One year on, we’ve seen how the coronavirus prompted entrepreneurial instincts to surface in the medtech and healthtech sectors. Asia healthtech investor specialist HealthXCapital tells Medtech Insight about the changes that are likely to stick as in an industry that has seen the value of rapid responsiveness to acute need.
Flexible approaches to business were required to ensure the vital continuity of contact between start-ups and investors was maintained during the worst phases of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Seemant Jauhari, managing partner at the Asia specialist healthtech investment firm HealthXCapital, explains that lockdown and COVID-19 related restrictions in...
When a large medtech company sets up a venture fund, it typically invests in technologies that are adjacent to its pre-existing portfolio. Intuitive Surgical’s approach is different.
This week, Establishment Labs Holdings announced the FDA gave it premarket approval for Motiva breast implant, Cologuard lands FDA approval for Cologuard Plus and GE HealthCare gets FDA nod for a new imaging agent. The FDA announces another expansion for TAP into ophthalmology and radiology. The AAMI and CTA will join forces to develop standards for AI and ML-enabled health care products.
Spain has one of the highest incarceration rates in Europe, with 160 individuals imprisoned per 100,000 residents. In 2020, 43,494 people were incarcerated in facilities not managed by regional health authorities — essentially all regions except Catalonia, the Basque Country, and Navarra.
The medtech companies navigate tariffs through a mix of proactive manufacturing moves, financial planning and global supply chain adjustments. Medtech Insight combined comments from executives made during their first-quarter earning calls to get an industry pulse check on how the surge of tariffs im
This week, Establishment Labs Holdings announced the FDA gave it premarket approval for Motiva breast implant, Cologuard lands FDA approval for Cologuard Plus and GE HealthCare gets FDA nod for a new imaging agent. The FDA announces another expansion for TAP into ophthalmology and radiology. The AAMI and CTA will join forces to develop standards for AI and ML-enabled health care products.
