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SGS has partnered with Berlin-based health tech startup theblood to develop menstrual diagnostics for women’s health using menstrual blood. The tie-up aims to build the scientific and regulatory case for using menstrual fluid as a non-invasive source of health data. Menstrual blood contains biomarkers, biological indicators that can signal disease, and could help detect conditions [...]
Anterior has raised an additional US$40m, taking its total funding to US$64m. The oversubscribed round included existing investors NEA and Sequoia Capital, along with new backers FPV and Kinnevik. The New York-based company is integrating AI into clinical workflows for health plans, using a clinician-led deployment approach to improve accuracy and adoption. Since [...]
RLDatix has welcomed Blackrock Health as the latest organisation to adopt IPeople Offline Suite to support continuity of care, improve patient safety and strengthen operational resilience across its MEDITECH environment. Building on the solutions’ success across North America, this first European deployment will help clinical and operational teams maintain access to near-real-time patient information during [...]
Neurent Medical has raised €62.5m (US$74m) in an oversubscribed Series C financing round to support commercial expansion, broaden clinical evidence and advance its product and indication pipeline. The round was led by MVM Partners, with significant participation from Sofinnova Partners, and included continued support from existing investors EQT Life Sciences, Atlantic Bridge, Fountain Healthcare Partners [...]
Northwestern Medicine is bringing European AI health startups to the US through a partnership with Founders Factory, a UK-based accelerator, as the Chicago health system pushes to integrate artificial intelligence across patient care and operations. The four-month program will give UK and European founders access to Northwestern's 11 hospitals, more than 5,400 affiliated physicians, and [...]
Digital Workforce, a global leader in enterprise automation and AI-driven solutions, has announced a landmark deal with one of the largest integrated academic health systems in the world. The US based Academic Health System employs over 80,000 people - almost three times as many as employed by the UK’s largest NHS trust - and comprises [...]
Argá Medtech has announced positive clinical results from the BURST-AF first-in-human trial, demonstrating the safety, effectiveness, and durability of its Coherent Sine-Burst Electroporation (CSE) System for the treatment of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Data presented at AF Symposium 2026 (Boston, February 5–7) showed 94 per cent overall lesion durability, 100 per cent procedural [...]
A study will test whether voice AI can flag multiple sclerosis earlier by analysing speech patterns. The study is led by Dr Timothy West, a neurologist at Intermountain Health’s Salt Lake Clinic in the US, with Canary Speech, a company specialising in vocal biomarker technology, and Intermountain Ventures. It is described as the [...]
Exact Imaging has raised US$10m to accelerate global sales of ExactVu, its micro-ultrasound prostate biopsy system. The funds will be used to speed up sales and wider adoption of ExactVu worldwide. ExactVu uses high-resolution micro-ultrasound for urologic imaging. Micro-ultrasound provides higher-resolution images than standard ultrasound, helping clinicians see tissue in greater detail. The [...]
Eli Lilly has agreed to buy Orna Therapeutics for US$2.4bn. The deal was announced on Monday. Orna is developing a treatment that uses circular RNA and specialised lipid particles to prompt a patient’s body to produce the cell therapies needed to fight disease. Circular RNA is a form of genetic material that forms [...]
