Medtech
A new virtual MedTech summit will welcome SMEs, innovators, academics and clinicians from across the UK. The North-South MedTech Summit, led by the NIHR Surgical MedTech Co-operative and Bournemouth University in partnership with the OVHcloud Startup Program, is powered by Empact Ventures. The free-of-charge virtual event will take place on November 26 and aims to [...]
People who suspect they may have experienced a side effect from medical devices, medicines or vaccines are being encouraged to report it to the government's Yellow Card scheme. The scheme, which is run by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), aims to quickly detect whether the safety of medicine or medical devices may [...]
England could be the first country in the world to prescribe medicinally licensed e-cigarettes to help reduce smoking rates. E-cigarettes could be prescribed on the NHS in England to help people stop smoking tobacco products, as health and social care secretary Sajid Javid welcomed the latest step forward in the licensing process for manufacturers. The [...]
A UK-based business has received £2.85million investment funding to forge ahead with its development of the Occuity Indigo, an innovative non-contact, optical glucose meter. The device will allow the 4.7million people in the UK with diabetes to monitor their blood-sugar levels through a simple scan of the eye. Occuity, the medical technology start-up, which is developing [...]
Medtech firm Glyconics has appointed internationally renowned diabetes expert Dr Päivi Paldánius as its first Chief Medical Officer (CMO). The move comes as it prepares to progress to its next clinical phase before embarking on a Series A funding round next year. Glyconics exploits the ability of Infrared light to produce distinctive molecular ‘fingerprints’ for [...]
