Hospital & Healthcare

Disruptive Technologies and New Industry Initiatives for Diabetes Management

Asia will continue to be a large and rapidly growing market for diabetes care technologies. To be competitive and successful in the aggressive market with numerous large and startup companies, players will need large funds, a broad portfolio with desirable differentiators and a strong distribution network. Low-cost products, subscription-based solutions, reimbursement policies and training of patients and physicians will be required to promote the adoption among low income and middle-income regi...

BD introduces next-generation needle-free blood draw technology

New peripheral line draw solution delivers first and only compatibility with integrated catheters...

Exactech Announces First Surgeries Using Activit-E™ for Knee Replacement

-Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced the successful first surgery using its new, advanced Activit-E™ polyethylene for the Truliant® knee replacement system....

Chula Launches the Latest Parkinson's Gloves to Reduce Tremors

Chula medical researchers have developed lightweight and easy-to-use Parkinson's gloves that can automatically reduce tremors, allowing Parkinson's Disease patients to enjoy social life and reducing side effects from medication and risk from brain surgery....

Japan-based Shimadzu unveils integrated system for urine volume measurement

Measuring urine volume based on the difference in body weight before and after urination, eliminating the need for urine collection...

Medtronic FDA Approved for Extravascular Defibrillator for Heart Rhythms

First-of-its-kind Aurora EV-ICD™ system offers single device, single procedure with lead placed outside of heart and veins...

GE Healthcare and Novo Nordisk Team Up for Non-Invasive Diabetes & Obesity Treatment

GE HealthCare a collaboration with Novo Nordisk to further advance the clinical and product development of peripheral focused ultrasound (PFUS). This is a novel technology that has potential to specifically regulate metabolic function in the body using ultrasound that may support the treatment of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity....

Heart Failure May No Longer Be a Life Sentence for Cancer Survivors

Cancer patients receiving anthracycline chemotherapy have more than twice the risk of developing heart failure compared to their peers without cancer.1 The ground-breaking RESILIENCE project aims to prevent heart failure in patients who need anthracyclines to treat their cancer...

BGI Genomics Combats Hepatitis in Ethiopia

Healthcare localization and standardization support the Belt and Road Initiative...

Voom Medical Devices Introduces Next Generation, Functionally Distinctive Patented Screw

Voom™ Medical Devices launches the distinctive patented Revcon™ Anchor v2.0 screw, the only neutral non-compressive dual-zone pitched single screw solution for minimally invasive bunion surgery, exclusively used with the Bunionplasty® procedure....