The Innovative Device Access Pathway pilot has launched in the UK with eight new promising medical technologies. The cohort is overwhelmingly diagnostic-focused, with innovative testing for Alzheimer’s, stroke, and liver cancer, amongst others.
Eight innovative medtech companies will benefit from £10m ($12.60m) funding package to help bring transformative technologies to the UK market.
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The intricate assembly of medical devices, often involving over 1,000 globally sourced components, faces severe disruption due to new US tariffs. These barriers could halt production and devastate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), MedTech Europe’s CEO, Oliver Bisazza, warns in an interview with Medtech Insight.
Its move comes as the Swiss recognize the need to ensure adequate supplies on medical devices in its country.
Back-to-back meetings at LSX? No time to attend the innovator showcase? Here is what you might have missed from medtech innovators at the LSX World Congress Europe on 29 April.
Medtronic says results from a recent study on the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system substantiate its safety and effectiveness for various urological procedures. The company also announced it has submitted the system to the FDA for approval for a urological indication.
Recognizing that the evidence it receives in applications for health technology assessments will increasingly be informed by artificial intelligence, the CDA-AMC has clarified its expectations for companies that use AI methods in the generation and/or reporting of evidence.
Medtronic says results from a recent study on the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system substantiate its safety and effectiveness for various urological procedures. The company also announced it has submitted the system to the FDA for approval for a urological indication.
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary stated in a new interview that there will be no significant reorganization of the agency, despite earlier reports. Using his “guiding principles” of common sense and gold-standard science, he plans to focus on reforms including improved pathways for medical AI and food safety as well as addressing employee morale.
