Dublin-based Medtronic plc acquired privately held Digital Surgery, which is focused on surgical artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and digital education and training. The companies did not release the terms of the deal. Medtronic plans to integrate Digital Surgery’s AI technology into its robotic platform and across its portfolio. Read More
San Francisco-based startup Cloudcath has raised a $12 million series A round to support commercialization of its first product that enables remote, real-time monitoring for at-home peritoneal dialysis patients. The expectation is that the notifications it offers to health care providers will enable earlier intervention to avoid complications, including infection. The Cloudcath system is pending U.S. FDA clearance. Read More
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar was peppered with questions about the Trump administration’s budget proposal for fiscal 2021 during a Feb. 13 Senate hearing. However, another theme that resonated during the hearing was Senate legislation addressing drug prices. Azar addressed the issue of price caps, while noting that the bill “leaves plenty of room” for both ample profit margins and innovation in drug development. Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Most medical device manufacturers follow a traditional, linear, task-driven approach for product development. Switching to a knowledge-driven approach, called agile-lean, may yield better results. That was the takeaway from a talk at MD&M West. Read More
BOGOTA, Colombia – Medical supply manufacturers in Argentina have seen a surge in demand for their products from China, which is reaching out globally for the goods it needs to deal with the outbreak of COVID-19. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Becton, Dickinson and Co., Biotricity, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Dermalog, Eckert & Ziegler, Endonovo Therapeutics, Foundation Medicine, Impedimed, Isotopia Molecular Imaging, Nanopin Technologies, Q-linea, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Orthofix. Read More
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Creating a safer MRI contrast agent; Novel blood test for HPV-related head and neck cancer; More enhancers suggest more pathogenicity: study; Distinguishing real from backseat drivers. Read More
