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Weekly Recap: 13 Health Press Releases You Need to See
Thursday, January 22, 2026
A roundup of the most newsworthy healthcare press releases from PR Newswire this
week, including a growing alliance to curtail foodborne illnesses, and resources to help
people quit nicotine and tobacco for good.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help healthcare journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
1. ADEL Signs $1.04 Billion Global License Agreement with Sanofi for
ADEL-Y01, a Novel Investigational Alzheimer's Disease TherapyADEL will
receive a non-refundable upfront payment of $80 million and is eligible
to receive additional payments contingent upon the achievement of
specified development and commercial milestones. Additionally, ADEL is
entitled to receive tiered royalties on net sales ranging up to
double-digit percentages.
2. Nonprofits, Closegap and Koko, Partner to Scale Evidence-Based
Interventions in K-12 SchoolsThe partnership integrates Koko's
clinical-grade, peer-reviewed support tools directly into Closegap's
daily check-ins, allowing schools to instantly respond from detecting a
student need to providing an evidence-based intervention.
3. Historic First in Women's Sexual Health: FDA Grants Approval for
Addyi(®) (flibanserin) in Postmenopausal WomenAddyi, the first and only
FDA-approved pill clinically proven to treat frustrating low sexual
desire in women, is now approved for use in women who have gone through
menopause.
4. Abbott's Amplatzer Piccolo(TM) Delivery System Receives FDA Clearance and
CE Mark to Optimize Procedures for Premature Babies With a Hole in the
HeartIt's the first and only delivery system designed specifically for
premature infants with a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), a
life-threatening opening in their heart. The new delivery system enables
precise placement of Abbott's Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder in the tiniest
babies.
5. Paralyzed Veterans of America Issues Statement in Response to the
Department of Veterans Affairs' Reorganization of VHA"Paralyzed Veterans
of America has long raised concerns about how administrative bloat has
hindered health care decision-making and made it difficult for VHA to
hire the staff needed to deliver health care services more effectively.
We believe reorganizing to eliminate, or at least significantly reduce,
these unnecessary barriers is long overdue. We applaud the Secretary and
his team for taking steps in this direction and look forward to seeing
how this reorganization will improve catastrophically disabled veterans'
care."
6. Link Cell Therapies Launches with Vision of Advancing CAR-T Therapies in
Solid and Liquid TumorsLink's proprietary logic-gating technologies allow
for safe targeting of multiple antigens that are co-expressed on cancer
cells but do not overlap or only minimally overlap in their normal
healthy tissue expression. This platform enables the creation of
next-generation CAR-T therapeutics for solid and liquid cancers built
upon an entirely new landscape of "clean" target pairs.
7. Support for Parents with Infants at Pediatric Check-Ups Leads to Better
Reading and Math Skills in Elementary SchoolThis is the finding of a new
study, led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York
University, and the University of Pittsburgh, which evaluated the effects
of a comprehensive model to support parenting.
8. Five Leading Organizations Join the Alliance to Stop Foodborne
IllnessAmazon, Amerisan, the Meat Institute, Mérieux NutriSciences, and
Yum! Brands join the collaborative effort to prevent foodborne illness
and protect consumers. The Alliance's unique model brings together
industry leaders, consumers, academics, and regulatory stakeholders who
recognize that food safety is a shared responsibility.
9. Kick the Nic in 2026: American Lung Association Offers Support to Help
People Quit All Nicotine and Tobacco Products for GoodCurrently, 16.4% of
adults in the U.S. use at least one tobacco or nicotine product such as
cigarettes, e-cigarettes or nicotine pouches. Nicotine is extremely
addictive, so the American Lung Association is offering free resources
and support to help people quit tobacco and nicotine products for good.
10. Enginprime Medical Inc Announces First-in-Human Study of Its Leading
OpusOne(TM) pVADThis milestone marks the first clinical evaluation of
the device's safety and performance in patients. PVAD supports the
cardiac output via a percutaneously implanted pump, reduces the load of
left ventricle, relieves heart failure symptoms, and bridges to
transplantation or recovery.
11. Introducing Hundred Health: The First Truly Integrated Health Platform
That Turns Data Into Personalized 100-Day Action PlansPriced at $499
annually, Hundred provides 160+ lab tests per year across two visits
either in-lab at 5,000 partner facilities or in-home phlebotomy at an
additional cost, along with clear interpretation of results and a
personalized 100-day protocol -- a level of precision once reserved for
the ultra-wealthy. Hundred is making evidence-based, personalized care
truly accessible.
12. Protect Your Loved Ones on the Road This Holiday SeasonThis year, the
National Safety Council estimates 431 traffic fatalities during the
Christmas holiday period and 429 during New Year's - tragedies that
would leave hundreds of families and friends facing the holidays with an
empty seat at the table.
13. Medivis First to Receive FDA Clearance for Augmented Reality Navigation
in NeurosurgeryBy using augmented reality to spatially map patient
imaging within the operative field, the Medivis platform gives surgeons
a clear, real-time view of critical anatomy and planned trajectories.
This approach can support faster, more confident decision-making during
cranial procedures while minimizing workflow disruption and reducing
dependence on external monitors.
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