Ophthalmology company Polyactiva Pty Ltd closed a AU$40 million (US$25 million) series C round to advance late-stage clinical trials in the U.S. of its lead candidate, PA-5108.
Abbott Laboratories grabbed attention in early June with its announcement of a partnership with Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. to develop a multianalyte sensor for people with diabetes that would measure ketones as well as glucose.
The U.K. government will soon unveil its 10-year health plan to transform the National Health Service. The aim is to tackle the problems in the 76-year-old system and make it fit for the future. The aim is to tackle the problems in the 76-year-old system and make it fit for the future.
With a growing number of people wearing continuous glucose monitors and an ever-shrinking number of hospital-based nurses, bringing your own device or using personal CGMs to measure glucose levels during hospitalizations seems like a no-brainer.
A June 25 hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives highlighted some of the health care spending benefits of remote patient monitoring, but Medicare payment is seen as deficient – a problem that may be resolved by pending legislation.
According to a new listing at the FDA device recalls and alerts webpage, Dublin-based Medtronic plc., requested customers quarantine any Bravo CF capsules, an esophageal pH monitoring system.
Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: Elfie, Empo Health, Icecure Medical, Lifeward, Nephrolytics, Trisalus Life Sciences.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Alafair, Entera, Intelligent Bio, Mainz Biomed, Micropure, Raybiotech, Seastar, Spjotgard, Tivic Health, Venebio.