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Noze, a Canadian AI start-up in the diagnostics space, has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop the world's first breathalyser to detect infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis. The grant, which brings the Gates Foundation's total grant funding to Noze to CAD$1.8m, is hoped to fund a clinical study aimed [...]
A novel virtual reality (VR) intervention helps cancer patients in palliative care hospices to manage their symptoms and stress better, and may even help them to achieve a last wish, a new clinical trial has found. Flourishing-Life-of-Wish Virtual Reality Relaxation Therapy (FLOW-VRT-Relaxation) was developed by researchers at the University of Hong Kong. Designed by the [...]
To meet exponentially rising demand for world-class patient care, hospital groups in the UAE and wider Gulf region now need to recruit more international health workers than ever before. To support this need, Medacs Healthcare, one of the world’s largest clinical staffing groups, is investing locally, with a new team and office in Dubai. With [...]
Pixyl.Neuro, a generative AI software for brain MRI analysis has received FDA approval. The US is now one of 12 countries where the platform has been approved by regulators. French medtech company Pixyl has announced FDA 510(k) clearance for its Pixyl.Neuro software, a next-generation AI software for brain MRI analysis. the platform recently demonstrated enhanced [...]
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has signed a two-year contract with Avenue3 to build and deploy its Patient Engagement Platform and E-Referral solutions, which are underpinned by openEHR technology, making it the first trust in England to do so. The project is set to support greater digital functionality for clinicians providing care and improved patient [...]
NHS trusts are exploring new opportunities to use infrastructure that they already own. The aim? To better engage with patients, alleviate their anxieties, and inform patients what is happening regarding their care, whilst at the same time reducing pressures on busy wards. Matt O’Donovan, Chief Executive at SPARK TSL, explains. What do patients want to [...]
Sharon Lamb, Partner, Bella North, Senior Associate and Michaela Novakova, Associate, McDermott Will & Emery
The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund and Institut Pasteur de Dakar have announced a new partnership to drive research and development for new diagnostics and vaccines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) have joined forces in a collaborative effort to [...]
More than half a million people in the UK have made organ donation decisions via NHS app, new figures show. People across England are being encouraged to use the NHS app to register their organ donation decision - as more than 7,000 patients actively wait for a transplant. The total number of organ donation decisions [...]
Surgical robotics firm, CMR Surgical, has raised US$165 million in its latest funding round to continue rolling out its next-generation system in hospitals across the world. Announcing the news, the company revealed that its Versius® surgical robotics system has now been used to perform more than 15,000 surgeries internationally. The surgical cases span more than [...]
