Asia Pacific
Venus Medtech, which provides solutions for structural heart disease in China, has appointed Shakeel Osman as senior vice president of sales Europe, responsible for the commercialisation of congenital heart devices. At present, the company's transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement (TPVR) system VenusP-Valve designed for congenital heart disease patients is awaiting CE mark approval. Prior to joining [...]
The global pharmaceutical industry is set to receive a timely fillip after China-based Triastek, Inc. and Siemens Ltd agreed to advance digital innovations for the sector. Drawing upon Triastek's 3D printing and digital pharmaceutical prowess and Siemens' bleeding-edge automation and digitisation technology, the pact is expected to help propel improvements in pharma manufacturing processes. The [...]
Drug development group Hovione has announced that the board of directors and the shareholders have approved the appointment of Dr. Jean-Luc Herbeaux as its new CEO. Guy Villax, who has been Hovione's CEO for the past 25 years will now serve as a member of the board and shareholder. During his tenure, Hovione grew tenfold. [...]
How social robots are transforming care for the elderly.
Digital health innovators Atos and Huma will share their remote patient monitoring system with the Symbiosis University Hospital and Research Centre (SUHRC), a constituent of Symbiosis International University (SIU), in Pune, India. A spokesperson for Huma said the system, which uses smartphone technology, a pulse oximeter and includes a portal for clinicians, will allow the [...]
Figures from Rockhealth show that digital health investment grew by almost 50 per cent in the first three quarters of 2021 compared to the previous year. Here we report on some of the biggest deals of the year so far. It has been a record-breaking year for digital health investment. According to Rockhealth, 2021 has [...]
QuantuMDx has secured a £15m equity investment from Vita Spring, a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm focused on early and growth stage medical companies with disruptive technologies and global market potential. QuantuMDx's Q-POC is a portable, PCR device offering rapid, sample-to-answer, molecular diagnostic testing at the point of care, with results in approximately 30 minutes. [...]
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment in the Philippines is being supported by a new AI tool. The AskBob AI-based ‘clinical decision support system’, developed by tech firm Ping An, integrates anonymised patient medical records, clinical guidelines and a core medical knowledge graph, covering tens of millions of medical data points. It enables big data analysis and AI technology with authoritative [...]
