Huma Therapeutics Ltd today announced the completion of its Series C funding round with financing of around $130 million.
Leaps by Bayer and Hitachi Ventures led the round, which also saw new strategic and financial investors become shareholders.
Samsung Next, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Unilever Ventures and HAT Technology & Innovation Fund by HAT, as well as individuals Nikesh Arora (...
People in England will be able to use the NHS app as a vaccine passport from next week.
Currently the NHS app is currently used to request repeat prescriptions, book GP appointments and view medical records. GPs can also enable a feature on the app which allows it to show vaccine statuses, including COVID.
An update which goes live on 17 May will enable the app to display COVID vaccine records,...
French artificial intelligence (AI) startup Iktos and drug discovery firm Facio Therapies have announced they are collaborating to design treatment for the skeletal muscle wasting condition facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD).
Under the agreement, Iktos will apply its de novo ligand and structure-based generative modelling AI technologies in one of Facio’s drug discovery programmes.
The...
Germany is set to enter an era of digital health over next few years, making it a significant market for health tech solutions.
Digital health analysis and consultancy firm Research2Guidance (R2G) has published a white paper examining the challenges and opportunities, in light of Germany’s new digital health application (DiGA) fast track approval process.
Legislative changes under the 2019...
Digital healthcare company Kry, operating as Livi in the UK and France, today announced a funding round of more than $300 million to fuel its European expansion plans.
The Series D funding round was led by CPP Investments (CPPIB) and Fidelity Management & Research LLC with participation from existing investors, including the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’), Index Ventures,...
Origami is more traditionally associated with the art of paper folding, but one British startup is using the technique to develop a treatment for brain aneurysms.
Oxford Endovascular Ltd has raised $10 million in Series A funding for its OxiFlow solution, which aims to overcome challenges with existing medical devices.
Vulpes Investment Management led the round, with the Additio Investment Group...
UK health tech startup Zedsen has announced a $12M (£8.7M) Series B round of funding at a $110 valuation.
The London-based firm makes non-invasive sensors which use key biological signals from consumers’ bloodstreams to provide personalised health insights.
Investors include Joseph R Grano, former chairperson and CEO of UBS Financial Services Inc, Nasser Kazeminy, founder of NJK Holding and...
Switzerland-based tech startup Uveya is conducting trials of robots which use ultraviolet light to protect airline passengers from COVID-19.
Uveya tested the production version of the technology on the aircraft of Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways last month, in partnership with air services provider dnata.
During the cleaning process, an autonomous sterilization robot emits concentrated UV...
The EU has approved an artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can identify people at risk of a fatal heart attack, years before it strikes.
The CaRi-Heart technology, developed by British Heart Foundation (BFH) spinout company Caristo Diagnostics, utilises coronary CT angiogram (CTTA) scans already performed in clinical practice.
It uses AI and deep-learning technology to produce a fat...
The European med tech industry has called for patient access to innovative technologies to be preserved under a new legislative proposal.
Last week, the European Council agreed to start negotiations with the European Parliament concerning joint work on the EU Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Regulation.
The Council called for the establishment of a coordination group comprising national health...
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_4.jpg?itok=QUcBrRh7 "The funds will be used to develop the firm’s non-invasive blood sensing technology.")
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