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Helical has announced a US$10 million seed round led by redalpine with participation from Gradient, BoxGroup, Frst and notable angels including Aidan Gomez (CEO Cohere), Clement Delangue (CEO HuggingFace) and footballer Mario Goetze. The Helical virtual AI lab for pharma is an application layer that turns biological foundation models into decision-ready, reproducible in-silico discovery workflows. [...]
A new AI tool could show which advanced bowel cancer patients will respond to bevacizumab, a drug recently introduced by the NHS. Researchers at London’s Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin developed the PhenMap tool with the goal of sparing potentially thousands of patients from [...]
A late-breaking presentation at EHRA 2026 reaffirmed the safety and effectiveness of Boston Scientific’s FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) Platform. One-year outcomes in 49 persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) patients treated with the FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation Platform, using the FARAWAVE PFA Catheter, demonstrated favourable efficacy and safety outcomes, as well as predictable and efficient procedural [...]
Eka Ventures has closed its €91.5m Fund II to back UK startups in health, wellbeing and sustainability. According to Eka, the raise establishes it as the UK’s largest early-stage impact VC, investing in companies that deliver both commercial and societal benefits in health, wellbeing and sustainability. The oversubscribed fund has been backed by leading limited [...]
Researchers have developed a digital tool designed to promote bladder health in adults aged 50 and over. A team from the University of Manchester, Lithuanian Sports University and the University of Vic in Spain developed the tool, called KOKU Bladder. The initiative brings together evidence-based education, pelvic floor muscle training, behaviour change techniques and gamification [...]
The Health Tech World Awards are set to once again celebrate the trailblazers and breakthroughs transforming health outcomes around the world. This year's Leader of the Year award recognises an extraordinary individual who has shown genuine vision in pushing healthcare forward through the power of technology. The winning candidate will have left a tangible mark, [...]
By Gil Bashe, FINN Partners Chair Global Health and Purpose, and a Health Tech World Correspondent. Bashe is the author of Healing the Sick Care System: Why People Matter At the HIMSS Global Health Conference, the conversation around artificial intelligence felt different this year. Not quieter, but more grounded. The industry is moving beyond fascination [...]
AI sleep technology company,Sleep Cycle and global fintech company Revolut, have signed a partnership agreement valid to June 2027. This renewed collaboration strengthens a long-term commitment, where Sleep Cycle continues to be part of Revolut’s exclusive partnership offerings, reaching millions of eligible Revolut users. Erik Jivmark, CEO at Sleep Cycle, said: “Revolut has been a [...]
A new cancer trial aimed at training the immune systems of children and young people to fight the disease offers “a real sense of hope”, according to the chief executive of one of its funders. Up to 60 patients with difficult-to-treat solid tumours will be recruited in the UK and the US for the study, [...]
Trust boards need to adopt a dual-track funding strategy: protecting essential services while ring-fencing investment in digital capabilities that enable new models of care, says Richard Oswald, NHS Client Director at Exponential-e As the NHS starts its 2026/27 financial year, senior leaders across trusts and integrated care systems (ICSs) face one of the most delicate [...]
