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Two US hospitals have developed simpler ways to preserve hearts after circulatory death, potentially increasing access to life-saving transplants. The approaches aim to overcome challenges with using hearts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) — where a patient’s heart stops after life support is withdrawn — as opposed to brain death, where the heart continues [...]
McDermott Will & Emery advised Great Point Partners (“GPP”), a Greenwich-based private investment firm focused on the healthcare industry, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Eutecma, a German-based developer of packaging solutions for pharmaceutical cold chain shipments. With this partnership, Eutecma has also acquired Resolvision, Eutecma’s proprietary re-use machine technology utilized at its [...]
Health Tech World explores the latest business developments in the world of health technology. UK announces record investment to rebuild NHS The UK has announced £29bn investment to rebuild the NHS. New investment announced at the Spending Review will enable the NHS to deliver on the government’s Plan for Change to cut waiting lists, improve [...]
By Graham Sharp, Managing Director at Health and Safety consultancy, Stanley The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) wearable technologies into the UK health sector, offers tremendous potential for change. We can already see the benefits that these technologies have brought to a range of job roles in the United States and in Europe, where the [...]
US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has dismissed all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine advisory panel, in a move that has drawn widespread criticism from public health experts. The decision affects the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an independent panel of public health and medical experts [...]
A delegation of cutting-edge UK HealthTech companies will travel to Miami this week (11–13 June), as part of a major push to tap into the booming healthcare markets of the US and Latin America. Under the banner of the ABHI UK Pavilion, UK businesses will exhibit at WHX Miami 2025 - the largest international medical [...]
Finnish medtech startup AIATELLA has secured €2 million in funding to accelerate the development and scaling of its AI-powered cardiovascular imaging technology. The funding will help the company conduct clinical trials and develop its ultrasound-based preventative screening, which detects and quantifies carotid artery narrowing in minutes. The round was led by Helsinki-based Nordic Science Investments, with Specialist VC, Harjavalta Ventures, [...]
Digital health company Hims & Hers has agreed to purchase London-based startup Zava, expanding its services into Germany, France and Ireland whilst strengthening its UK presence. The acquisition will add approximately 1.3 million customers to Hims' existing base of 2.4 million subscribers, representing a roughly 50 per cent increase in its active customer base. Financial [...]
US-based Allia Health has been backed by a group of deep-tech investors including Oxford University Seed Fund, Stanford's Arben Ventures, Draper Associates and Boost VC, to launch Allia, a transformational solution to the traditional model of psychiatric diagnosis and patient management. Mental healthcare is facing a crisis of unprecedented proportions. With global depression rates increasing [...]
Cyberbullying should be considered an adverse childhood experience (ACE) – a category of childhood trauma linked to long-term emotional, psychological and physical harm, new research suggests. While many assume that only extreme forms of online harassment – like threats or identity-based attacks – can cause significant harm, the findings suggest that even less visible or [...]
