Canon Medical integrates sports, AI and diagnostics in new facility
Canon Medical Arena, Sheffield. Photo: Canon Medical. Canon Medical is betting big on a new diagnostics and sports facility in Sheffield, UK. The medical equipment manufacturer has invested £14m ($17m) in what will serve as the new home of basketball teams the Sheffield Sharks and Hatters, as well as housing some of the company’s top […]
Wearable medication monitor bags $2.8m grant
The grant is set to payout across three years as project milestones are completed within Phase I and Phase II portions of the grant. Credit: Shutterstock / Tomas Nevesely California-based start-up, CARI Health, has received a $2.8 million fast-track grant in order to bring its wearable medication monitor to market in the US. CARI Health […]
Signal: Intuitive Surgical’s stock plummets despite Q3 sales growth
Intuitive Surgical headquarters in Silicon Valley, CA. Photo: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com. Intuitive Surgical, the manufacturer of the Da Vinci surgical robot, announced its Q3 earnings in a call yesterday (19 October) and the market was not happy with the results. The company’s share price dropped by 8% during pre-market trading on the Nasdaq as […]
Reality check needed before future ‘intelligent’ healthcare system
Panellists at Med-Tech World 2023 discuss the hurdles and considerations that need to be addressed in the digital health revolution. Image credit: Robert Barrie/GlobalData. The digital revolution in healthcare is well underway, and although the intelligent healthcare systems of the future are an inevitability, experts say a reality check is perhaps needed first. At the […]
Bicycle Health and Override Health’s new referral programme a milestone for IT
Bicycle Health and Override Health have partnered in the fight against opioid use disorder (OUD) and chronic pain. Credit: Your Hand Please via Shutterstock. The last few years have shown remarkable advancements in telehealth, healthcare technology, and innovations in patient care. Bicycle Health and Override Health have partnered in the fight against opioid use disorder […]
electronic medical record (emr) systems related hiring actvity in the medical industry
Notably, Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations jobs accounted for a 37% share of the global medical industry’s electronic medical record (emr) systems-related total new job postings in Q3 2023, down 26% over the prior quarter. Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations drive electronic medical record (emr) systems-related hiring activity Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, with a […]
Meilleur partners with ADNI4 for next-generation Alzheimer’s biomarker
Meilleur are licensed to develop and commercialise NAV-4694 anywhere in the world. Credit: TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images. US biopharma company Meilleur Technologies has entered a research collaboration agreement with the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 4 (ADNI4) to investigate the use of Meilleur’s [F-18]NAV-4694, an investigational imaging agent, in positron emission tomography (PET) […]
‘Enormous opportunity’ in Getinge’s $320m acquisition of Healthmark
In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2023, Healthmark’s predicted revenue is expected to increase 15% to $126 million. Credit: Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock Getinge‘s acquisition of Healthmark Industries for approximately $320 million is expected to enhance its presence in the US sterile reprocessing market. The deal, brokered by investment bank Stout, will help Getinge improve its […]
remote patient monitoring related hiring actvity in the medical industry
Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 23% share of the global medical industry’s remote patient monitoring-related total new job postings in Q3 2023, down 39% over the prior quarter. Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive remote patient monitoring-related hiring activity Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 23%, emerged as the top […]
Europlasma takes Nanowatt to court for copyright infringement
Europlasma is seeking compensation for financial damages along with a permanent injection. Image Credit: WESTOCK PRODUCTIONS / Shutterstock. Belgium-based Europlasma has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Nanowatt in Ghent, Belgium. The suit alleges that Nanowatt has copied, reproduced, and distributed Europlasma’s copyrighted technical drawings and trade secrets without permission to reproduce plasma coating machines. […]