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Health Tech World reports on how NOE CPC and its pioneering collaborative model is helping to support the NHS in driving technology developments. Public health has always had an insatiable appetite for new ideas and technologies; but this has intensified during the last two years, out of the pressure generated by the pandemic. For innovators [...]
A common food source has been converted into a biomanufacturing platform that enables mass production of biologic drugs for common diseases that currently lack effective treatments. Researchers at Lumen Bioscience have pioneered genetic engineering methods to highly express bioactive proteins in spirulina using large-scale cultivation and processing methods appropriate for biopharmaceutical manufacturing. A report on [...]
Live-cell assay systems specialist Axion BioSystems of Atlanta, Georgia has purchased Netherlands-based CytoSMART Technologies for its kinetic live-cell imaging analysis. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition aims to boost Axion's expansion into stem cell research, immuno-oncology cell-based therapies and drug discovery. Non-invasively studying the real-time biology of live cells allows scientists to obtain a more [...]
A healthcare system covering 800,000 patients in southern England is using advanced data analytics for over-stretched GPs to identify patient demand drivers. Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS) uses EMIS-X Analytics, an advanced data analytics platform from primary care software provider EMIS, tapping data from the local shared care record, aided by population [...]
Devmalya Sarkar speaks to Caroline Barry about the outlook for digital health and the need for contextually-relevant innovation. Devmalya (Dev) Sarkar is a health tech and digital health innovation strategist, passionate about solving unmet needs through empathic and meaningful innovation. He has served on the board of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) USA’s India chapter [...]
Gulf-based Telehealth and 'hospital-at-home' provider TruDoc has appointed a new regional CEO as it continues to expand its service portfolio across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Hisham Radwan has been appointed TruDoc CEO Middle East, following on from the recent appointment of Dr Peter Botha as TruDoc CEO Africa. The appointments are part of TruDoc's [...]
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 [...]
Scientists have developed an AI-enabled diagnostic assistant that can help identify suspected leprosy lesions. The tool, called AI4Leprosy, works by assessing skin lesion images in combination with patient symptoms. A paper published in the Lancet Regional Health – Americas shows the tech is over 90 per cent accurate in detecting leprosy. According to the authors, the publication provides [...]
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 [...]
Dutch medtech firm Lapsi Health has raised US$600k in a pre-seed funding round to advance its work to develop new digital biomarkers based on auscultatory sound. The funding round was led by several tech investors spanning Europe and the Middle East, including those from the Netherlands, Finland, the US, Uruguay and the UAE. Lapsi is [...]
