ATS Breathe Easy Podcast: Breathing in Innovation at RIS featuring Maria Artunduaga, MD, MPH, founder of Samay
The Respiratory Innovation Summit (RIS) is an event that unites the innovators, investors, clinicians and advocacy groups who are leading the charge to create powerful new treatments for diseases of the lungs and airways. This meeting historically attracts 400+ global... Read More →
Startup with Central Virginia ties moves cartilage-regrowing knee implant into human trials featuring Nanochon
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – For millions of people with knee damage, treatment options can be limited — especially before a full knee replacement is even considered. Now, a startup with ties to Central Virginia is reaching a major milestone that... Read More →
LEADOPTIK Announces FDA Clearance of the LIA™ for Lung Biopsy Procedures
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LEADOPTIK, Inc. today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its Last Inch Assessment™ (LIA) system, the world’s first system to use silicon photonics imaging technology and software designed... Read More →
In Conversation with Daniel Firth, Data & AI Manager at OncoRes Medical
Daniel Firth leads data and AI programs at OncoRes, overseeing a team of software developers, engineers, and data scientists. With a background spanning physics, mathematics, data science and consulting, he brings a rare blend of technical expertise and practical problem-solving... Read More →
PREVENT: Preeclampsia Detection – Verifying a Novel Rapid Test featuring MOMM Diagnostics
Mathias Wipf of MOMM Diagnostics GmbH will improve their préXclude test to better enable its use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as an affordable point-of-care diagnostic platform for prediction and detection of preeclampsia early in pregnancy. Read More
mOm Incubators Receives FDA Clearance for First-of-Its-Kind Portable Incubator for Premature Babies
Unique, easy-to-use, lightweight incubator enables care anywhere and everywhere while avoiding separation of mother and baby Potential for novel incubator to address key aspects of preterm neonatal care and reduce dependence on NICU NOTTINGHAM, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–mOm Incubators Limited announced today... Read More →
Abbott and AtaCor Medical Collaborate on Advanced Extravascular ICD Technology
Collaboration pairs AtaCor’s investigational extravascular ICD lead with Abbott’s investigational extravascular ICD system to deliver potentially life-saving therapies AtaCor plans to initiate a pivotal Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial in 2026 to evaluate the investigational extravascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator... Read More →
Press Release Nanochon closes $4.1M Seed Prime II Funding Round
WASHINGTON, January 12, 2026 — Nanochon, a Washington, DC-based orthopedic device company developing an implant for treating articular cartilage defects in the knee, has secured commitments to close an oversubscribed funding round, bringing its total capital raised to date to... Read More →
Avenue Biosciences raises $5.7M to scale the first platform modulating the secretory pathway for enhanced therapeutic protein manufacturing
– Funding will be used to scale the first technology for measuring and modulating the efficacy of the protein secretory pathway, a critical bottleneck affecting the development and manufacturing of therapeutic proteins. – The Avenue technology generates thousands of versions... Read More →
GelSana Hires Chief Commercial Officer
Medtech Industry Veteran joins GelSana as Chief Commercial Officer (AURORA, CO) – January 09, 2026 – GelSana Therapeutics, Inc. (“GelSana”), a wound care company developing novel polymer-based dressings to accelerate healing, today announced that Donald Gregg has joined the company... Read More →