China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) will take effect on Nov. 1, 2021, making it harder for tech firms, including health care companies, to access and use consumers’ personal information. The PIPL was officially passed by the National People’s Congress on Aug. 20. Read More
Savicell Diagnostics Ltd. has reported high accuracy results from a study validating its liquid biopsy platform Immunobiopsy. Haifa, Israel-based Savicell said the platform achieved high accuracy identifying lung cancer across stages I to IV. In a cohort of 245 participants, the Immunobiopsy test achieved 97% sensitivity and 97% specificity among patients with lung cancer. Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted a significant effect on enforcement in the U.S., but Ethan Davis of King & Spalding (K&S) said federal prosecutors have made use of several novel approaches to prosecution in the past year. Read More
Channel Medsystems Inc. completed a fundraising round to enable the nationwide commercial launch of its Cerene cryotherapy device for treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding thanks to a $26 million investment by Innovahealth Partners LP. The investment is among the largest New York-based Innovahealth has made in any company so far and makes it Channel’s largest shareholder. Read More
Robotic technologies company Stereotaxis Inc. is scaling up its footprint in the Chinese med-tech market, with a deal to commercialize its robotic technology for heart rhythm therapy in China with Shanghai Microport EP Medtech Co. Ltd. The St. Louis-based Stereotaxis aims to introduce a second-generation robot called Genesis to the Chinese market that uses a magnetic navigation technology to treat heart rhythm disorders. Its partner, Shanghai Microport EP Medtech, is a division of one of China's largest med-tech manufacturers, Shanghai-based Microport Scientific Corp. Read More
The U.S. National Institutes of Health announced the development of a cane for those suffering from blindness or visual impairments, a device equipped with a computer processor. Read More
New hires and promotions in the med-tech industry, including: Discovery Life Sciences, Memic Innovative Surgery, Miromatrix Medical, Opsens, Pear Therapeutics, Thimble Point. Read More
Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: Better Therapeutics, Mammoth Biosciences, Mountain Crest Acquisition. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Edmund Optics, Foundation Medicine, Optec International, Nanomedic, Navigation Sciences, Science 37, Sensyne, T2 Biosystems. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Madorra, Vonco Products. Read More
