Ancora Heart receives breakthrough device designation from FDA for the AccuCinch ventricular restoration system

12 July 2022 - Designation allows for expedited review of transcatheter therapy designed to improve left ventricular structure and function ...

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Abbott receives FDA breakthrough device designation to explore use of deep brain stimulation to manage severe depression

12 July 2022 - Each year, 2.8 million Americans will fail multiple depression therapies and be diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression. ...

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PHARMAC ‘procrastinating’ over funding glucose monitors, Diabetes NZ says

12 July 2022 - PHARMAC should stop procrastinating on funding glucose monitors for people with diabetes after the Government agency ...

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T2 Biosystems receives FDA breakthrough device designation for the T2Lyme panel

11 July 2022 - Molecular diagnostic test for early detection of Lyme disease. ...

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US FDA grants Spectral Medical breakthrough device designation for Toraymyxin for the treatment of endotoxemic septic shock

11 July 2022 - Breakthrough designation expected to help accelerate regulatory review. ...

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PHARMAC keeps medical devices role despite failing to curb costs

8 July 2022 - The government is persisting with a way of buying hugely expensive medical devices that has been proven ...

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Albanese Government delivering life changing devices for Australians with type 1 diabetes

3 July 2022 - The Albanese Government is delivering on our election commitment to give all 130,000 Australians with type 1 ...

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FDA grants breakthrough device designation to VR mental illness treatment

22 June 2022 - A British startup that uses virtual reality to help deliver cognitive behaviour therapy has been granted a ...

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MHRA joins international partnerships to set global standards for medicines and medical devices regulation

16 June 2022 - These are the International Medical Device Regulatory Forum, the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for ...

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NICE’s early value assessment for medtech: panning for nuggets of innovation gold

15 June 2022 - The explosion in digital health products has left NHS commissioners wondering how they can possibly sift out ...

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FDA should step in to help spur AI/ML standards

13 June 2022 - The US FDA should support the burgeoning integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning in medical ...

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Revolutionary wearable ultrasound device gains FDA approval

26 May 2022 - ManaMed has been granted FDA approval on its latest orthopaedic recovery device, ManaSport. ...

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Bonesupport receives market authorisation for Cerement G in the US

18 May 2022 - BoneSupport today announced that the company has received market authorisation from the U.S. FDA, for the ...

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NeuroMetrix reports that Quell wearable neuromodulation device has received FDA de novo authorisation as first non-pharmacological treatment for fibromyalgia

19 May 2022 - NeuroMetrix today announced U.S. FDAde novo authorisation to market the Quell neuromodulation device as an ...

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Exactech announces FDA breakthrough device designation for JointMedica’s Polymotion hip resurfacing system

17 May 2022 - Exactech announced that the U.S. FDA has granted a breakthrough device designation for JointMedica’s Polymotion hip ...

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