Avelas Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Pegloprastide (AVB-620) for Use During Breast Cancer Surgery
Avelas Biosciences, Inc., pioneering the field of intraoperative fluorescent cancer imaging, today announced that the company has received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for pegloprastide (AVB-620) for the intraoperative detection and visualization of positive margins during breast cancer surgery. Read More →
U.K. Invests $330M to Lead the World In Healthcare AI (featuring Kheiron Medical Technologies)
This first tranche of investment boasts companies at a range of stages, from minimum viable products to established companies ready to scale. Read More →
Smart Stethoscope Helps Monitor and Diagnose Respiratory Conditions: Interview with Helena Binetskaya, CEO of Healthy Networks
LungPass, an AI-powered Bluetooth stethoscope has been developed by Healthy Networks, a company based in Talinn, Estonia. The device can analyze sounds from the lungs and help to diagnose or monitor a variety of respiratory conditions, with an initial focus on pneumonia and COPD. Read More →
Day Zero Diagnostics Wins $300K NIH Grant to Refine HAI Outbreak Analysis Service
Infectious disease startup Day Zero Diagnostics last week received a $300,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to further develop its nanopore sequencing-based technology for the analysis of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) outbreaks. Read More →
Conversations with Medtech Pioneers: MedTech Innovator’s 2020 Grand Prize Winner, Rhaeos
At Advamed’s Medtech Conference, the top 5 finalists pitched with the Grand Prize awarded to Rhaeos CEO, Anna Lisa Somera. Rhaeos has a novel wireless, wearable sensor for the monitoring of shunts in patients with Hydrocephalus. Read More →
Safety and Efficacy of Intermittent Colonic Exoperistalsis Device to Treat Chronic Constipation: A Prospective Multicentric Clinical Trial, featuring MOWOOT
MOWOOT automatically provides intermittent colonic exo-peristalsis (ICE) treatment like that in manual massage. Read More →
This Startup Is Changing Cancer Detection Around the World (featuring X-ZELL)
X-ZELL is developing an accurate, affordable, and globally scalable early cancer detection from 10mL blood samples, which is unprecedented. Read More →
Vectorious’ In-Heart Microcomputer Wins FDA Breakthrough Nod
The V-LAP system is the first digital, wireless, battery-free device that can communicate from deep within the body using high-resolution waveform morphology, according to the Tel Aviv-based startup. Read More →
First Use of nView’s Novel 3D Imaging Technology in Pediatric Spine Surgery
The innovation, insta-3D™ imaging from company nView medical, is designed to make 3D images available in the operating room quickly and safely. The 3D images provide surgeons with better visualization, allowing them to continue improving patient care and outcomes. Read More →
GT Medical Technologies Announces $16 Million Financing to Expand Availability of Targeted Therapy for Patients with Recurrent Brain Tumors
GT Medical Technologies, Inc., a company dedicated to improving the lives of patients with brain tumors, today announced it has raised $16 million in a Series B financing led by MVM Partners with participation from existing investors MedTech Venture Partners and BlueStone Venture Partners.
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