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US-company Spright is currently building up a drone-based delivery network for health care across the US with more than 300 locations.
The medical flight service provider has signed a purchase agreement with German drone pioneer Wingcopter worth $16 million (€14.4M).
The companies aim to meet the demand for medical drone services in the US with news of partnership being announcement last week....
Thirona obtains EU MDR approval for AI eye screening software
Dutch medtech firm Thirona has been granted Class II CE certification under the EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) for its eye disease screening software.
The solution RetCAD uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse colour fundus images, showing the interior surface of the eye, for the presence of age-related macular degeneration...
SeqOne Genomics, a French digital health startup focused on genomic analysis solutions for personalised medicine, has announced a €20 million Series A funding round.
The round was led by Omnes, Merieux Equity Partners and the Software Club.
The investments will go straight into the company’s venture to accelerate machine learning adoption and big data integration with the vision to better support...
Israeli investment firm eHealth Ventures (eHV) has announced the establishment of a $30 million venture capital fund for med tech and digital health companies, with the aim of raising $40 million.
The fund, called ‘eHV Advanced’, will focus on Israeli early-stage companies at seed stage, with a focus on diagnostics, digital monitoring, digital treatments, home care and bio-convergence. It will...
Wellster Healthtech Group announced that a total of $60 million (€53m) has been raised in a series B financing round.
The German startup seeks to build a digital telemedical platform for women’s health and achieve European market leadership in the isector.
WHY IT MATTERS
The announcement of another $20 million (€17.7m) funding comes six months after the first funding announcement worth $40...
Huma acquires iPLATO healthcare
London-based patient engagement firm iPLATO Healthcare has been acquired by global healthtech firm Huma.
iPLATO’s software covers a network of 26.6 million patients across nearly 3,000 NHS primary care organisations and its myGP app is used by almost 2.4 million people in England.
The two companies will continue to operate independently but will combine their...
The German Federal Institute für Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) has added a new digital therapeutic to its digital health applications (DiGA) directory for public reimbursement.
Cara Care is the first DiGA that addresses gastroenterological issues and widespread digestive health problems such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), food and reflux intolerances.
The...
Seed funding of €2 million has been raised by medtech startup Inflow for its novel science-based app for ADHD patients, according to EU Startups.
Among the investors are Hoxton Ventures and Route 66 Ventures, along with angel investor Quit Genius.
WHY IT MATTERS
With the launch of their innovative app, the London-based founders Levi Epstein and Seb Isaacs want to enable ADHD patients to actively...
Oman’s Armed Forces Hospital, also known as Hospital MoD, has become the first in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) to adopt the ClarifEye Augmented Reality (AR) Surgical Navigation by Royal Philips.
The “industry-first solution” – used in spinal surgery – combines imaging and navigation that uses AR into one system. Hospital MoD has already successfully completed surgery on patients using the...
Scewo, a medtech company from Switzerland, has launched a pioneering technology for wheelchair users that has recently been approved as a medical aid in Germany.
According to a report from EU Startups the power wheelchair is the first of its kind that can climb stairs while using only two wheels. It has digital steering functions and will be further developed towards autonomous driving in the...
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