Sparrow Acoustics Inc., dba Sparrow Bioacoustics Inc., closed a C$10 million (US$7.15 million) financing round to support continued adoption of its U.S. FDA-cleared Stethophone platform, which allows bioacoustics detection of structural and rhythmic heart anomalies directly through a smartphone. Sparrow is a Software as a Medical Device and the first medically cleared product that uses smartphones to capture and decipher cardiac sounds. Read More
Customed Ltd. has completed its seed funding round, bringing the total capital raised to $6 million. The company has developed a platform which provides orthopedic surgeons with personalized pre-surgical planning and 3D printed surgical tools. The funds will be used to support regulatory approvals in the U.S. and EU, as well as expansion into additional automated orthopedic indications. Read More
John Crowley doesn’t worry about where his kids’ toys are made, but he told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that he does care where their medicines are made. His concerns, as a father and as president/CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, are becoming more urgent, he testified at an Oct. 29 HELP hearing on the future of biotech in the U.S. Read More
Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have uncovered the hidden code governing how genetic mutations affect RNA splicing and result in disease. The researchers were able to identify the specific mutations that cause changes in RNA splicing, Sureshkumar Balasubramanian, the lead researcher at Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences, told BioWorld. Read More
What trends in life sciences have defined the last three decades? BioWorld Editor Nuala Moran picks monoclonal antibodies as the most significant. “They are the cornerstone around which medical biotechnology as a sector has been built.” Read More
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Humacyte, Recor Medical, Surmodics, Tactile Medical. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Aditxt, Biostate AI, Bayosthiti AI, Braincheck, Harrison-AI, Medline, Organox, Terumo, Turn Therapeutics. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Nexalin Technology, Sirona Medical. Read More
