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
In a strategic move to improve patient outcomes in breast cancer, Affidea, a leading pan-European provider of community-based polyclinics, specialist services and advanced diagnostics, has announced that it has selected b-rayZ, a leader in AI-powered breast imaging solutions, as its preferred AI par
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
Backed by $4.6M in seed funding, Juniper is looking to define a new clinical standard of care for IVF genetic testing Juniper Genomics, a healthtech company pioneering a new standard of care in IVF, has announced its public launch alongside a 4.6 million USD seed round led by Company Ventures, with
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
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has become the first regulator in the world to approve elinzanetant (Lynkuet) for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes) associated with the menopause. When oestrogen levels drop during menopause, certain br
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
