Elekta AB received U.S. FDA clearance for what it called a “groundbreaking upgrade” of its MR-Linac platform which can continuously calculate the movement of a tumor anywhere in the body. The company said the Elekta Unity’s comprehensive motion management platform provides clinicians with enhanced, adaptive radiation therapy workflow to track moving organs such as the prostate, liver and pancreas.
Medtronic plc has scored a CE mark for its Affera mapping and ablation system for atrial arrhythmias, mere months after acquiring the technology from cardiac solutions company Affera Inc. The dual-use system, which includes the Sphere-9 catheter and Affera Prism-1 mapping software, will be available in Europe beginning in the first half of 2023.
March 17 brought neither good luck nor good news to Pear Therapeutics Inc. Just prior to the opening bell, the prescription digital therapeutics company reported that it had engaged MTSA Health Partners LP to explore strategic alternatives for the company. In addition, Pear filed an 8-K with the SEC withdrawing its revenue and operating guidance for fiscal 2022 and 2023 and indicating that it does not plan to hold a fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings conference call and webcast.
Perspectum Ltd. raised $19 million in the second close of its series C funding round bringing the total amount raised in the round to $55 million. The fundraising was led by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., which sees the potential for long-term growth in Perspectum’s imaging and diagnostic technologies and invested $27 million.
An artificial pancreas system that draws on research conducted at the University of Virginia to effectively combine Dexcom Inc.’s continuous glucose monitor and Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.’s artificial intelligence-enabled insulin pump works effectively in children under 6 years of age with type 1 diabetes, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed.
Two research studies by Egnite Inc. presented at the American College of Cardiology Conference (ACC) could shake up the scope of how aortic stenosis (AS) is understood and treated by physicians.
Just three months after raising $12.9 million, Remedee Labs SAS reported it has signed a partnership with pharmaceutical group Upsa SAS to ramp commercialization of its smart bracelet for chronic pain. “We are going to rapidly deploy our non-invasive chronic pain relief technology throughout France and Europe,” David Crouzier, co-founder and CEO of Remedee Labs, told BioWorld.