The project, funded by the Eureka Eurostars program, is a collaboration between Epipole, the Danish ICP Statumanu and the University of Southern Denmark. The objective is to develop an efficient technological solution for the diagnosis of intracranial pressure (ICP). What is intracranial pressure? Intracranial pressure is an increasing pressure inside the skull that usually results […]
Digital Innovation
Pear Therapeutics to go public in a $1.6 billion SPAC transaction to expand its DTx offering
Pear Therapeutics announced plans to go public by merging with Thimble Point Acquisition Corp. in a $1.6 billion special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The company said the move is expected to facilitate commercialisation and expansion. According to the announcement, the newly merged company will operate under the name Pear Holding Corp and will be listed […]
Revolab’s at-home blood testing digital platform is gaining momentum for expansion
Revolab, winner of the 2020 EIT Digital Venture Program, is ready to expand its at-home blood testing kit and platform across Europe following CE mark approval for its solution. In less than a year, the Lithuanian startup centered on self-monitoring of the user’s overall physical well-being has gone from inception to closing a seed round […]
AmalgamRx secures CE Mark for its insulin titration algorithm
Digital therapeutics company AmalgamRx recently announced that it has received EU CE Mark approval for its insulin titration algorithm, called iSage Rx, and its white-label variants, and concluded a commercialisation agreement with Novo Nordisk. The green light for operation in the EU market comes more than four years after FDA approval in the U.S. for […]
Newsweek’s World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2021 Humanitas ranked first Italian hospital
Out of 250 hospitals from 26 different countries, assessed according to the level of digital integration, development of remote services and use of Artificial Intelligence, Humanitas ranks first among Italians. An ongoing trend accelerated by the pandemic, and which will increasingly represent the future of healthcare. IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas was ranked 1st among Italian […]
HealthTech Festival 2021
CELEBRATING EUROPE’S HEALTHCARE STARS AND STARTUPS An interactive one-day digital event that brings together: industry’s disruptors decision makers and brightest minds as speakers From the MEDICAL, LIFE SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY sectors. For discovering how blended technology and innovation will SHAPE THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE. Join us on 15 June 2021 VIRTUAL from anywhere in the world! Link […]
PathAI raises $165 million in Series C funding round for its diagnostic and drug development software
Powered by machine learning and deep learning technologies, PathAI‘s solution not only identifies biomarkers of disease but is also able to predict responses to treatments, while continuously advancing and improving the work of pathologists and pharmaceutical researchers. PathAI‘s promising solution has so far secured 3 multi-million funding rounds and is backed by industry-leading partners. Launched […]
Veri announces seed round of 4 million USD for further development of its solution to tackle metabolism issues
Earlier this month, Finnish healthtech Veri announced the successful closing of its 4 million USD seeding round. The round was led by PROFounders, and closely followed by Lifeline Ventures, Accel with angel investors like Johannes Schildt (CEO and co-founder of Kry/Livi) and Kristian Ranta (CEO and co-founder of Meru Health). While the round also includes […]
Epigenetic factors in cancer can now be identified by a machine learning system
Scientists have developed an innovative machine learning method that can accurately identify epigenetic factors in cancers. The collaborative study by researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian and the New York Genome Center (NYGC), published in Cancer discovery, has resulted in an innovative machine learning method that can accurately identify the genetic changes that cause […]
Eli Lilly partners with Roche, Dexcom, Glooko and others for diabetes-focused integrations
Earlier this month, Ely Lilly announced that diabetes management companies Dexcom, Glooko, myDiabby Healthcare and Roche will integrate the pharma giant’s Tempo pen and Tempo Smart Button into their respective software platforms and/or medical devices. These agreements will optimise the offering of the above-mentioned diabetes products and services, which will now be able to collect […]