Biospectal SA has received a CE MDR class IIa medical device certification for its optical fingertip blood pressure monitoring app, Optibp. The device records fingertip blood flow optically and transforms the information into a pulse wave that it analyzes to estimate blood pressure.

Omini SA hopes that the multiplexed blood testing platform it is developing will transform the lives of patients suffering from heart failure. With its multiplex, sensor-based testing strip that simultaneously measures four key biomarkers from a single drop of blood, the company’s technology should increase the chance of a patient’s survival and reduce pressure on health care systems, Joanne Kanaan, CEO and co-founder of Omini, told BioWorld.

After five years and 350,000 hours of DNA sequencing, the UK Biobank has opened up access Nov. 30 to the whole genome sequences of half a million people who volunteered to give samples 15 years ago.

With hybrid closed-loop systems for automated insulin delivery increasingly being seen as life changing for people with diabetes, Vicentra BV has teamed up with Diabeloop SA and Dexcom Inc. to launch a system to help people with type 1 diabetes manage their condition.

In what represents the first Patent Cooperation Treaty filing published in the name of London, U.K.-based Abtrace Ltd., the company’s co-founder and chief executive officer, Umar Naeem Ahmad, collaborates with Xavier Monnet – professor of intensive care at Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP) Université Paris-Saclay – on the design of a fluid delivery system for delivering intravenous fluid therapy to a patient.

Gilde Healthcare Partners BV finally closed its Venture & Growth VI fund after raising €740 million (US$803 million) in commitments. The venture capital firm added €140 million to the €600 million unveiled earlier in the year due to strong interest from institutional investors.

Siemens Healthineers AG appears to be committed to its Diagnostics business after Jochen Schmitz, CFO, pushed back at rumors speculating that the German company was looking at options for the underperforming segment, including a sale.

Senior leaders and investors in the health care sector expect mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity to continue to pick up next year but this will be corporate led rather than private equity, according to a report by global investment bank Jefferies. At the same time, many executives remained concerned about the lack of funding in the sector as it was identified as the number one threat.