The Americas
Proximie, the global health tech platform digitising operating rooms around the world, has appointed a new GM for the Americas, and a chief growth officer, amid ongoing expansion. Charlie H. Wilhelm joins as GM for the Americas, bringing vast industry experience and expertise. Most recently, he was the president and COO of KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America - [...]
By Adrian Smith, general manager, Hologic UK and Ireland
Healthcare systems across the world face excess demand for specific treatments and services, leaving providers struggling with increasing backlogs. At the same time, however, private healthcare providers in multiple countries have excess capacity that remains untapped. Health tech startup GlobMed, launched last year, believes it has the solution to these twin problems. We caught up with [...]
Software developed in the UK will soon allow people to easily report their Covid-19 lateral flow test results to public health authorities in America, helping to track the spread of the virus. Transform, developed by Wales-based Bond Digital Health, is being used in conjunction with a lateral flow test that is being manufactured in high [...]
Biotech firm ProMIS Neurosciences has appointed Dr. Cheryl Wellington to its scientific advisory board. ProMIS is focused on the discovery and development of antibody therapeutics, targeting misfolded proteins such as toxic oligomers implicated in the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Cheryl Wellington is professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has [...]
Shanghai-headquartered health tech firm United Imaging has signed a partnership agreement with King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC), one of the Gulf’s leading cancer care centres, in Jordan. The deal coincided with United Imaging’s attendance at Arab Health 2022, held in Dubai last week. Under the agreement, the two organisations will be collaborating in clinical applications [...]
How to protect sensitive health data and systems against attackers, by Lasse Rousi is the CEO of telehealth firm Medixine.
A pioneer in AI-led cognitive assessment has taken its first step into the US and Canadian healthcare markets, alongside the burgeoning new area of ketamine-enhanced medical care. Cognetivity Neurosciences has partnered with KetamineOne Capital Ltd for its Integrated Cognitive Assessment (ICA) to be deployed in Ketamine One's clinics across North America. The companies have also [...]
North American medtech investment activity appears to be in good health, with a surge of cross-border deals. The value of North America medical devices industry cross border venture financing deals totalled US$2.5bn in Q2 2021, new figures show. Led by US$540m venture financing of Noom, total medical devices industry cross border venture financing deals worth [...]
