Digital Technologies

Only one year in the last decade involved more medtech acquisitions worth over $1bn than 2024, said McKinsey. A new report from the consulting firm found that despite an overall fall in activity for the life science sector, the economic and regulatory environment may support a strong rebound in dealmaking.

ACLA wants policymakers to see the vital role clinical labs play in delivering better health outcomes for patients and improving public health, especially in their potential for catching diseases early.

Google Cloud launches new generative AI capabilities in Vertex AI for health care, allowing clinicians to gain access to multimodal data such as images and data to help with decision-making.

AvaSure’s new in-hospital virtual care assistant utilizes Oracle's cloud platform and NVIDIA AI software packages to improve clinical workflow by grading patients’ responses to a question format.

A recent webinar highlighted the need for manufacturers to monitor, manage, and address software vulnerabilities under FDA cybersecurity policy. Important elements include a thorough software bill of materials, coordinated vulnerability disclosure, and maintaining system security.

Dragon Copilot combines and extends the capabilities of Microsoft Dragon Medical One voice dictation and DAX ambient listening to help clinicians streamline their entire workflow. It will be available in the US and Canada in May, followed by the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands.

Implementing a reflex test alongside traditional prostate cancer screening is cost-effective for high-risk groups, claims Prostate Cancer Research. Oxford BioDynamics sheds light on UK market conditions influencing the adoption of its reflex test, EpiSwitch PSE.

Abbott is now offering its consumer CGM Lingo at Amazon for $49 for a single sensor. Its rival Dexcom also expects to introduce its consumer CGM Stelo on Amazon in Q1.

Seonix launched SightScore, the first clinical polygenic risk score test for glaucoma available in the US, and plans to introduce more genetic-based tests for eye conditions such as macular degeneration.

Several counties in the US state of Georgia are maternity care “deserts.” Remote monitoring of high-risk pregnancies with maternal hypertension and diabetes could help improve the state’s high rate of maternal mortality, according to leading health service provider Philips.

In this first of a two-part series highlighting digital and healthtech innovation in Barcelona, Medtech Insight visits the Barcelona Health Hub, a nonprofit that seeks to advance digital health innovation by bringing together start-ups, investors, health care institutions and corporations.

Most fired staffers in the FDA’s device center are now back at work, according to several who were unceremoniously let go over the President’s Day weekend purge.

MELD Graph could help speed up the diagnosis and treatment of people with epilepsy by spotting "invisible" brain lesions often missed by radiologists. The new open-source AI tool developed by UK researchers could save the NHS up to $70,000 per patient, said researchers.

Royal Philips has taken a “significant step” in advancing live-data analytics in clinical practice in a new collaboration with US Mass General Brigham. The parties will leverage software platforms to unify EMR, lab and bedside medical devices data.

The digital health market includes thousands of app-based solutions targeting single health conditions, but the cost, complexity and number of options “gives too many opportunities to health care systems to say no,” said Mike Trenell, Daiser CEO. The second generation of digital health might have the answers, he said.

A flurry of firings as part of the Trump administration’s pledge to shrink the federal government hit the FDA over the weekend. While the exact number of staff let go is unclear, the agency’s device center took the brunt of it.

Boston Scientific has integrated cardiac mapping and pulsed field ablation into a single catheter with the newly EU-approved Farawave Nav Ablation Catheter. Faraview Software also receives CE marking, allowing for visualization of catheter placement when delivering therapy.

France-based Germitec aims to double its yearly revenue by expanding its UV-C disinfection technology for endocavitary ultrasound probes into the US market.

PathAI, a Boston-based AI-pathology startup backed by $355m, partners with Brazil’s largest integrated healthcare network to support diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients using its AISight image management system.

Volta Medical’s TAILORED-AF clinical trial demonstrates that AI can achieve "superior efficacy" in interventional cardiology. The study examined the use of AI-driven Volta AF-Xplorer in addition to pulmonary vein isolation in treating patient with persistent atrial fibrillation.