Acutus Medical Inc. is working to build itself into a major competitor in cardiac electrophysiology. The latest step to do so is an FDA clearance for its second-generation cardiac mapping software known as Supermap. This works in conjunction with its next-gen Acqmap 3D Imaging and Mapping System. The Carlsbad, Calif.-based startup, which was founded in 2011, is now marketing these in both the U.S. and Europe, where Supermap received a CE mark in October 2019. Read More
Cambridge, Mass., startup Enclear Therapies Inc. has secured $10 million in series A financing led by 20/20 Healthcare Partners. The company is developing a device to aid in treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases by removing toxic proteins from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Read More
Nantomics LLC, of Culver City, Calif., reported that research based on the company’s deep learning system has been published in a peer-reviewed journal, highlighting the algorithm’s ability to discern which mutation drives a patient’s breast cancer. The company said their approach is a rapid and cost-effective way to establish the breast cancer subtype, thus giving clinician and patient alike a good understanding of which therapies would be ineffective for that cancer and maximizing the chances for a cure. Read More
The results from a study comparing San Diego-based Bionano Genomics Inc.’s Saphyr to traditional cytogenetic methods for the clinical analysis of leukemia genomes revealed that the system was 100% concordant with the standard of care for the detection of somatic chromosomal abnormalities. Read More
TORONTO – Kitchener, Ontario-based Nicoya Life Sciences Inc. has followed up CA$10 million (US$7.6 million) in series A funding raised in January with its launch of “the world’s first digital benchtop surface plasmon resonance (SPR) system” to boost development of drug therapies. Read More
SEATTLE – As it enters its third year, the Human Cell Atlas project has mapped 100 million of 100 billion cells, and by comparing gene expression profiles of normal and aberrant cells and building networks of cellular interactions, is leading to breakthroughs in understanding of disease at a molecular level. Read More
Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: Catalent, Innerscope Hearing Technologies, Myomo, Pixium Vision, Veravas. Read More
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: BBS-Bioactive Bone Substitutes, Nantomics, Nanthealth. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Canon Medical Systems USA, Conavi Medical, Endoclot Plus, Flowonix Medical. Read More
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: Advamed, Resmed, Abbott Vascular, Teleflex Medical. Read More
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: In2bones reports U.S. Launch of the Avenger radial head prosthesis; Searching for biomarkers and therapeutic agents against breast cancer; MRI findings predict shoulder stiffness for rotator cuff tears. Read More
