Ifast Diagnostics Ltd. raised $6.5 million (£5 million) in seed funding to bring its rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) platform to the market. The company’s technology is vital in the fight against antimicrobial resistance and the funds will be used to conduct clinical trials to get the product to the market in the U.K., U.S. and EU, CEO Toby King, told BioWorld. Read More
South Korean researchers developed a novel quantum dot and parallel-stacked organic light-emitting diode (QD-PSOLED)-based wearable patch capable of being “freely tunable” in real-time, and described as a flexible and commercial-level technology with wide applications for health care wearables. Read More
The U.S. FDA has had its sights on artificial intelligence (AI) for some time, but an upcoming advisory hearing will review questions such as the regulatory status of a generative AI (GenAI) algorithm. This is just one of several AI-related dilemmas facing the agency in the next few years. Read More
While the size of the market is enormous, drug development and treatments for women’s health care still lag behind what is offered for men. There has been a renaissance in the past few years, however, led by investors and companies that have wrestled with determining exactly what encompasses women’s health and how to meet its challenges. Read More
Med-tech firms raised $22.71 billion in financings through October, an increase of 46% over the $15.59 billion raised during the same period in 2023. October’s value totaled $1.43 billion, up from $1.02 billion in September, but down from August's $3.67 billion. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Bruker, Icecure, Index International, Mammotome, Olympus, Orthofix, Quirugil, R3 Vascular, Seer, Thermo Fisher, Trinity Biotech, Venus Concept. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Camdiab, Ypsomed. Read More
