Subcontract machining firm Kirkstall Precision, Leeds, has enhanced its capability to serve the medical sector with the installation of a Brother SPEEDIO M200Xd1-5AX, a Japanese-built, simultaneous 5-axis CNC machining centre supplied by sole UK and Ireland sales and service agent, Whitehouse Machin
Danish MedTech company VentriJect, a start-up behind a technology that accurately measures cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) has just closed a 1.7 million EUR funding round following expansion into several European markets. VentriJect is a spinout from Aalborg University in Denmark, and after being
SetPoint Medical, a company dedicated to developing therapies for people living with chronic autoimmune diseases, has announced that it has raised 140 million USD in private financing, that will support commercialisation of the SetPoint System, a first-of-its-kind neuroimmune modulation therapy for
GN, a global leader in hearing technology, has announced the launch of ReSound Enzo IA, which the company claims is the world’s smallest rechargeable hearing aid. GN says the ReSound Enzo IA represents a huge leap forward in sound quality for people with severe to profound hearing loss. Understandin
FUCHS Lubricants Co., one of the world’s largest independent lubricant suppliers, has announced the launch of NYEMED 7312, a ‘groundbreaking’ damping grease engineered specifically for the medical device industry. Developed in response to the growing demand for more sustainable materials according t
Dr. Cristina Richie, Lecturer in Ethics of Technology, Department of Philosophy, Edinburgh University Future’s Institute, looks at the ethical considerations raised by the environmental impact of “digital twins”. Technology has revolutionised health care. As medicine and science intersect, more heal
Apreo Health, a clinical-stage medical device company developing a novel treatment for severe emphysema, has announced the closing of an oversubscribed 130 million USD Series B financing round. The financing was co-led by new investors Bain Capital Life Sciences and Norwest, with participation from
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, and advisor to MedTech suppliers, reports on a new review of the supply of continence products. NHS England is undertaking a review of the current processes and commercial mo
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, and advisor to MedTech suppliers, reports on a call for potential VBP pilots to be urgently identified. The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care has called for potential
After AbbVie announced the marketing authorisation from MHRA for ELAHERE, Med-Tech Insights spoke to the company to find out more. When do you anticipate mirvetuximab soravtansine will be available to eligible patients? Mirvetuximab soravtansine is now licensed as a monotherapy in the UK for the tre
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, and advisor to MedTech suppliers, records World Health Organization recognition for UK’s medical device regulator. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised the UK’s
In 1995 the FDA approved the first AI-enabled medical device, an automatic interactive gynaecological instrument to analyse Papanicolau (PAP) cervical smears. Although the FDA has been reviewing and authorising AI-enabled devices for 30 years, for most of that time these devices were a relative rari
