The oversubscribed $58m funding round will enable the company to further work on its first-in-class breath biopsy technology, which aims to provide a cheap and convenient screening tool for several diseases.
Owlstone Medical, a subsidiary of Owlstone, raised $58m in an oversubscribed funding round to continue development of its breath biopsy technology.
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ChestView, Gleamer’s newly FDA-cleared solution, is designed for chest X-ray interpretation and is the latest addition to its Gleamer Copilot suite. ChestView, which operates as a computer-aided detection system that can simultaneously detect multiple pathologies on images to support radiologists, is being rolled out in the US.
“Infectious disease should be treated in the community, not in hospitals,” Alex Batchelor, Pictura Bio CEO, told Medtech Insight at the Anglonordic Life Science Conference on 3 April in London.
AI systems used in healthcare are vulnerable to adversarial cyberattacks, which are a growing concern, said Atif Azad, a professor of AI at Birmingham City University. Azad’s research group has developed a method that trains AI to become more resilient to cyber threats through the use of random image adjustments.
Biotech and pharma are increasingly clear about one thing: They need diagnostics. But with prices suppressed, how have diagnostics companies proven their utility without going under?
“Infectious disease should be treated in the community, not in hospitals,” Alex Batchelor, Pictura Bio CEO, told Medtech Insight at the Anglonordic Life Science Conference on 3 April in London.
The firms recently announced they will operate as combined company LXE Hearing marketing Eargo’s namesake line and hearX’s Lexie brands. Eargo majority owner Patient Square Capital added $100m to its investment.
AI systems used in healthcare are vulnerable to adversarial cyberattacks, which are a growing concern, said Atif Azad, a professor of AI at Birmingham City University. Azad’s research group has developed a method that trains AI to become more resilient to cyber threats through the use of random image adjustments.
