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The innovation and forward-thinking taking place in UK cancer care is being explored at an event next week. Screening for a brighter future: NHS Oncology Virtual Conference will bring together the NHS with healthcare organisations and charities to explore the advances being made across the country. While cancer survival rates in England are at a [...]
Europe’s only health-focused startup accelerator programme has been launched today. Future4care is a joint venture between Sanofi, Capgemini, Generali and Orange and is aimed at stimulating the development of e-health solutions and their go-to-market, for the benefit of both patients and health professionals. The Future4care BioPark will also be created in central Paris, with aims [...]
A Finnish bioprinting firm is aiming to revolutionise the manufacture of personalised drugs and human ‘spare parts’ including kidneys, on the back of new investment. Brinter, based in Turku, has raised €1.2M in seed funding to accelerate its 3D printing bioscience research and manufacturing for a range of uses. It will use the capital to [...]
Jon Pickering, CEO of workplace data analytics firm Tiger on the role of data in identifying health industry learning and development needs. Upskilling has a vital role to play in not only attracting top talent but creating a more productive and happier workforce. Engaged employees have the desire to drive its organisation forward, progress their individual [...]
New identity and logo unveiled to promote online community’s new presence on FutureNHS collaboration platform.
Live classes and on-demand services are available on one wellbeing platform set up by a cancer survivor, which is using human interaction to fuel its success.
AI-powered mental health platform Wysa has announced a $5.5million Series A financing round to support its ongoing expansion. The investment, led by W Health Ventures, a Boston-based digital health investor, alongside the Google Assistant Investment programme and existing investors pi Ventures and Kae Capital, will support Wyse in its offering to employers who want to expand their mental health benefits, as [...]
Healthcare technology provider Clarity Informatics has been acquired by fast-growing software group Agilio Software. Over the past two decades, Clarity has established itself as one of the UK’s largest providers of IT solutions to Primary Care healthcare professionals and organisations including GPs, GP Practices, Primary Care Networks, and Integrated Care Systems. Starting out as a [...]
Vulnerable heart failure patients who have seen reduced hospital check-ups during the COVID-19 pandemic are now being monitored remotely, following the introduction of a state-of-the-art digital care solution. Healthcare teams at Salford Care Organisation, part of the Northern Care Alliance Group, are piloting the use of a remote monitoring system which uses a smartphone app [...]
Specialist carbohydrate chemistry company Iceni Diagnostics is to integrate key virus detection intellectual property (IP) into its commercial diagnostics programmes. Iceni Diagnostics has been using its Host-Pathogen Glycan Recognition (HPGR) technology to develop a unique portfolio of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases in both point-of-care and laboratory-based platforms. For over two years, the Norwich-based business has [...]
