette Breindl

DATE: July 24, 2025 at 05:00PM
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A fresh look at 1000 #Genomes is more detailed, and more panoramic

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t.coA fresh look at 1000 Genomes is more detailed, and more panoramicBy Anette Breindl

DATE: July 24, 2025 at 04:30PM
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34 mainland #China #biotechs file for Hong Kong #IPO in H1 2025

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t.co34 mainland China biotechs file for Hong Kong IPO in H1 2025By Marian (YoonJee) Chu

DATE: July 24, 2025 at 04:29PM
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.@Roche receives #CEMark for @Alzheimers rule out test

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t.coRoche receives CE Mark for Alzheimer’s rule out testBy Shani Alexander

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When Grammar Fails the Audit: How One Bad Sentence Can Cost Your Company Millions

🔍 Solution: fair-syntax transformation → reduces errors by 15%.

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ZenodoExpense Coding Syntax: Misclassification in AI-Powered Corporate ERPsAbstract This study examines how syntactic constructions in expense narratives affect misclassification rates in AI-powered corporate ERP systems. We trained transformer-based classifiers on labeled accounting data to predict expense categories and observed that these models frequently relied on grammatical form rather than financial semantics. We extracted syntactic features including nominalization frequency, defined as the ratio of deverbal nouns to verbs; coordination depth, measured by the maximum depth of coordinated clauses; and subordination complexity, expressed as the number of embedded subordinate clauses per sentence. Using SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations), we identified that these structural patterns significantly contribute to false allocations, thus increasing the likelihood of audit discrepancies. For interpretability, we applied the method introduced by Lundberg and Lee in their seminal work, “A Unified Approach to Interpreting Model Predictions,” published in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 30 (2017): 4765–4774. To mitigate these syntactic biases, we implemented a rule-based debiasing module that re-parses each narrative into a standardized fair-syntax transformation, structured around a minimal Subject-Verb-Object sequence. Evaluation on a corpus of 18,240 expense records drawn from the U.S. Federal Travel Expenditure dataset (GSA SmartPay, 2018–2020, https://smartpay.gsa.gov) shows that the fair-syntax transformation reduced misclassification rates by 15 percent. It also improved key pre-audit compliance indicators, including GL code accuracy—defined as the percentage of model-assigned codes matching human-validated general ledger categories, with a target threshold of ≥ 95 percent—and reconciliation match rate, the proportion of expense records successfully aligned with authorized payment entries, aiming for ≥ 98 percent. The findings reveal a direct operational link between linguistic form and algorithmic behavior in accounting automation, providing a replicable interpretability framework and a functional safeguard against structural bias in enterprise classification systems.   DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16322760 This work is also published with DOI reference in Figshare https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29618654 and Pending SSRN ID to be assigned. ETA: Q3 2025. Resumen Este estudio analiza cómo las construcciones sintácticas presentes en las narrativas de gastos afectan las tasas de clasificación errónea en sistemas ERP corporativos impulsados por inteligencia artificial. Se entrenaron clasificadores basados en transformadores sobre datos contables etiquetados, y se observó que estos modelos se apoyan con frecuencia en patrones gramaticales superficiales en lugar de en la semántica financiera subyacente. Se extrajeron métricas sintácticas como la frecuencia de nominalización (definida como la proporción entre sustantivos deverbales y verbos), la profundidad de coordinación (medida por la máxima profundidad de cláusulas coordinadas) y la complejidad de subordinación (cantidad de cláusulas subordinadas incrustadas por oración). Mediante SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations), se identificó que estos patrones estructurales contribuyen de forma significativa a asignaciones erróneas, elevando el riesgo de discrepancias contables y observaciones de auditoría. Para la interpretación, se aplicó el método propuesto por Lundberg y Lee en su artículo “A Unified Approach to Interpreting Model Predictions”, publicado en Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 30 (2017): 4765–4774. Como estrategia de mitigación, se implementó un módulo de corrección sintáctica basado en reglas que reescribe cada narrativa en una transformación de sintaxis justa, estructurada según una secuencia mínima Sujeto–Verbo–Objeto. La evaluación se realizó sobre un corpus de 18.240 registros de gastos extraídos del conjunto de datos del Programa Federal de Viajes de EE. UU. (GSA SmartPay, 2018–2020, https://smartpay.gsa.gov), y mostró que la transformación de sintaxis justa redujo las tasas de clasificación errónea en un 15 %. También mejoró indicadores clave de cumplimiento previo a la auditoría, como la precisión del código contable (porcentaje de códigos asignados por el modelo que coinciden con categorías del libro mayor validadas por humanos, con umbral objetivo ≥ 95 %) y la tasa de conciliación (proporción de registros emparejados correctamente con transacciones autorizadas, con objetivo ≥ 98 %). Los resultados revelan un vínculo operativo directo entre la forma lingüística y el comportamiento algorítmico en automatización contable, y proponen un marco replicable de interpretación y una salvaguarda funcional contra el sesgo estructural en los sistemas de clasificación empresarial.

Das Zukunftslabor: #KI in der #Medizin, das gemeinsam von digital-tirol, dem Cluster Life Sciences der Standortagentur Tirol und dem DiSC @uniinnsbruck ausgerichtet wurde, lieferte Impulse aus Forschung, Beratung und Praxis für den Einsatz von KI im Gesundheitswesen: uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/2025/un

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DATE: July 23, 2025 at 06:30PM
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MDCG guidance highlights hazards of modifications in IVD studies

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t.coMDCG guidance highlights hazards of modifications in IVD studiesBy Mark McCarty

DATE: July 23, 2025 at 06:00PM
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Device sterilizers granted two-year EtO reprieve

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t.coDevice sterilizers granted two-year EtO reprieveBy Mark McCarty

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Korea, Japan ink medical device info sharing pact

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t.coKorea, Japan ink medical device info sharing pactBy Marian (YoonJee) Chu

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Modi Ventures raises $88M in second health care fund

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t.coModi Ventures raises $88M in second health care fundBy Shani Alexander

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PTAB to return to pre-pandemic hearing practice

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t.coPTAB to return to pre-pandemic hearing practiceFive years after the COVID-19 pandemic virtually locked down the U.S. government and society in general, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is shedding the last vestiges of those days.