Focus:
Analysis
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![Nanotechnology in Medicine: Timeline]()
Nanotechnology in Medicine: Timeline
A persistent problem in medicine is the ability to specifically target diseased cells and tissues. Drugs are often administered as free compounds. This nonspecific mode of delivery relies on the...
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![Nanotechnology in Medicine: Regulatory Trends]()
Nanotechnology in Medicine: Regulatory Trends
Players in the nanomedicine market range from private companies that make small annual revenues to large medicine companies that dominate multiple industries, generating large revenues from many patents and FDA-approved...
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![The Covid-19 effect: investors urge Qiagen to rethink Thermo Fisher deal]()
The Covid-19 effect: investors urge Qiagen to rethink Thermo Fisher deal
In early March diagnostic technology firm Qiagen agreed to an $11.5bn buyout by Thermo Fisher, but as global demand for Covid-19 testing has ramped up shareholders are encouraging the company...
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![Smart glasses in surgery: expert analysis outside the operating room]()
Smart glasses in surgery: expert analysis outside the operating room
Medical device specialist Rods&Cones and technology company Iristick have worked together to develop a pair of smart glasses which allow surgeons to receive real-time expert advice while they work. Chloe...
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![Nanotechnology in Medicine: Macroeconomic Trends]()
Nanotechnology in Medicine: Macroeconomic Trends
The nanotechnology market for nanomedicines is represented by a variety of companies: some large, established companies that manufacturer a wide variety of pharmaceuticals and some smaller companies. Since nanotechnologies are...
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![Nanotechnology in Medicine: Technology Trends]()
Nanotechnology in Medicine: Technology Trends
Nanomedicine refers to the area of science that combines nanotechnology with drugs or diagnostic molecules to improve the ability to target specific cells or tissues. These materials are produced on...
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![Medical Technology: ‘healthable’ hearing]()
Medical Technology: ‘healthable’ hearing
In this issue: cross-industry efforts to develop ventilators, breaking supply bottlenecks, ‘healthable’ hearing aids, video game technology in healthcare, and much more.
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![Blockchain in Healthcare: Timeline]()
Blockchain in Healthcare: Timeline
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) will play an important role in enabling new business networks and it will find its way into the core of many mainstream processes, but DLT will...
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![‘Healthable’ hearing aids: empowering young people with hearing loss]()
‘Healthable’ hearing aids: empowering young people with hearing loss
Starkey’s latest smart hearing aid Livio AI is known as ‘healthable’, bridging the gap between healthcare and consumer tech. The product acts like headphones, directly streaming phone calls and music...
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![Medical AI in 2020: Europe lags behind, Covid-19 steams ahead]()
Medical AI in 2020: Europe lags behind, Covid-19 steams ahead
As 2020 continues to test the world’s patience and resilience, Verdict Medical Devices takes a closer look at what this strange year has meant for the medical AI sector so...
