Anaconda Biomed, S.L., a medical technology company developing next generation neurothrombectomy devices, has announced the enrolment and treatment of the first U.S. patient in its ATHENA clinical trial by Shahram Majidi, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Radiology at Icahn Sch
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced ProVital+ Gamma-Protect, a medical-grade additive designed to preserve mechanical and optical properties of polypropylene-based medical and pharmaceutical articles during gamma and e-beam sterilisation processes. Gamma and e-beam sterilisation te
London Bridge Hospital, part of leading private healthcare provider HCA Healthcare UK, is the first provider in the UK – and among the first hospitals in Europe – to offer an advanced robotic-assisted method to thoracic patients using the da Vinci SP (Single Port) system, making complex surgery poss
New AI-powered, robotic labs that will accelerate development of new treatments for deadly diseases are to be built in Liverpool after 10 million GBP Innovation Zone funding was agreed. The High Containment Level 3 labs, located at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and supported by th
Viromed Medical AG, a medical technology company and pioneer of cold plasma technology for applications in wound healing, intensive care medicine and air disinfection, and Lang Life Sciences GmbH, with its brand and veterinary platform AMAMUS Vet have signed an exclusive agreement to market Viromed’
CMR Surgical, a global surgical robotics company, has announced the successful closing of a financing round of over 200 million USD through a combination of equity and debt capital to support the company’s ambitious growth plans. The fundraising, which was supported by all the Company’s existing maj
PocDoc, a leading UK digital diagnostics company, has become the leading provider of QRISK3 scores in communities, workplaces and homes in the country, highlighting its growing role in cardiovascular disease (CVD) testing. A QRISK3 score is the clinically recommended tool for assessing the 10-year r
Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, London, has become the first hospital in the UK to perform gynaecology and Hepato Pancreato Biliary (HPB) operations using a new robotic-assisted surgical system, the da Vinci Single Port (SP). The hospital, which installed the da Vinci SP system in March 2025, will al
In a UK first, researchers in Manchester are successfully identifying patients in the early, curable stages of a common liver cancer using a new, innovative test. The study team at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and The University of Manchester (UoM) implemented the new technology
An AI-driven document management solution is demonstrating efficiency across NHS frontline services, reducing average document retrieval times from 10 minutes to just 30 seconds and unlocking 140,000 additional hours for patient care at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE FT). The MyStaff
If approved, it would become the world’s first drug-device combination product to treat threatened miscarriage according to the scientists. A team of scientists and biomedical engineers developing pioneering technology designed to treat threatened miscarriage has secured 1 million GBP in Invention f
The Clinical Health Psychology team at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LHCH) has extended, digitised and integrated its service into its established trust-wide EPR. This digital change is enabling a patients’ psychological care to be documented alongside medical care for a f
