Owlstone Medical and Actelion to breathe new life into pulmonary hypertension diagnosis
Owlstone Medical enters collaboration agreement with Actelion to develop breath-based diagnostic test for pulmonary hypertension.
Webit 2019 Health Summit roundup
There isn’t any aspect of healthcare that isn’t being transformed by technology. The health-related technologies on display reflected the work that is being done to prevent illness, to deliver more effective treatments, and to reduce the growing cost of healthcare.
MedCrypt raises $5.3 million as concerns for medtech cybersecurity grow
MedCrypt, a medical device cybersecurity software provider, has closed a Series A round of $5.3 million, led by Section 32, with participation from Eniac Ventures and Y Combinator. The funds will be used for sales and marketing, and for product development.
UK strength in genomics offset by weakness across life sciences
Statistics published today in the UK by the Department of Health, the Office of Life Sciences and the Department for Business, reveal a mixed picture with an overall modest increase in life sciences economic activity in the ten years from 2009 to 2018.
Ablacon raises $21.5 million for atrial fibrillation AI
Ablacon, which is developing an atrial fibrillation (AFib) mapping system, has closed a $21.5 million Series A funding round led by Ajax Health.
908 Devices raise $17.5 million Series E led by Northpond Ventures
908 Devices, a pioneer of analytical devices for chemical and biomolecular analysis, has raised a $17.5 million Series E financing round led by Northpond Ventures.
World Health Organisation publishes 10-point guideline on digital health
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a guideline for the use of digital health interventions to strengthen health systems.
Redox raises $33 million Series C for healthcare data interoperability
Redox, which enables healthcare data exchange, has closed a $33 million Series C funding round, led by Battery Ventures.
Sonde Health raises $16 million Series A for vocal diagnostics
Sonde Health, which is developing a voice-based diagnostics platform, has secured $16 million in a Series A financing round led by M Ventures, with MP Healthcare Venture Management, Neoteny 4, LP, Canepa Healthcare, and founder PureTech Health
Quick and pain-free diagnosis of liver disease with MRI by Perspectum Diagnostics
Researchers at the University of Oxford, the University of Westminster and Perspectum Diagnostics have shown that effective assessment of the health of the liver can be done non-invasively using MRI-based imaging.