Shenzhen Core Medical Technology Co. Ltd. completed a series C round to speed up the development of its left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) for heart failure.
The discovery of two new sarcoma-specific pathways and 14 new genes that predispose people to heritable sarcomas could pave the way to managing cancer risk early via detection of these mutations for this rare type of cancer. Sarcomas are rare connective tissue malignancies mostly derived from embryonic mesoderm and affect younger people.
Chinabridge (Shenzhen) Medical Technology Co. Ltd.’s extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine Lifemotion gained NMPA approval, making it the first domestically developed ECMO unit given a greenlight in China. The approval includes the ECMO machine and the disposable consumables used in combination to treat acute respiratory failure or acute cardiopulmonary failure in seriously ill COVID-19 patients.
Vaxxas Pty. Ltd. and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) signed a partnership agreement to develop Vaxxas’ vaccine-patch delivery technology in a project that could end the need for frozen storage of mRNA vaccines.
Qitan Technology Co. Ltd. has raised ¥700 million (US$104 million) in a series C round led by Meituan Inc. to improve its nanopore sequencing devices and expand its market.
Nervtex Co. Ltd.’s diagnostic assessment software Modas for movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease has been given NMPA approval in China. Using smart mobile devices, Modas can process video data collected from people with potential or existing movement disorders when they are in any specific motion state.
Deepwise Technology Co. Ltd.'s artificial intelligence (AI) device mammography screening software has been approved in China. The company claims that this is the first and only AI medical device that is approved for breast cancer in China.
Suzhou Singular Medical Co. Ltd. has raised “hundreds of millions of RMB” in a series B+ round financing, which was jointly led by SDIC Chuanghe Fund Management Co. Ltd. and Qiming Venture Capital Management (Beijing) Co. Ltd.
The U.S. FDA has granted Datar Cancer Genetics Inc. a breakthrough device designation for Trinetra-Glio, a blood test to help in the diagnosis of brain tumors.
Skynor Medical (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has raised ¥100 million (US$15 million) in a financing round to step up its efforts in product development and market expansion. More specifically, the Shanghai-based company intends to use the funds to develop its interventional treatment solutions for neuro and peripheral vascular diseases, as well as expand them to markets at home and abroad.
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