Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, an advisor to MedTech suppliers, chair of the Urology Trade Association, and governor of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, reports on the launch of the government’s long-awaited
Numan, a leading UK digital health provider, has announced that it has raised 60 million USD in fresh funding, following another year of “exceptional growth” according to the company. The latest financing is an extension of Numan’s Series B round. It comprises a new 30 million USD equity investment
The company also announces plans to share new gynaecologic data for the Hugo RAS system and conduct a telesurgery demo at the Society of Robotic Surgery 2025 Annual Meeting in Strasbourg, France Surgical. Medtronic has announced it has received CE Mark for the LigaSure RAS vessel-sealing technology,
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, an advisor to MedTech suppliers, chair of the Urology Trade Association, and governor of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, reports on the impact of poor training, management and
Boston Scientific Corporation has welcomed guidance supporting the use of pulsed field ablation (PFA) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which provides evidence-based recommendations to improve health and social care in th
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool has become the first paediatric hospital in Europe to install a 3-Tesla MRI research scanner dedicated to research. The hospital said the installation was a major step forward for medical research in the region and beyond. The ‘state-of-the-art’ scanner, fu
TEAM Technologies, an end-to-end outsourced manufacturer of mission-critical medical devices, has announced the acquisition of Duke Empirical, Inc., a designer, developer, and manufacturer of innovative medical devices focused on advanced catheters and minimally invasive delivery systems. This acqui
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, an advisor to MedTech suppliers, chair of the Urology Trade Association, and governor of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, reports on a planned new Directorate for Patient Exper
Field Medical, Inc., a clinical-stage company aiming to redefine cardiac ablation with next-generation pulsed field ablation (PFA) technology, has announced the close of a 35 million USD Series B financing round co-led by BioStar Capital and Cue Growth, with participation from existing strategic inv
Cwmbran-based Amotio has completed a pre-seed funding round of 810,000 GBP, led by a 500,000 GBP equity investment from the Development Bank of Wales. The funding will be used to advance technology that will support better post-operative care and recovery times for joint-surgery patients throughout
Medtronic has announced that it has treated the first patient in its SPYRAL GEMINI Pilot program (including ‘OFF MED’ and ‘ON MED’ studies). The first patient was treated by Dr. Barry Bertolet at Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi and North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. With this tri
Patients and healthcare staff in west Wales are set to benefit from a digital system that will streamline prescribing in secondary services. Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) has selected Better as its preferred technology partner to deliver electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration
