Digital health and diagnostic efforts continue to dominate med-tech deal-making so far in 2021, while activity focused on medical devices has dropped over the last few years. COVID-19 partnerships also have fallen since last year. Digital health accounts for 43%, the largest portion, of deals this year. About 239 deals are targeting this space, including pandemic efforts. Diagnostic efforts represent about 19%, or 103, of the total deals.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Acutus Medical, Becton Dickinson, Crannmed, Labcorp, Zoll Medical.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Biotheranostics, Caregility, Diaceutics, Genetron, Halberd, Health Recovery Solutions, Hologic, Identifysensors Biologics, Osi Systems, Second Sight Medical Products, Seracare Life Sciences, Spacelabs Healthcare.
More than 150 U.S. patents could be at stake if the World Trade Organization (WTO) were to adopt an intellectual property waiver as originally proposed by India and South Africa.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Applied DNA, Bioecho Life Sciences, Desktop Health, Chordate Medical, Endologix, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Qiagen.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Burning Rock Biotech, Cyduct Diagnostics, E Ink, Ers Genomics, Flagship Biosciences, Fluorogenics, Fujifilm, Galaxy Medical, Genscript Biotech, Helio Health, Hhc Preferred, Japan Lifeline, Leap Therapeutics, Lucira, New England Biolabs, Novartis, Nuclera Nucleic, Pmb-Alcen, Sagentia Innovation, Sientra, Tilak Healthcare, Wearable Health Solutions.
PERTH, Australia – Australia’s budget theme for the 2021 to 2022 fiscal year is rebuilding the economy following COVID-19, and med-tech and biotech leaders were praising some of the new measures.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: American Bionostica, Applied DNA Sciences, Biointellisense, Castle Biosciences, Cytosorbents, Doctor On Demand, Grand Rounds Health, Ott Scientific, Protech Home Medical, Quipt Home Medical, Speedx, Veemed.
A cautious optimism pervaded the March 11 Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee update on COVID-19, with witnesses and lawmakers alike welcoming the continuing decline of infections, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Bigfoot Biomedical, Conformis, Edge Surgical, Inova Diagnostics, Ortho Development, Orthofix, Think Surgical.