The latest Apple Watch includes an electrocardiogram that has received de novo clearance from US FDA to detect irregular heart rhythms. The approval, say two top US FDA regulators, is a signal to the digital health industry that the agency is trying to help them innovate.
Apple Inc.'s closely watched moves into the health-care sector in recent years has finally resulted in an US FDA-approved product. The tech giant announced Sept. 12 it gained de novo classifications for an electrocardiogram functions and software that will be embedded in the latest Apple Watch.
After several years of skepticism, big tech companies such as Apple, Google and others have been making inroads in recent years with FDA and this approval may be a big sign of a progress
Israeli-based SpotitEarly hopes to bring an early cancer-detection test, which uses dogs’ noses to detect compounds in exhaled breath and AI analysis, to US homes in 2026.
King’s College London, Imperial College London and The Alan Turing Institute constructed cardiac digital twins at scale, creating over 3,400, in a new study using UK Biobank data published in Nature Cardiovascular Research on 16 May.
Apple and Synchron are teaming up to develop technologies that will one day allow people who can’t use their hands or voice to control iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices by using only their thoughts.
While the initial focus is medical devices and life sciences, Ketryx sees future opportunities in other high-regulation sectors including automotive, aerospace and defense, pharma manufacturing and nuclear systems.
Flo Health was the first femtech unicorn to be valued at over $1bn. But the company faced 49 investment rejections before reaching that status, Anna Klepchukova, the company’s chief medical officer, told the LSX World Congress Europe. THENA Capital’s Esther Reynal de St Michel Richardot talked through the firm’s gender-smart investment strategy.
Apple and Synchron are teaming up to develop technologies that will one day allow people who can’t use their hands or voice to control iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices by using only their thoughts.
The REFLECT studies showed a 78% reduction in cardiovascular disease-related hospitalization for people living with type 1 diabetes with prior low blood sugar episodes.
