Aero Healthcare report 47% increase in UK defibrillator sales

UK first aid wholesalers, Aero Healthcare, have reported that the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) market has continued to experience strong year on year growth in the United Kingdom, with the company recording a 47% increase in AED sales since 2020 alongside a global market growth of 35%. The 47% increase equates to more than 10,000 […]

Ceryx Medical partners with Osypka Medical to test bionic pacemaker

A Welsh MedTech company is taking next steps towards launching its unique technology, after securing a partnership with a leading medical devices company.

Inceptua Early Access and Sentynl Therapeutics launch Early Access Programme for Nulibry for paediatric patients with Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency Type A

Inceptua Early Access and Sentynl Therapeutics, a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovative therapies to patients living with rare diseases have entered into a partnership to make Sentynl’s Nulibry available via an Early Access Program for eligible patients with molyb- denum cofactor deficiency (MoCD) Type A.

Cambridge Cognition aims to become major player in fast- growing $7.8 billion virtual clinical trials market with acquisition of eClinicalHealth

Catalysed by the pandemic, the overall virtual clinical trials market has grown rapidly and is now valued at US$7.8 billion with a projected growth of 14% per annum [1]. Cambridge Cognition is an active player in the central nervous system (CNS) market, supplying digital solutions to assess brain health. Now, in a major strategic move […]

BD, Biocorp collaborate to bring connectivity, trace- ability to self-administered injectable drugs

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a leading global medical technology company, and Biocorp, a medical device and delivery systems manufacturer based in France, have signed an agreement with the aim of using connected technology to track adherence for self-administered drug therapies, like biologics.

Roy Jakobs appointed as next president and CEO of Philips

An Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM) of Royal Philips appointed Roy Jakobs as the company’s next president and Chief Executive Officer, effective October 15, 2022, succeeding current president and CEO Frans van Houten.

IT forum at MEDICA to focus on sustainability and value of health IT in fighting climate change

At the MEDICA trade fair to be held in Dusseldorf, Germany from 14-17 November, apart from the new products of the more than 4,200 participants from about 70 countries, the MEDICA HEALTH IT FORUM, an integrated part of the trade fair, will offer an overview of top trends in data-driven medicine.

The 4th edition of the HealthTech Innovation Days brought together key players of the European HealthTech eco-system to support innovation in healthcare

The 4th edition of HealthTech Innovation Days (HTID), was held in-person in Paris along with a virtual platform on 13-14 October. The event brought together more than 165 European health technology companies, 15 pharmaceutical and industrial companies and over 300 international investors. Eighty-six international experts lead 19 round table discussions which can be viewed online […]

17 million people in Europe experienced long COVID in first two years of the pandemic

New modelling conducted for WHO/Europe by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine in the United States shows that in the first two years of the pandemic, at least 17 million individuals across the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region may have experienced post […]

Research sheds new light on long COVID conditions

some people — even those who had mild versions of the disease — have symptoms that last weeks or months after an initial COVID infection. These ongoing health problems, called post-COVID conditions (PCC), post-COVID-19 syndrome, long COVID-19, and post-acute sequelae of SARS COV-2 infection (PASC), can decrease quality of life for patients and increase the […]