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FDA approves Angel Medical System’s AngelMed Guardian cardiac monitor

April 20, 2018 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

The FDA this week approved Angel Medical Systems AngelMed Guardian implantable cardiac monitor system after the device had previously been rejected unanimously by an FDA advisory panel in 2016. The initial rejection came after the Tinton Falls, N.J.-based company presented partial data from its pivotal trial of the device in after having pulled the plug […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Patient Monitoring, Pre-Market Approval (PMA), Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Angel Medical Systems Inc.

Pear Therapeutics, Sandoz ink deal for prescription digital therapeutics

April 19, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner Leave a Comment

Pear Therapeutics revealed yesterday that it agreed to deal commercialization rights of its digital therapeutics to Novartis (NYSE:NVS) division Sandoz. The company’s reSET substance use disorder therapy became the first prescription digital therapeutic approved by the FDA in September last year. reSET-O, a digital therapeutic designed for people suffering from opioid use disorder, is under review […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Patient Monitoring, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Novartis, peartherapeutics, sandoz

Livongo Health acquires weight-management, disease-prevention dev Retrofit

April 18, 2018 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

Livongo Health said yesterday it acquired weight-management and disease-prevention program developer Retrofit for an undisclosed amount. With the acquisition, Mountain View, Calif.-based Livongo Health said it will make Retrofit’s Diabetes Prevention program available as Livongo DPP, powered by Retrofit. Livongo said the acquisition acts as a compliment to its Livongo for Diabetes and Livongo for Hypertension […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: Livongo, Retrofit

10 BIOMEDevice Boston exhibitors you need to know

April 18, 2018 By Danielle Kirsh Leave a Comment

BIOMEDevice Boston is an opportunity for more than 4,000 engineers and executives and 400 suppliers in New England’s design and manufacturing industry to connect and network. The annual event is being held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, April 18-19. Hundreds of supplier booths will be showcasing their latest technologies and capabilities. Here are 10 […]

Filed Under: Catheters, mHealth (Mobile Health), Outsourcing, Patient Monitoring Tagged With: alanbairdindustries, auerprecision, BIOMEDevice Boston, brunkindustries, fisba, MedTech, npimedical, optinova, precomedical, qosina, xcentricmoldandengineering, Zoe Medical

How these Boston Marathon runners kept their diabetes in check with Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre monitor

April 17, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner Leave a Comment

When Courtney Duckworth was first diagnosed with Type I diabetes, her glucometer was the size of a cell phone and she pricked her fingers nearly 12 times each day to keep track of her blood sugar. “I couldn’t feel the things that I touched because I had so many scabs,” she told Drug Delivery Business News. […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Patient Monitoring, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abbott

Livongo raises $105m for digital diabetes management platform

April 12, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner Leave a Comment

Livongo Health closed a $105 million round led by a group of investors including General Catalyst, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and Echo Health Ventures. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has developed Livongo for Diabetes – a collection of connected devices that enable people with diabetes to interact with a virtual care team. Get the full […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Funding Roundup, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: Livongo

Murj launches OnSite cardiac device management workflow platform

April 11, 2018 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

Murj said today it launched the OnSite cloud-based in-office cardiac device management workflow platform. The OnSite software is an extension of the company’s remote transmission management workflow products, and combines both in-office visits and remote transmissions into a single longitudinal patient view, Santa Cruz, Calif.-based company said. “Our mission is to empower clinicians with newfound insight […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiac Assist Devices, Cardiovascular, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: murj

Funding Roundup: Swiss Advanced Vision seeks $21m for auto-focus IOL

April 11, 2018 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Funding Roundup A clutch of medical device companies raised cash to fund their operations, includingAscentX Medical, Avenda Health, Global Kinetics, Nephros, OrthoSensor and Swiss Advanced Vision. Here’s a look at them, their technologies and how much they drummed up. Next >>

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Filed Under: Endoscopic / Arthroscopic, Funding Roundup, Optical/Ophthalmic, Orthopedics, Patient Monitoring, Urology Tagged With: AscentX Medical, Avenda Health, Global Kinetics Corp., Nephros, Orthosensor Inc., Swiss Advanced Vision

Google partners with AMA to launch mobile health interoperability and innovation challenge

April 9, 2018 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

The American Medical Association said today it is partnering with Google (NSDQ:GOOG) to launch the AMA Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge designed to support mobile health technology that improves monitoring and care in the management of chronic diseases. In the challenge, participants will present mobile solutions that aim to improve the capturing and transmission of […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Patient Monitoring, Research & Development, Software / IT Tagged With: American Medical Assn., google

Patient-monitoring software dev Kaiku Health raises $5m

April 5, 2018 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

Finnish medtech firm Kaiku Health said it has raised $5.4 million (€4.4 million) in a new round of funding to support its patient monitoring software. The round was led by Debiopharm Innovation Fund SA and joined by newly invested Prodeko Ventures and existing investors Reaktor Ventures, Metsola Ventures and Athensmed, the company said. “We are […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Oncology, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: kaikuhealth

Ascensia looks to expand access to blood glucose monitoring tech for UnitedHealthcare enrollees

April 5, 2018 By Sarah Faulkner Leave a Comment

Ascensia Diabetes Care inked a new relationship with UnitedHealthcare (NYSE:UNH), the company touted today, which is designed to improve access to Ascensia’s Contour Next blood glucose meters and test strips for UnitedHealthcare members. Now, people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare’s employer or commercial plans can get a meter or test trip through their pharmacy benefit at a Tier 2 […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Patient Monitoring, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Ascensia Diabetes Care, UnitedHealthcare

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