First Polish Notified Body Designated Under The EU's Medical Device Regulation

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.

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.

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.

Less bureaucracy, no more national supply chain law, framework agreements and competition for direct reimbursement of medtech innovations are among the positive changes the local medtech industry might expect as Germany’s new government gets down to work. Life sciences lawyer Gunnar Sachs offers a view from the ground.