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  • nyra health receives €20 million to expand AI neuropathy platform

    AI neuro platform nyra health has raised €20m in a Series A round to expand its AI-based neurological therapy services in Europe and the US. The Vienna-based company said the funding will be used to expand its technology platform in the DACH region, accelerate growth in the US and pursue its aim of setting a [...]

  • X-on Health launches Omni Consult to transform Primary Care triage and patient access

    X-on Health has announced the official launch of Omni Consult, a major upgrade to its Surgery Connect platform that fundamentally reshapes how patients submit medical requests and how GP practices manage triage workflows. The new functionality unifies patient submissions across channels into a single, structured stream, helping GP practices accelerate clinical response times while reducing [...]

  • mRNA nanobodies show promise in colorectal cancer

    mRNA nanobodies have shown promise in colorectal cancer, with a preclinical study reporting tumour suppression using lipid nanoparticle-delivered anti-PD-L1 therapy. An original study published in eGastroenterology describes how lipid nanoparticles carrying nucleoside-modified mRNA encoding anti-PD-L1 nanobodies suppressed tumour growth in both sporadic and colitis-associated colorectal cancer models. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer [...]

  • €1m digital mental health strategy for Ireland

    Ireland has published a €1m digital mental health strategy outlining national plans for digital tools, shared records and technology to improve mental health services. The strategy focuses on access, communications, digital tools, co-production, research, innovation and technology. Key initiatives include the HSE Health App, national shared care record, community care record and electronic health records. [...]

  • Building trust for transformation: Rethinking innovation in digital health

    By David Montano, EMEA Portfolio Manager - Clinician Productivity Solutions, Solventum Innovation in healthcare advances deliberately, and for good reason. Established clinical practices earn the trust of healthcare professionals by ensuring patient safety, and any change must be rigorously evaluated. Transformation of existing workflows, however flawed they may be, rarely succeeds through top-down disruption. Instead, [...]

  • US$80m grant supports exceptional longevity research

    A US$80m grant will support exceptional longevity research into families whose members live far longer than average, as scientists look for genetic clues to healthy ageing. The funding renews support for the Long Life Family Study, a long-running international project examining multiple generations of families with unusually high numbers of people living to 100 and [...]

  • Hims & Hers beats Q4 earnings forecasts

    Hims & Hers Health beat Q4 earnings forecasts, though shares fell 2 per cent in aftermarket trading after the telehealth firm issued full-year guidance largely in line and a softer first quarter. The company reported Q4 earnings per share of US$0.08, ahead of analyst expectations of $0.05. Revenue rose to US$617.8m, compared with consensus forecasts [...]

  • LTIMindtree wins US$100m medtech deal

    LTIMindtree has secured a seven-year US$100m medtech deal to develop and support hearing aids and related digital tools for a European medical technology company. The Indian IT services company said the Europe-based client, which provides hearing solutions, has not been named. Under the agreement, LTIMindtree will develop and support the client’s main hearing [...]

  • Using cancer data to improve performance and reduce delays

    By Donna Smith, Director of Strategic Solutions, Insource Cancer care is one of Scotland’s most urgent health system challenges and alarmingly 1 in 2 patients will have a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. Thousands of people each year experience the fear and uncertainty whilst waiting for a cancer diagnosis. For me, the importance of timely [...]

  • Hims & Hers to acquire Eucalyptus for US$1.15bn

    Hims & Hers has agreed to buy Eucalyptus in a deal worth up to US$1.15bn, expanding its international digital health reach beyond the US. Eucalyptus, founded in 2019, operates consumer health brands including Juniper and Pilot across Australia, the UK, Germany, Japan and Canada. The company says it has served more than 775,000 customers and [...]