Carestream’s ImageView software passes stringent US Department of Defense cybersecurity requirementsCarestream Health GMbH
Fujifilm’s Synapse 3D provides clinical decision support, speeds up workflow during COVID-19 emergency at Pisa University HospitalFujifilm Medical Systems
Prominent respiratory group calls for elimination of exemptions for respiratory patients to use face masks08 October 2020 There have been many misleading health news stories, hoaxes and biased information about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic circulating on the internet, and also in printed media and on TV. However, sometimes...
Siemens Healthineers announces plans to acquire Varian for US$16.4bn24 August 2020 Siemens Healthineers announced early August that it plans to acquire Varian in an initiative to advance the fight against cancer and strengthen its position in healthcare. Siemens Healthineers and Varian...
Europe’s largest initiative to accelerate COVID-19 therapy development is launched24 August 2020 The Corona Accelerated R&D in Europe (CARE) consortium was launched on 18 August with a grant totalling €77.7 million. It is Europe’s largest initiative to accelerate therapy development for COVID-19...
Oxford COVID-19 policy ‘Supertracker’ wins support from OECD, World Bank05 August 2020 Oxford has launched the ‘Oxford Supertracker’ < https://supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk > – a global directory for COVID-19 policy trackers and surveys – to enable policy-makers and stakeholders to...
New mental health programme helps frontline healthcare workers at risk from PTSD and depression05 August 2020 Researchers from the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford have developed a new mental health treatment programme to provide frontline healthcare workers with one-to-one support,...
Cyber security for healthcare – your must attend masterclass24 July 2020 Ramifications way beyond financial loss and breach of privacy? Equip Global proudly presents Cyber Security for Healthcare – a live online event from 6 – 9 October 2020. This masterclass will emphasize...
Cleveland Clinic advises different approach to preventing CVD in women24 July 2020 Women have unique risk factors for heart disease that need to be taken into account in prevention and treatment strategies, according to a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist who led a team tasked with updating...
Biopharma companies invest $1bn in new AMR Action Fund to save collapsing antibiotic research pipeline24 July 2020 In one of the most ambitious collaborative initiatives ever undertaken by the pharmaceutical industry, more than 20 leading biopharmaceutical companies in early July announced the launch of the AMR Action...
My Personal Therapeutics and Pentavere receive Eureka funding24 July 2020 My Personal Therapeutics, a London-based medtech/digital therapeutics company and Pentavere Research Group, a Canadian-based Artificial Intelligence and data insight company have been awarded Eurkela Collaborative...
Superbugs and failing drugs22 July 2020 Bacteria that develop resistance to antibiotic drugs – superbugs – pose a major global health threat to humanity. In a concerted effort to stave off this threat, several global programmes have been...
Innovations in cardiac technology22 July 2020 Cardiovascular-related technology is an exciting field as new devices and biotech products continue to emerge from research labs with rapid succession propelled by a vigorous stream of innovation. In this...
Thirona, taking AI from spin-off to 40 countries in 6 years22 July 2020 Thirona, a Dutch start-up company specialising in AI to analyse medical images, is offering one of their products for free to medical imaging specialists in an effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. International...
Preparing for pandemics of antibiotic resistant bacteria22 July 2020 Even as the world grapples with COVID-19, there is another looming public health problem. Antibiotic resistance, according to some experts, may turn out as bad, or even worse, than the current pandemic. Similarities...
Making medical imaging fit for use22 July 2020 Recent years have witnessed an explosion in the number of medical images. Growth has been fuelled by technology, regulations and demographic trends. According to one estimate cited by GE , as much as 90...
European Commission raises €15.9 billion for Coronavirus Global Response06 July 2020 The ‘Global Goal: Unite for our Future' pledging summit organised 27 June by the European Commission and Global Citizen mobilised €6.15 billion in additional funding to help develop and ensure equitable...
Cleveland Clinic study confirms no association between medications for chronic cardiac diseases and COVID-1906 July 2020 Despite recent controversy suggesting that popular medications prescribed to lower blood pressure may increase the risk of infection by the novel coronavirus and lead to more severe outcomes in COVID-19,...
The importance of ventilation to prevent spread of Covid-1905 June 2020 Using laser light techniques, University of Amsterdam physicists and medical researchers have found that small cough droplets, potentially containing virus particles, can float in the air in a room for...
Cytel launches Covid-19 clinical trial tracker18 May 2020 Cytel has launched an open-access global COVID-19 Clinical Trial Tracker to help facilitate greater collaboration between researchers, policymakers, clinicians, journalists, philanthropists, and other...
‘Questions from the frontline’ -- initiative answers clinicians Covid-19 pathophysiology questions18 May 2020 Frontline clinicians treating coronavirus patients can now gain access to the latest advice from a panel of human physiology experts. Frontline medics can ask anything about how the body might function...
Coronavirus Global Response raises €7.4 billion in pledges18 May 2020 €7.4 billion was raised at the Coronavirus Global Response pledging event on 4 May to kick-start an unprecedented global cooperation between scientists and regulators, industry and governments, international...
ForaCare Suisse launches Autonomous Thermometer System12 May 2020 ForaCare Suisse AG has launched its FORA Autonomous Temperature Measuring Station. The station allows for accurate and precise temperature readings without the need for human operation of the thermometer. “ForaCare...
Researchers use live virus to identify 30 existing drugs that could treat Covid-1912 May 2020 Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, the University of Hong Kong, Scripps Research, UC San Diego School of Medicine, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and UCLA have...
Elsevier creates free Covid-19 information centre12 May 2020 For the benefit of healthcare professionals, medical researchers and the public, Elsevier has created a Novel Coronavirus Information Center with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus...
Psychologist urges people to accept grief and not disengage amid Covid-19 pandemic12 May 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic upends life as people know it, changing daily routines, limiting social interactions and shaking their sense of safety, a mental health experts from U.S. hospital Cleveland Clinic’s...
Sanofi and Luminostics to join forces to develop smartphone-based self-testing solution for Covid-1911 May 2020 Sanofi and Luminostics have signed an agreement to evaluate a collaboration on a unique self-testing solution for COVID-19, using Luminostics’ innovative technology, and further adding to Sanofi’s...
Sanofi and GSK partner to develop vaccine against COVID-1929 April 2020 Sanofi and GSK will partner to develop an adjuvanted vaccine for COVID-19, using technology from both companies. Sanofi will contribute its S-protein COVID-19 antigen, which is based on recombinant DNA...
Pan-European consortium established to rapidly develop vaccine29 April 2020 A pan-European consortium of biotech companies announced April 23 that they will collaborate to develop and manufacture on a large scale a novel adenoviral vector-based vaccine against COVID-19. The vaccine...
Nova Biomedical to Host Webinar on COVID-19 Bedside Glucose Management17 April 2020 Waltham, MA–Nova Biomedical to host “COVID-19 Bedside Glucose Management: Risk of Ascorbic Acid and Hematocrit Interference,” a webinar led by Charbel Abou-Diwan, PhD, Director of Medical and Scientific...
Study shows SARS-COV-2 can be carried in aerosol up to 4 metres from infected person17 April 2020 A new study by Chinese researchers to check aerosol and surface distribution of SARS-COV-2 in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and General Ward (GW) with COVID-19 infected patients found that the virus can...
Mental health expert urges people to accept grief and other feelings amid COVID-19 pandemic17 April 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic upends life as people know it, changing daily routines, limiting social interactions and shaking their sense of safety, a mental health experts from U.S. hospital Cleveland Clinic’s...
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