Smith+Nephew plc has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Extremity Orthopedics business of Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp. for $240 million in cash. The deal, which is slated to close around the end of this year, gives the London-based company a catalog of devices, implants and instruments that generated $90 million in revenue in 2019. Read More
Device makers may see privacy legislation in California and other U.S. states as a source of regulatory balkanization, but that very same problem is cropping up in the international arena. In addition to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), privacy requirements are popping up in Brazil and elsewhere, and Eric Bowlin, a partner at Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory, told attendees on a virtual symposium that the best approach might be to base a compliance program on general principles. Read More
Omnivision Technologies Inc. has developed the first all-in-one RGB-infrared image sensor designed for medical use. The OHO2A1S sensor offers simultaneous white-light RGB and infrared monochrome captures in one complementary metal oxide semiconductor sensor, enabling endoscopes used in oncology to be produced with just one sensor, reducing the size, cost and heat output of the devices. Read More
TORONTO – Toronto-based Oncall Health Inc. has raised CA$7.9 million (US$6 million) in series A funding to help health care organizations lessen COVID-19’s impact on their EMR and other operational programs. An even more ambitious goal, said CEO Nicholas Chepesiuk, is to streamline delivery of virtual health care across a range of small to large U.S.-based organizations “in a way that makes sense for their brand and their workflow.” Read More
LONDON – Oxford Immunotec plc is aiming to plug a significant gap in the COVID-19 diagnostics landscape, with the development of a commercial clinical grade test for quantifying T cell responses to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. T-Spot Discovery SARS-CoV-2, currently available for research use only, is based on the same automated technology as the company’s tuberculosis diagnostic, which is approved for use in more than 60 countries. Read More
New hires and promotions in the med-tech industry, including: Aziyo, Bioaffinity Technologies, Cyted, Deep Genomics, Exthera, Madaket, Omniome, Orb Health, Prometheus Biosciences, Solutionreach, Theralink Technologies. Read More
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Immunovia, Irras, Istar Medical, Medasense, Moleculight. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Accelerate Technologies, Aptorum Group, Billiontoone, Confirm Biosciences, Exagen, Genosity, Infirmary Health, Inflammatix, Karl Storz, Labcorp, LC-SCRUM-Asia, Jellagen, Mayo Clinic, Olink Proteomics, Premier, Proterixbio, Provider Network of America, Pulse Biosciences, Radiant Technologies, Saranas, Securiport, Seek Thermal, Stryker, Swift Biosciences, Wright Medical, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Well Health Technologies. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Cepheid, Conformis, Guide Sensmart, Oxford Immunotec, Surgical Innovation Associates. Read More
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: New nanoparticle could overcome aggregation-caused quenching for cancer treatment; Epigenetic resistance to PARP inhibitors; Statins help pancreatic tumors go from bad to worse; Sit up straight: PBT coming to a chair near you. Read More
