The fourth quarter of the year is a fitting time to look back and look ahead to consider investment trends in healthcare and what to expect in 2024. In response to emailed questions, investors…
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This week, medical device giant Abbott announced its plans to acquire Bigfoot Biomedical. The deal is not that surprising given that the two companies have been collaborating for more than six years, but it…
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Over the last 20 years, scientific and technological advances have created more sophisticated precision medicine solutions that deliver better and more personalized care to patients. This approach has already fundamentally transformed the way we…
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This week, a new robotic platform designed to increase surgical efficiency gained clearance from the FDA. The agency cleared Levita Magnetics’ platform, which combines the company’s proprietary magnetic surgical technology with robotic assistance.
In 2016,…
In the second quarter of this year, venture capital funding for medtech companies increased slightly to $2.8 billion, up from the first quarter’s $2.5 billion, according to a new report from Pitchbook. These quarterly…
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Last year, Eyenuk CEO Kaushal Solanki told MedCity News his company is on a mission to “screen every eye in the world” by leveraging its AI-powered disease detection technologies.
Eyenuk still has a lot of…
The continued maturation of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) has given researchers the ability to securely collect real-world data on patients as they go about their daily routines. This broader access provides us with new,…
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A lot has changed in the past 12 months. Digital health funding isn’t as easy to access though one report suggests that it has steadied in the first quarter from the steep decline in…
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When regulators speak, we listen.
Naturally risk-averse industries like the life sciences need health authority acceptance before trying new approaches and especially before committing to wholesale operational change, even if the outcome has great potential….
Historically, the majority of healthcare services and products have been available to the general public offline, but as the world has become increasingly digital, so has our approach to healthcare. In the ‘digital age’…
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