DeepHealth and Incepto agree partnership to deliver AI-driven radiology software
DeepHealth will oversee the rollout of Incepto’s software across 366 imaging facilities in the US owned by DeepHealth’s parent company, RadNet. Credit: Shutterstock / create jobs 51. US-based radiology company DeepHealth is partnering with French artificial intelligence (AI) firm Incepto to expand access to DeepHealth’s AI-radiology software. Announced as part of the 2024 European Congress […]
Bruker signs agreement to acquire ELITechGroup for $942m
Bruker intends to expand its diagnostics portfolio with the acquisition of ELITechGroup. Credit: Darko Stojanovic from Pixabay. Life sciences and diagnostics company Bruker has agreed to acquire ELITechGroup, a provider of in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) systems, in a €870m ($942m) cash deal. ELITechGroup will be acquired from TecFin, a controlled affiliate of pre-eminent private equity company […]
IoT solutions provider KORE partners for eSIM alert device
The new MGMini eSIM-powered medical alert device. Credit: KORE Wireless/PRNewswire. KORE, an Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, has partnered with Medical Guardian to launch a medical alert device featuring eSIM technology. The device, MGMini, is designed to provide uninterrupted emergency response coverage. Designed in line with the World Health Organization’s definition of “active ageing”, […]
Empatica launches EpiMonitor epilepsy monitoring system
The EpiMonitor operates using Empatica’s EmbracePlus medical watch. Credit: Empatica. Empatica has launched EpiMonitor, an epilepsy monitoring system for adults and children aged six and above. Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), EpiMonitor is an advanced wearable technology designed to detect generalised tonic-clonic seizures with high accuracy. A successor to Empatica’s Embrace2 […]
NSW Ambulance trials new brain scanner for stroke patients
The Strokefinder MD100 scan device trial is being conducted in the Hunter region. Credit: mi_viri/ shutterstock.com. NSW [New South Wales] Ambulance in Australia is undertaking a pilot trial for the Strokefinder MD100 helmet brain scanner, aimed at transforming the rapid assessment and triage of stroke patients en route to hospital. Developed by Medfield Diagnostics, the […]
Blood supply and demand: how maintaining blood stocks is crucial to hospitals
On 11 September 2023, the American Red Cross declared a national blood shortage citing critically low blood supply levels that had sharply dropped nearly 25% since early August 2023. Credit: Shutterstock / angellodeco. Maintaining a constant supply of blood is vital for the day-to-day functioning of health systems worldwide, but the acquisition and ability to […]
Why has New Zealand U-turned on the world’s first smoking ban?
An anti-tobacco protest outside New Zealand Parliament in Wellington in December. The smoking ban would have banned tobacco sales to anyone born after 1 January, 2009. Credit: Hagen Hopkins / Getty. Government MPs, health experts and campaigners have furiously criticised the New Zealand government’s decision to repeal what would have been the world’s first smoking […]
Innovation takes precedence with AI use for techbios in pharma
Panelists from left to right: AtomWise CEO Abe Heifets, BigHat Biosciences CBO Liz Schwarzbach, Insilico Medicine VP Petrina Kamya, and VantAI CEO Zachary Carpenter. Credit: Justine Ra/GlobalData While the industry often approaches artificial intelligence (AI) to decrease drug cost and development timelines, the value of AI within biopharma is its capability to deliver first-in-class or […]
Epicore and USADA to develop sweat wearable for doping control
The USADA and Epicore’s device is expected to provide a non-invasive means for drug testing. Image Credit: santypan / Shutterstock. The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has partnered with Epicore to develop a sweat-sensing technology as a method of drug detection. Epicore’s wearable sweat-collection device, Discovery Patch, is expected to provide a non-invasive alternative to current […]
Third Pole concludes nitric oxide trial
Symptoms of PH-ILD include shortness of breath, fatigue, and chest discomfort. Credit: milan2099 via Getty Images. Third Pole Therapeutics has completed a study evaluating its portable inhaled nitric oxide delivery system, eNOfit, demonstrating its safety and practicality when treating pulmonary hypertension accompanying interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). The early-feasibility study (NCT05867914) has validated the safety and […]