Andrew Trister, Verily’s chief medical and scientific officer, discusses Verily’s newly launched Lightpath Metabolic solution, featuring GLP-1 prescription, AI and strengthened clinical support. Plus, the Google health tech spinout's plans for the Study Watch, the Alzheimer’s research landscape, and AI development and regulation in a new era of uncertainty.

Andrew Trister, Verily’s chief medical and scientific officer, spoke with Medtech Insight at the HLTH Europe conference about Verily’s newly launched Lightpath Metabolic solution, featuring GLP-1 prescription, AI and strengthened clinical support. Trister also talked about plans for the Study Watch and offered views on the Alzheimer’s research landscape and AI development and regulation in a new era of uncertainty.

Yosemite, an oncology-focused VC company, founded by Reed Jobs, partnered with the American Cancer Society to launch a $13.2m grant program to fund cancer projects, including using AI for drug discovery and research in immuno-oncology and cell therapy approaches.

In this month’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb highlights her interview with Verily’s CMO and CSO, Andrew Trister at ViVE on leveraging AI for precision health and a DHIS West conference panel discussion on use cases of generative AI. Elizabeth Orr discusses the impact on the newly adopted EU AI Act on device makers and concerns raised by industry members.