The 17 million GBP UNITE consortium aimed at ‘building a borderless European digital health innovation ecosystem’ will be launching its first call this month with Scotland taking a leading international role. Earlier this year, Scotland was named sole UK collaborator on the major pan-European progr
Paper and plastics manufacturer Coveris has embarked on a healthcare circularity project, aiming to successfully recycle used medical plastic packaging back into new contact-sensitive packaging. Coveris has teamed up with SABIC, Zuyderland Medical Centre, healthcare brand Artivion and other partners
North London NHS Foundation Trust has signed a new partnership with leading digital health company Psyomics to revolutionise how people across Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Islington access mental health care. The collaboration will see Psyomics’ digital technology rolled out across community s
Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched the Molecular Microscope Diagnostic System for Lung (MMDx Lung), a new laboratory developed test for post-transplant biopsy assessment. The company says the test is designed to improve the detection of lung transplant rejection and injury, and deliver quantifiab
Medtronic plc has announced that BrainSense Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation (aDBS) what it says is the world’s first closed-loop DBS system for people with Parkinson’s – has been recognised by TIME on its annual list of Best Inventions. There are over 10 million people living with Parkinson’s diseas
PocDoc has extended its partnership with Community Pharmacy Essex into a 3rd year after delivering what it says is the fastest NHS-funded cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention roll-out in community pharmacy since the launch of the national hypertension case finding service. Collaborating with the
Asahi Kasei has announced that it will launch two new specialty grades in its Sonanos portfolio. Paid samples are already available, and products manufactured in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) are scheduled for sale in 2027. Asahi Kasei claims that Sonanos addresses the needs of t
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has successfully gone live with System C’s CareFlow Electronic Patient Record (EPR), in what the trust says is a significant step forward in its landmark digital transformation programme. Delivered through the trust’s Blueprint project, the phased initiative unifies
The complaint seeks to protect Medtimo’s balloon system technology and alleges that Allurion infringes three Medtimo patents. Medtimo Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Biorad Medisys Private Limited, has announced that it has filed a patent infringement complaint in the U.S. District Court of the Di
Olympus Corporation has announced the launch of SecureFlex, a single-use fine needle biopsy device, in EMEA. Designed for use with an ultrasound endoscope, SecureFlex supports endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) of submucosal and extramural lesions within the gastrointestinal t
A South Wales-based medical technology company is scaling rapidly on the international stage, recording a 70% increase in overseas trade over the past three years and securing a 30% uplift in turnover as it attempts to position itself as a global leader in pressure area care. Tredegar-based Frontier
AI-powered physiotherapy clinic Flok Health’s technology has been certified as a Class IIa Medical Device under EU Medical Device Regulations. The company says that this the first time in the UK or Europe that an AI system has been approved to deliver end-to-end diagnostic triage and treatment pathw
