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The MHRA has opened applications for the second round of its AI Airlock programme, backed by £1m to expand regulatory testing of AI-powered medical devices. The scheme allows companies to work with regulators in a controlled ‘sandbox’ environment, where AI-driven health technologies can be safely tested and refined before wider rollout. Applications opened on 23 [...]
A world-first trial of a new scanner that could track the spread of brain cancer has begun in Aberdeen, involving glioblastoma patients. The field cycling imaging (FCI) scanner, which derives from MRI technology, operates at low and ultra-low magnetic fields and is being tested at the University of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian. Researchers say it [...]
Artificial intelligence firm SandboxAQ has released a dataset designed to help researchers predict drug-protein binding, a key step in early drug development. The company generated approximately 5.2 million synthetic 3D molecules using Nvidia chips, instead of through traditional laboratory experiments. The dataset, released on Wednesday, is intended to support the development of faster drug screening [...]
Musculoskeletal med tech company Naitive Technologies has published results demonstrating the diagnostic performance of its AI-powered tool, OsteoSight, for identifying people at risk of low bone mineral density (BMD). The results, published in Osteoporosis International, validate the utility of OsteoSight in detecting low BMD using routine X-rays that have been taken for other purposes. Robert [...]
By Sanius Health It began with one patient. One story. One mission. One urgent need to do better. From that single spark, Sanius Health set out to change the way sickle cell disease is understood, treated and supported. What started as a small mission to accelerate research, discover new medicines, and improve health outcomes has [...]
Around 20,000 children and young people with type 1 diabetes in England are now using so-called 'artificial pancreas' systems following recommendations from NICE. Hybrid closed loop (HCL) systems—made up of an insulin pump, continuous glucose monitor and algorithm—automate insulin delivery and adjust doses in real time based on blood sugar levels. The technology has reached [...]
By the Lindus Health Team The landscape of medical device development is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Digital breakthroughs, evolving regulatory frameworks, and the growing importance of real-world evidence are reshaping how clinical research operates. Despite these changes, numerous Contract Research Organizations (CROs) persist with legacy approaches originally designed for pharmaceutical studies—frameworks that poorly serve today's [...]
Health Tech World explores the latest business developments in the world of health technology. UK announces record investment to rebuild NHS The UK has announced £29bn investment to rebuild the NHS. New investment announced at the Spending Review will enable the NHS to deliver on the government’s Plan for Change to cut waiting lists, improve [...]
NHS App users will soon be able to browse and sign up for clinical trials, under government plans to speed up research and widen access to new treatments. The new feature will eventually use artificial intelligence to match people to relevant studies based on their health records and interests, with alerts sent when suitable trials [...]
A major UK clinical trial has found that combining two targeted drugs leads to better survival and fewer side effects than chemotherapy for people with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), the most common form of leukaemia in adults. The Flair trial involved 786 people with previously untreated CLL, treated across 96 cancer centres in the UK. [...]
