Startups & SMEs
While the UK’s new plan to unlock public health data is a good start, complete, accessible data and regional computational infrastructure are needed to properly train AI for healthcare innovation, AI expert Muhammad Bilal tells Medtech Insight.
The UK market has become tougher for smaller innovators, says Andy Mears, CEO of Deltex Medical, which plans to launch a new iteration of its minimally invasive ultrasound-based technology, the oesophageal Doppler monitor. He explained how market access challenges have steepened.
AI diagnostic biotech startup Owkin says AI adoption in digital pathology is slower than in radiology. In a new report, it identifies reimbursement structures and lack of funding and operational resources as barriers to faster adoption.
In this week’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb brings highlights from Deloitte’s 2025 Life Sciences Outlook Report with medtech leaders’ forecasting significant investments in AI/GenAI. Brian Bossetta talks about the US FDA’s newly formed Digital Health Advisory Committee. Elizabeth Orr highlights the pros and cons of penetration testing for cybersecurity and talks about the US FDA’s final guidance on pre-determined change control plans. Natasha Barrow highlights UK MHRA's AI Airlock Pilot program and MANIFEST.
Scotland has a strong foundation of medtech research, but to reach the ‘tipping point’ where it has gained critical startup mass, it must overcome funding challenges and foster corporate startup partnerships.
Jerome Trividic, CEO of Swiss company Spineart, believes that by solving pain points felt by orthopedic surgeons performing spinal procedures, it can improve patient outcomes. He thinks the firm’s innovative approach, which focuses on partnership deals as well as developing its own products, will give it a competitive edge in the spinal surgery market.
MHRA AI Airlock participant Lenus Health has secured three UK provider agreements for use of its COPD predictive AI risk stratification tool for use in the NHS.
Dexcom invests $75m in ŌURA, cementing a data-sharing partnership with the smart ring developer.
Nvidia shows its commitment to developing AI capabilities in Vietnam with VinBrain acquisition and two new AI research and data centers.
PharmStars CEO Naomi Fried spoke with Medtech Insight about the Boston-based virtual accelerator, which brings together digital health-focused start-ups with pharmaceutical companies to accelerate deals. Executives from Elemeno Health, Head Diagnostics and JOGO Health who participated in the PharmaU program and final pitching event to PharmStars’ pharma members talked about their experiences, the value proposition and challenges in securing a pharma deal.
Medtech Insight spoke with executives from Spanish medtech firm Time is Brain about their wearable device that monitors stroke victims in real time, potentially saving lives.
IMU Biosciences joins a UK consortium of 27 academic and industry partners to undertake “immunoprofiling” of 6,000 cancer patients to assess their response to treatment.
University of Cambridge's soon-to-be spun-out Nimble Genomics is among grant-winning projects in Capital Enterprise's Cancer Tech Accelerator. Medtech Insight spoke to clinical oncologist and Nimble founder Henno Martin and co-founder Radek Lach to learn more what about the brain cancer blood test’s prospects in an increasingly competitive liquid biopsy space.
Medtech Insight was on the ground at HLTH looking for innovative companies. Learn about seven start-ups using AI to help physicians detect conditions including prostate and breast cancers, seizures and heart failure; assess patients for cognitive decline validate and deploy algorithms, and monitor patients in and out of the hospital.
Start-ups pitched a diverse deck of innovative technologies to three judges and an audience of potential investors, strategics and physicians at the Octane Medical Innovation Forum in Irvine, CA. Highlights include neuromodulation company Sinaptica Therapeutics, which won the competition for both “People’s Choice” and “Judge’s Choice.”
Speakers focused on whose role it is in the EU to support manufacturers who struggle to interpret the medtech regulations.
Haleon will launch Futura Medical's FDA-approved OTC medical device for erectile dysfunction in the US before the end of the year. Already available to pre-order online on Amazon, Eroxon represents the firm's first move into the sexual health category.
Clue Plus members will have access to 50% off a Headspace subscription for tailored guidance, support and validation to help manage cycle-related stress and improve overall well-being.
TRiCares SAS announced it raised $50m in series D funding from a single unnamed investor. The funding will support the company’s upcoming US early feasibility study and EU CE mark clinical investigation for its transfemoral tricuspid heart valve replacement system, Topaz.
UK medical devices manufacturer Owen Mumford moves into consumer health with umbrella brand Clariti and OTC relaunch of at-home vaginismus and dyspareunia treatment Amielle Comfort.