Sofinnova Partners hauled in $200 million in investment for its digital health fund as investors’ appetite for companies developing solutions for health care using digital technology continues to grow.
Virtually all regulatory systems present at least some ambiguity as to the respective regulatory status of software when installed in hardware for medical purposes, and the European Commission’s (EC’s) Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) has attempted to provide clarity on these questions.
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is offering provisional coverage for digital health technologies for specialist weight-management services as part of its early value assessment (EVA) series.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Concordance Medical, Edwards Lifesciences, Enterra Medical, Eosolutions, Jinghao Medical.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has struggled to devise a final rule regarding regulation of ethylene oxide (EtO) after several years, a regulatory activity that has device makers concerned about domestic capacity for sterilization.
Ventric Health Inc. received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its Vivio system, a mobile, non-invasive medical device that can aid in the diagnosis of heart failure. With early diagnosis crucial for treating and managing the condition, Vivio uses advanced algorithms to detect elevated left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) in less than five minutes and can therefore improve clinical and health outcomes.