Medtech VC and the billion-dollar era
The first one-shot billion-dollar venture investment round in the medical technology sector has gone to Verily as computing bleeds into medicine.
Big device deals are back in fashion
The medtech market’s fast growth and unfettered demand attracts investment groups, while hospital suppliers consolidate.
Mid cap device makers find rewards in cancer and diabetes
Investor excitement about smaller medtechs’ technology is unchecked, but these groups will have to deliver on their promises.
Big cap medtech comes roaring back
Exact Sciences finds that where there’s muck there’s brass, but specialisation does not work as well for Abiomed.
Bracco’s Blue Earth buy boosts Syncona
Syncona might have hoped for a bigger payday with the prostate imaging specialist, but it has plenty more irons in the fire.
FDA adcom to pronounce on paclitaxel-coated devices
The recent disappointing sales of drug-coated devices for peripheral arterial disease look likely to become the norm.
Questions surround Bone Therapeutics’ spine data
The company needed a hit in its spine trial, and it claims to have got one.
Liquid biopsies: the future of cancer diagnosis?
Blood tests could be faster and cheaper than tissue biopsies, but a Thermo Fisher exec argues they are likely to be more of an add-on technique.
ADA 2019 – a good start for Beta Bionics
The iLet system showed decent blood sugar control in its first trial, but the highly automated system is far from proven.
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