German regulators have unveiled their initial report covering the prescription and deployment of reimbursable health apps. The survey was carried out by Hamburg-based health insurance fund Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) in conjunction with Bielefeld University in North Rhine-Westphalia and health care economics analysis research bureau Vandage GmbH, also based in Bielefeld.
A team of researchers from France has started subjecting e-health applications marketed in France to a new scoring tool. This involves rapidly assessing the relevance and potential of software solutions in the medical sector. The results of their study have been published this summer in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR).
Investors in Cathvision ApS are backing the company with an additional $7.2 million to accelerate U.S. commercialization of its electrophysiology (EP) recording system, Ecgenius. The ECG support technology is designed to detect cardiac electrograms with minimal baseline noise so electrophysiologists can accurately interpret complex arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF). In May, the U.S. FDA granted the Copenhagen-based company 510(k) clearance for the system.
The link between the use of antipsychotic medications and the risk of sudden cardiac arrest may not have yet earned universal recognition among cardiologists, but the U.K. National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has seen enough to believe the hypothesis has some merit. The agency recently proposed that the Kardiamobile 6L device by Alivecor Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., be covered for patients taking antipsychotic medications, a policy which if adopted would reflect what NICE sees as an unmet need for a population at grave risk.
Medtech Europe, the European trade association for the medical technology industry covering diagnostics, medical devices and digital health, released its latest survey. This study analyses the availability of medical devices in 2022 in light of the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) being implemented.
Integrated Graphene Ltd. is partnering with a team of scientists at the University of Edinburgh to develop a point-of-care biomedical test for liver transplants. The Sensibile project team is working to develop a prototype electrochemical biosensor that can detect biliary complications’ biomarkers in donor livers. Sterling, Scotland-based Integrated Graphene’s 3D graphene foam electrode will help to assess the viability of the biliary compartment, and the quality of the donor liver prior to transplantation.
As biopharma and med-tech companies grapple with restrictive data privacy laws in the EU and China while trying to meet the demand for greater diversity reflective of the U.S. population, there’s been more of an interest in conducting clinical trials in the U.S., Stacy Amin, a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, told BioWorld.
The notion of a device that disappears from the human body once its work is done has driven massive investments in bioresorbable coronary artery scaffolds and stents, but these devices have had a difficult time getting to and staying on the market. The U.K. National Institute of Health and Care Excellence determined recently that these devices are not ready for routine use and should be deployed only in clinical trials.
Syncthink Inc. is preparing to launch its neurological impairment and disease diagnostic in Europe, after securing CE marking for the ocular biomarker device. The company is raising a new round of funding to support commercialization of the Eye-Sync system and has two projects exemplifying applications of the device running with academic collaborators in the U.K.
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