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Revier Therapeutics has officially launched after closing a €6m seed round to support development of its preclinical cardiometabolic pipeline. The Heidelberg-based biotech is developing disease-modifying therapies for cardiometabolic diseases, initially focusing on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Revier is developing small-molecule treatments that selectively target class IIa histone [...]
Clementine has raised €1.7m in seed funding to deepen its AI hearing care platform and expand partnerships with clinics and healthcare organisations. The Maastricht-based start-up has developed technology designed to help hearing clinics turn prospective patients into bookings. Founded in 2024 by founder and chief executive Vince van de Weijer, Clementine, also known as ClementineAI, [...]
A new global initiative will see labs across the world harness wastewater as an early warning system for public health protection. Global Wastewater Day will bring together scientists, governments, water utilities and public health organisations to use wastewater as an early warning system for future pandemics. The initiative will coordinate sampling on 31 March 2027, [...]
London surgeons have performed what health officials described as the first successful AI-assisted brain tumour operation, helping save a patient's sight. The surgery was carried out in May on 48-year-old Rhys Hibbert, who had an 11mm tumour on his pituitary gland and faced losing his sight without an operation, health officials said. During the procedure, [...]
An HIV charity has warned users that sensitive health information may have been stolen in a data breach linked to a wider cyber security incident. George House Trust told users that hackers had downloaded material held on a database, but that it had not been published. The Manchester-based charity said the affected database contained personal [...]
A shingles vaccine was linked to lower risks of heart attack, heart failure and stroke in older adults, a US study of 70,000 people suggests. People who received Shingrix had a 12 per cent lower risk of a cardiovascular event during the first three and a half years after vaccination. By the end of the [...]
Digital mental health company Psyomics has secured a place on the Government’s £14 billion G-Cloud 15 framework, giving NHS and other public-sector organisations a more streamlined route to procure its technology; beseen. The move supports the wider adoption of Psyomics’ technology across UK healthcare, as the company looks to expand its work with NHS mental [...]
By James Hitchen, patent attorney, HGF A single telehealth consultation may involve a patient's phone in Manchester, a clinician's terminal in Madrid, an inference model running on cloud infrastructure in Virginia, and a device manufacturer's telemetry service in Bengaluru. The technology is built to ignore borders. However, the patents protecting it cannot, as each of [...]
A digital tool could identify future health risks in people with learning disabilities and support earlier action to prevent avoidable deaths, researchers say. Using information including age, sex and existing health conditions, the tool indicates which conditions a person may be more likely to develop and when, based on patterns seen in people with similar [...]
Agentis Health Group has acquired Clinical Pharmacist Solutions to strengthen its healthcare business and align with the 10-Year Health Plan’s shift towards community and preventative services. The two CQC-registered businesses have a complementary heritage in providing pharmacy solutions to independent mental health hospitals and care providers, GP practices and primary care networks. The acquisition will [...]
