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New trial for prostate cancer screening in the home 

Dr Rav Sodi, Consultant Clinical Biochemist for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, has partnered with Yorkshire- and Edinburgh-based MedTech company TestCard and global diagnostics manufacturer Healgen to deliver a trial of prostate cancer screening...

Digital eye screening for diabetics could save hundreds of thousands of UK hospital appointments 

The NHS is providing advanced eye scans closer to home for tens of thousands of people with diabetes which could save up to 120,000 hospital appointments a year and help prevent life-changing sight loss.  People with diabetes can develop a condition...

Millions of patients benefitting from improved care as new NHS IT software rolled out

Innovative IT software designed to tackle waiting lists and reduce discharge delays has been rolled out across more than two thirds of the NHS. The NHS Federated Data Platform securely brings together data currently held in separate systems, making it...

Roche to acquire Poseida Therapeutics, including its related platform tech

Roche has announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Poseida Therapeutics, a public clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering donor-derived CAR-T cell therapies. Based in San Diego, California, Poseida’s R&D p...

Johnson & Johnson MedTech announces strategic agreement with Responsive Arthroscopy to expand sports soft tissue solutions

Johnson & Johnson MedTech, a global leader in orthopaedic technologies and solutions, has announced an exclusive commercial distribution agreement in the United States with Responsive Arthroscopy, an innovative medical device company specialising in...

GE HealthCare unveils Sonic DL for 3D, expanding Deep Learning innovations in MRI

GE HealthCare has unveiled Sonic DL for 3D, the newest addition to its effortless imaging portfolio, designed to accelerate MRI scans across a wide range of clinical applications.   Sonic DL for 3D builds on GE HealthCare’s its success on AIR R...

Stryker unveils Oculan Lighting Platform to enhance surgical visualisation and illumination

Stryker, a global leader in medical technologies, has unveiled the Oculan Lighting Platform, an innovative lighting solution designed to provide consistent, high-quality illumination, allowing surgeons to focus on delivering the highest standard of care. ...

Independent review maps a route to transform the UK’s health data system

Professor Cathie Sudlow OBE was commissioned to lead the independent review by the CMO for England, NHS England’s National Director for Transformation and the UK National Statistician.  Scientists often wait months or even years to securely access h...

NIHR and OLS invest £7.8mn in new technology to benefit patients

NIHR and the Office for Life Sciences (OLS) have funded seven new research projects aimed at bringing new technologies into the NHS to benefit patients.  Health innovation provides critical solutions to key challenges faced by the health system, and as...

Align Technology unveils new Invisalign Palatal Expander  

Align Technology, a leading global medical device company that designs, manufactures and sells the Invisalign System of clear aligners, iTero intraoral scanners and exocad CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry, has announced that...

Men more willing than women to accept robot care in old age, Oxford study finds

A new study from AI experts at the University of Oxford and University of Melbourne reveals that men are much more likely to support the idea of being cared for in their homes by a robot when they are infirm or elderly, than women.  The study, drawn...

Q&A: Professor Silvana Perretta, Upper gastro-intestinal surgeon, Nouvel Hôpital Civil (NHC) University Hospital 

Dr Silvana Perretta is a transformative force in the realm of health technology, blending clinical expertise with a passion for groundbreaking innovation. As a renowned upper gastrointestinal surgeon and educator, she has revolutionised the field of...