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Two health tech projects aimed at addressing the impact of COVID on the brain and mental health have received European funding. The two proposals answered the Human Brain Project’s (HBP) calls for expression of interest (CEol) on “COVID-19 and its impact on brain and mental health”. They have received a share of £383,000 (EUR 450,000) [...]
Swedish medtech firm Medow has won a £10m deal with the Saudi Arabian Cigalah Group to sell its IV-bracelet, which enables safer treatments by better securing intravenous tubes. The agreement will see the device distributed across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain over the next five years. Normally, intravenous tubes are kept in place by [...]
The UK health technology industry will reunite at the world’s leading international trade fair for the medical sector, MEDICA 2021 – the first live edition to take place since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition, which takes place from 15 – 18 November 2021 in Düsseldorf, will give pioneering HealthTech companies the opportunity [...]
How the Cures Act helped set the stage for digital health care transformation. By Matt Wolf, Kurt Shenk and Davis Nordell The potential of the digital health space is greater than it has ever been, thanks to the Cures Act of 2016—which allowed for more rapid digital transformation around health care data—along with the more [...]
A pioneer in AI-led cognitive assessment has taken its first step into the US and Canadian healthcare markets, alongside the burgeoning new area of ketamine-enhanced medical care. Cognetivity Neurosciences has partnered with KetamineOne Capital Ltd for its Integrated Cognitive Assessment (ICA) to be deployed in Ketamine One's clinics across North America. The companies have also [...]
North American medtech investment activity appears to be in good health, with a surge of cross-border deals. The value of North America medical devices industry cross border venture financing deals totalled US$2.5bn in Q2 2021, new figures show. Led by US$540m venture financing of Noom, total medical devices industry cross border venture financing deals worth [...]
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 [...]
Citizens and expats based in Dubai can now access the Middle East’s first digital health library, created through a groundbreaking new partnership. The Osteopathic Health Centre, Dubai, is working with ORCHA (the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps), the world’s largest app review and distribution company, to create the library. Through a [...]
Sponsored feature Imprivata, digital identity company for healthcare, has announced that Emerging Global Technologies (EGT) of Abu Dhabi has become the distributor for its solutions in the Middle East. EGT has a diversified portfolio of products and services, and has many years of experience in healthcare and IT. EGT has been a successful Imprivata partner and the collaboration [...]
