The Americas
The report shows a steady growth with some key markets maintaining their position as global leader
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Dr. Jhonatan Bringas Dimitriades on why medical education is struggling to keep pace with health tech advancement and how to fix it.
Medtech and biopharma's equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize - the 2022 Prix Galien Awards - is now open for entries. Organiser, the Galien Foundation, is seeking biopharma and medtech products and innovations which are "making important improvements in the human condition". As in the past, judging will be by a preeminent scientific and learned committee, [...]
Dxcover, developer of liquid biopsies for the early detection of cancer, has secured US patents for its groundbreaking Dxcover Autosampler and the Dxcover Brain Cancer Liquid Biopsy. The Glasgow-based company has developed an alternative approach to traditional blood sampling liquid biopsy for the early detection of cancer through its testing which uses attenuated total [...]
One of Europe's most substantial health tech innovation funds has emerged following the closing of Lauxera's debut fund at more than €260m (£218m). Lauxera Growth I exceeded its initial fundraising target of €150 million, reflecting the strength and depth of the investment opportunities in fast-growing European health tech sector. Lauxera Growth I makes investments in health tech [...]
Proximie, the global health tech platform digitising operating rooms around the world, has appointed a new GM for the Americas, and a chief growth officer, amid ongoing expansion. Charlie H. Wilhelm joins as GM for the Americas, bringing vast industry experience and expertise. Most recently, he was the president and COO of KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America - [...]
By Adrian Smith, general manager, Hologic UK and Ireland
Healthcare systems across the world face excess demand for specific treatments and services, leaving providers struggling with increasing backlogs. At the same time, however, private healthcare providers in multiple countries have excess capacity that remains untapped. Health tech startup GlobMed, launched last year, believes it has the solution to these twin problems. We caught up with [...]
Software developed in the UK will soon allow people to easily report their Covid-19 lateral flow test results to public health authorities in America, helping to track the spread of the virus. Transform, developed by Wales-based Bond Digital Health, is being used in conjunction with a lateral flow test that is being manufactured in high [...]
