Theator Ltd., the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surgical intelligence platform, has raised $15.5 million in a series A financing led by Insight Partners. The funds will be used to scale commercial operations and partnerships with U.S. providers, grow the company’s R&D team and secure its footprint in the field of AI-driven surgical planning, intraoperative support, and review. New investor Blumberg Capital also participated in the round, along with all existing investors including Nfx, Stageone Ventures, Kdt Ventures and Iangels. Read More
Ascendum Capital, a health care-focused investment platform founded in 2020, acquired the majority of the shares of a developer of a disposable robotic system designed to navigate tricky vascular passages for an undisclosed amount. Yehuda, Israel-based Endoways Ltd. developed the technology in the Medx Xelerator and will move to Dinova Medtech’s Israeli incubator until its catheter laboratory-focused robot launches for commercial use. Read More
Preventive medicine hasn’t always had the backing of hard data, but research into genomics at the U.S. National Institutes of Health may soon change that. Evan Eichler of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute said on a recent NIH webinar that phased genome assembly may allow medical science to efficiently treat diseases caused by genetic disorders, but will also enable preventive medicine, the holy grail of those who seek to restrain the ever-increasing cost of medical care. Read More
LONDON – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) mission to Wuhan has rejected accidental laboratory escape as the source of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, but failed to uncover satisfactory evidence of its exact origin. Read More
Among the low-hanging fruit for pruning back U.S. drug prices is the development of generics referencing complex drugs, a category that includes drug-device combination products and nonbiologic drugs with a complex molecular base, route of administration or formulation, such as abuse-deterrent opioids. Read More
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in solid tumors in general, and in lung tumors in particular. There are more patients whose lung tumors are driven by KRAS mutations than by ALK, Ros, Ret and TRK alterations. Combined. And after 40 years, they look to be getting a targeted therapy, or even two. Read More
New hires and promotions in the med-tech industry, including: 908 Devices, Apollo Medical, Behavr, Cecilia Health, Covanos, Echosens, Intershunt, One Drop, Personalis, Seniorlink, Vault Health. Read More
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Biodesix, Foundation Medicine, Medtronic. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Beyond Medical Technologies, Biodesix, Biotelemetry, Canary Health Technologies, Foxsemicon Integrated Technologies, GE Healthcare, Kayan Health, Predictiv Care, Prophase Labs, Royal Philips, Smartbreast, SyntheticMR, Tissium, Trisalus, United Imaging, Zavation Medical Products. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Ava, Bactiguard, Nyxoah, Soundbite Medical. Read More
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: FDA posts advisory for respiratory splitters; NICE: Propel device not ready for routine use; MITA sounds off on third parties with white paper; Ethicon, AIM settle on Esutures sales. Read More
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: Less fractionation, fewer trips not a problem for some high-risk prostate cancers; PCOS passed on in the epigenes; Algorithm uses ultrasound images for classification. Read More
