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24-07-2019 16:24:38
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enhancements, expansion ~Mikart expands oral solid dose #manufacturing vapabilities ~Thermo Fisher epands #GMP #laboratory service offerings with #biosafety testing advancements ~Enable Injections to expand #manufacturing to support #drugdelivery device production
#regulatory roundup ~Diamyd Medical receives #FDAFastTrack designation for Diamyd® ~FDA approves Samsung US’s #sleepapnea feature on #Galaxywatch, phone ~FDA grants clearance to Nanox Vision #AI #software to assess early signs of #fattyliver
new collabs ~Boehringer Ingelheim, Veeva Systems unite to advance #AnimalHealth ~#CooperCompanies, Fulgent Genetics unite to boost #GeneticTesting ~Belluscura announces partnership with Sunset Healthcare Solutions
new #tech #integrations ~AstraZeneca selects SOPHiA GENETICS to expand #HRD testing in Spain ~Covestro polycarbonate used for #Vaporox's #wound healing device ~Imagene increases accessibility of rapid #AI-based #biomarker profiling through Sectra integration
#InTheClinic ~HipInsight System sees 3,000 #HipReplacement case performed at Duke Health ~#UroMems touts first-ever smart urinary sphincter implant in woman ~Boston Scientific completes first commercial #Farapulse cases in US
M&A #news ~#Coveris completes acquisition of S&K Sales Co. ~Bertelsmann_com acquires EXTEDO for eight-digit sum ~KKR buys stake in #healthtech firm Cotiviti in a #deal valued at $11B
product advancement, launches ~Cardio Diagnostics Inc. expands HeartRisk™ platform offering to diverse #markets in conjunction with nationwide rollout ~#SparrowBioAcoustics launches #software that turns a smartphone into a #stethoscope ~Johnson & Johnson launches new #intraocular lens in EMEA
#funding & #investments ~Macmillan Cancer Support is #investing £350,100 in Lucida Medical’s new #AI platform ~PulmoBioMed raises £1.4M to commercialise lung test ~TORTUS takes in $4.2M #funding, to speed up medical #admin with #AI assistant, led by Khosla Ventures
big #moneymoves ~Impulse Dynamics raises $136M for #heartfailure therapy ~Cogent Biosciences announces #oversubscribed $225M #PrivatePlacement ~Freenome raises $255M in new #funding to accelerate platform for early #CancerDetection
#healthtech accelerators, #VC #funds ~#ARCInnovation launches #ARCAccelerator with $10M infusion from Ilex Medical, Inc. ~Beta Boom closes $14.5M #fund to #invest in #DigitalHealth #startups ~.406 Ventures successfully concludes $265M 5th core #fund
more #alliances ~@FMC_AG, #PatenSee sign clinical collaboration agreement ~#TheracosBio extends partnership with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company ~PIH Health, Medline expand prime vendor partnership to service all #pointsofcare
& other contracts, agreements ~SkyWater Technology Foundry signs agreement with Nautilus Biotechnology to fabricate #biomedical devices ~#PharusDiagnostics signs worldwide license agreement with City of Hope ~Ginkgo Bioworks, SaponiQx awarded MCDC contract to discover #NextGeneration #vaccine adjuvants
new collabs ~Maven Clinic, AT&T expand collab to give employees #fertility, family benefits ~Intellia Therapeutics, ReCode Therapeutics collab to develop #GeneEditing therapies for #CysticFibrosis ~PrecisionLife, Metrodora Institute partner to accelerate #diagnosis, treatment of #LongCOVID & more
new #tech #integrations ~Aptar to operate, develop Biogen's lifestyle support apps for #MS ~Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. engages irlabs for #InvestorRelations services ~Quinte Health implements #NovariSurgical wait list management system
#InTheClinic ~#Ceeable digital #eyehealth #technology reaches more patients eorldwide ~UT Health San Antonio among first to implant rechargeable #DBS device ~SCARS Center selects SciBase's Nevisense to detect #skincancer
new alliances, initiatives, awards ~Eagle Telemedicine launches rural care alliance to advance #telemedicine ~TennesseeOncology launches rural #telehealth program to expand access to patients in Tennessee ~Syra Health launches inaugural mental, #BehavioralHealth solutions award
#clinicaltrials ~Opthea Limited completes #enrollment in first pivotal trial with Sozinibercept ~Oncolytics Biotech initiates enrollment expansion of GOBLET anal #cancer cohort ~Autonomix Medical initiates transvascular #RF #ablation trial
new collabs! ~Calyx, Invicro forge strategic collab with BAMF Health ~EnGeneIC Ltd, #SingaporeInstitute partner to revolutionize #cancer treatment ~Qu Biologics Inc., Foundation Medicine collab on late-stage #ColorectalCancer