Insights
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18 January 2021
Hologic kicks off 2021 with acquisitions in breast cancer market
Hologic has kicked off 2021 with two acquisitions set to bolster its breast cancer division. Medical Device Network takes a closer look at what the company has bought, and why.
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12 January 2021
How med-tech is changing care for prison populations
A new project in England is connecting prisoners to local hospitals by secure encrypted video, reducing the need for them to travel to receive specialist care. Chloe Kent takes a...
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18 December 2020
How LexaGene’s automated pathogen testing tech could change diagnostics
Massachusetts-based LexaGene is preparing to launch MiQLab, the company’s flagship product, which provides automated pathogen testing in one platform. The unit can screen samples for up to 27 different targets...
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11 December 2020
Qiagen ups 2020/21 outlook despite industry scepticism
Qiagen has raised its outlook for 2020 and 2021 amid continued demand for Covid-19 tests and a growing confidence in its post-pandemic future. But its stocks dipped 8% last month...
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30 November 2020
Mass-testing for Covid-19: it’s not as straightforward as you think
The UK Government is rolling out plans to mass test asymptomatic members of the population for Covid-19, in an attempt to control the spread of the virus from people who...
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23 November 2020
Covid testing stocks decline in light of positive vaccine news
Stocks of Covid-19 test manufacturers have tumbled over the past few weeks as vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna released positive study results.
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3 November 2020
Covid-19: how medtech is adapting to a distanced world
Covid-19 has brought havoc to working lives in most industries, medtech included, but digital technologies and new strategies are emerging to help medical device companies make the most of this...
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28 October 2020
Scottish server to allow cross-border contact-tracing
A Scottish federated server will now allow the various UK Covid-19 contact-tracing apps to become interoperable, tackling one of the key criticisms levelled at the technologies since they began to...
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19 October 2020
Wolfgang Emmerich Q&A: behind the scenes of the NHS COVID-19 app
Zühlke Engineering CEO Wolfgang Emmerich talks to Medical Device Network about how his company developed the NHS COVID-19 app – and what it could mean for the future management of...
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12 October 2020
ExplORer Surgical: keeping device specialists close to the action
Medical device company representatives are a key part of the surgical team during many operating room procedures, on-hand to provide expert insight into how to use novel tools that some...