GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) and Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) recently announced that they have inked a global commercial collaboration agreement. The partnership covers the radiation oncology field. It’s meant to enable the two companies to provide hospitals a comprehensive offering across imaging and treatment for cancer patients. “Access to radiation therapy is a significant challenge in several parts […]
Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy
AtriCure launches clamp for cardiac tissue ablation
AtriCure (Nasdaq:ATRC) announced today that it launched the EnCompass Clamp as part of its Isolator Synergy ablation system. Mason, Ohio-based AtriCure received FDA 510(k) clearance for the EnCompass Clamp for the ablation of cardiac tissue during cardiac surgery to make concomitant surgical ablations more efficient. According to a news release, the platform includes parallel closure, […]
Philips warns on software defect in some Azurion systems
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) has issued an urgent field safety notice about a software defect in its Azurion system. The notice, issued last month in Europe, informed users of a problem that can occur when the user selects the “Add Study” function to add a new study to a patient when using the Azurion image-guided therapy […]
Boston Scientific warns on some SpaceOAR systems
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) has issued an urgent field safety notice in Europe due to potential issues with its SpaceOAR systems. Marlborough, Massachusetts-based Boston Scientific’s SpaceOAR system is an absorbable polyethylene glycol hydrogel spacer for separating the prostate from the rectal wall during radiation treatment for prostate cancer. The SpaceOAR Vue, the next-generation hydrogel spacer, offers […]
RefleXion raises $80M for biology-guided radiotherapy tech
RefleXion Medical announced that it closed an $80 million equity financing to support its therapeutic oncology technology. Hayward, California-based RefleXion develops biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) for all stages of cancer. The company designed BgRT to transform an injected radiotracer into a unified motion management solution that overcomes the technical limitations currently restricting radiotherapy use to one […]
First patients enrolled in trial for Boston Scientific’s SpaceOAR Vue hydrogel
GenesisCare announced today that it enrolled the first patients in a trial for Boston Scientific’s (NYSE:BSX) SpaceOAR Vue hydrogel. Boston Scientific’s SpaceOAR Vue hydrogel will be evaluated in the SABRE trial, sponsored by Boston Scientific, for prostate cancer patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Marlborough, Mass.-based Boston Scientific has developed the SpaceOAR since its […]
Novocure signs agreement to build development facility in New Hampshire
Novocure (NSDQ:NVCR) announced today that it signed a purchase and sale agreement for an office building in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The agreement covers the acquisition and construction of the building at 64 Vaughan Mall, situated centrally in downtown Portsmouth. The purchase price for the property totals $9.5 million and, after closing (expected on or before […]
Sirona Medical raises nearly $40M
Sirona Medical earlier this week filed an SEC Form D to confirm the sale of approximately $40 million in equity. San Francisco-based Sirona filed the new notice for the equity sale on November 10, with no intention to see the offering last longer than one year. According to the filing, the offering is not being […]
Philips launches AI-enabled MR portfolio
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) announced today that it launched a new magnetic resonance (MR) imaging portfolio powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Amsterdam-based Philips launched the new AI-enabled innovations for speeding up MR exams, streamlining workflows, optimizing diagnostic quality and helping to ensure the efficiency and sustainability of radiology operations at the Radiological Society of North America […]
Fujifilm integrates two of its medical businesses
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. and Fujifilm Healthcare Americas announced last week that the two companies have merged. Now operating under the name Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corp., the new combination of organizations aims to bring together the strengths of each company’s product portfolios and employees to create new value for customers and advance medical care, according […]
Novocure wins FDA breakthough designation for liver tumor treatment device
Novocure (NSDQ:NVCR) announced today that the FDA granted breakthrough designation for its NovoTTF-200T liver cancer treatment system. St. Helier, Jersey-based Novocure designed its NovoTTF-200T system, a tumor treating fields (TTFields) delivery system for use in tandem with atezolizumab and bevacizumab for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic liver cancer. According to a […]