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Towergate Health & Protection has launched a new online GP service. GP Hero enables employees to receive unlimited advice, reassurance and, where appropriate, diagnosis, from a practising doctor remotely from wherever they are in the world. The service will be offered by Towergate Health & Protection to SME, corporate PMI and group risk clients who [...]
Rachel Dunscombe and Jane Rendall examine what needs to happen to make sure extremely important algorithms can be introduced rapidly, and in a way that is clinically safe for populations. When one NHS trust in the North of England started to introduce artificial intelligence several years ago, hospital clinicians needed to sit postgraduate data science [...]
Scientists from the University of Washington Health Sciences have developed new biosensors which can quickly detect COVID-19 proteins and antibodies. In an effort to directly detect coronavirus in patient samples without the need for genetic amplification, a team of researchers led by David Baker, professor of biochemistry and director of the Institute for Protein Design [...]
Aberdeen-based Opportunity North East (ONE) is launching its third dedicated accelerator programme in a bid to double the size of the high-growth life sciences company cluster. To date, 14 people developing nine businesses have been supported by ONE Life Sciences accelerators Applications are now being accepted for the new accelerator, which starts in March, that [...]
A company developing technology for the remote monitoring of patients is nearing its £250,000 crowdfunding target. PCL Health plans to operate a B2B SaaS model to solve a problem for doctors, hospitals and care homes. Its platform uses health algorithms combined with sensors and proprietary apps to allow family members to proactively monitor the health [...]
NHS England has mandated that hospitals adopt an AI powered tool to help fight coronary heart disease. HeartFlow Analysis has been selected as one of the innovations supported by NHS England’s new MedTech funding mandate. The mandate, which will begin on 1 April 2021, aims to provide innovative medical devices and digital products to NHS England [...]
An interventional robotics start-up has secured $3.3m in seed funding led by 415 CAPITAL, which invested alongside a number of MedTech entrepreneurs. Moray Medical is developing the Coral system, a novel interventional robotics platform powered by microfluidics and an augmented reality (AR) digital user interface. While the platform aims to dramatically simplify a range of minimally invasive cardiovascular [...]
London-headquartered Pangaea Data has closed its second funding round within 12 months to accelerate the deployment of its AI platform. The investment was led by deep tech VC firm IQ Capital, which is following on from the previous funding round alongside UK venture firm Hambro Perks. New investors in this round include Ascension Ventures and private investors from the [...]
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has selected Siemens Healthineers to enter a 15-year technology and strategic partnership. The value partnership includes the planning, installation, and maintenance of 222 pieces of critical medical equipment, with approximately 350 planned installations over the life of the contract. A dedicated on-site team will ensure the guaranteed technology performance [...]
Promaxo, a US-based medical imaging, robotics, and AI technology company, has received IRB approval from WCG Clinical Services for a clinical study on its MRI system. The approval will enable a multi-centre feasibility study of the Promaxo MRI System for prostate biopsy guidance. The first study site will be at the Mississippi Urology Clinic. Dr. [...]
