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By Gil Bashe, Chair Global Health and Purpose, FINN Partners, and author of Healing the Sick Care System: Why People Matter, is a Health Tech World Correspondent Vendor lock-in sounds technical, yet its consequences are deeply human. It occurs when an organisation becomes so dependent on a technology platform that moving away becomes costly, risky [...]
AI in healthcare is accelerating across radiology, drug discovery, medical devices and digital twins of the human body, according to a new NVIDIA survey. The company’s second annual State of AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences report suggests the industry is shifting from experimentation to execution, with organisations reporting return on investment in core areas [...]
The Hamptons Hospital, Peterborough has announced a new partnership with Electiva Healthcare Group to support patients across Peterborough and the wider Cambridgeshire region with faster, simpler access to self-pay elective care. The collaboration brings together The Hamptons Hospital’s established local facilities, clinical teams and inpatient capacity with Electiva’s consumer-facing care pathways, creating a clearer route [...]
AI sleep technology company Sleep Cycle has announced the kickoff of a five-year research collaboration with The Delphi Group at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). This collaboration focuses on understanding how privacy-preserved data and sleep-based signals, such as nighttime cough patterns, may complement and enhance traditional respiratory disease surveillance systems and early detection of both seasonal [...]
AI neuro platform nyra health has raised €20m in a Series A round to expand its AI-based neurological therapy services in Europe and the US. The Vienna-based company said the funding will be used to expand its technology platform in the DACH region, accelerate growth in the US and pursue its aim of setting a [...]
GSK has agreed to acquire Canadian drugmaker 35Pharma for up to US$950m, gaining an experimental treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension. The drug, HS235, has completed Phase 1 testing in healthy volunteers. GSK said it plans to move the treatment into studies targeting pulmonary arterial hypertension or another form of pulmonary hypertension linked to heart failure. [...]
X-on Health has announced the official launch of Omni Consult, a major upgrade to its Surgery Connect platform that fundamentally reshapes how patients submit medical requests and how GP practices manage triage workflows. The new functionality unifies patient submissions across channels into a single, structured stream, helping GP practices accelerate clinical response times while reducing [...]
mRNA nanobodies have shown promise in colorectal cancer, with a preclinical study reporting tumour suppression using lipid nanoparticle-delivered anti-PD-L1 therapy. An original study published in eGastroenterology describes how lipid nanoparticles carrying nucleoside-modified mRNA encoding anti-PD-L1 nanobodies suppressed tumour growth in both sporadic and colitis-associated colorectal cancer models. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer [...]
Ireland has published a €1m digital mental health strategy outlining national plans for digital tools, shared records and technology to improve mental health services. The strategy focuses on access, communications, digital tools, co-production, research, innovation and technology. Key initiatives include the HSE Health App, national shared care record, community care record and electronic health records. [...]
By David Montano, EMEA Portfolio Manager - Clinician Productivity Solutions, Solventum Innovation in healthcare advances deliberately, and for good reason. Established clinical practices earn the trust of healthcare professionals by ensuring patient safety, and any change must be rigorously evaluated. Transformation of existing workflows, however flawed they may be, rarely succeeds through top-down disruption. Instead, [...]
