Biotechnology has many advantages including helping improve food quality, quantity, and processing, as well as also has having functions in manufacturing, where simple cells and proteins can be manipulated to produce chemicals. The source of biotechnology comes from the fact that technology aims to create tools to empower humans, aiming to change humans themselves to […]
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While glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness affecting around 100 million people worldwide, iSTAR Medical, a Belgium-based medtech company pioneering novel minimally-invasive implants for glaucoma surgery (MIGS), announced Wednesday, that its breakthrough MIGS device, MINIject™, has been approved in Europe for open-angle glaucoma patients. As such, MINIject enables more patients to be effectively […]
The European Union’s drug regulator on Thursday authorized Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for use on children from 5 to 11 years old, clearing the way for shots to be administered to millions of elementary school pupils amid a new wave of infections sweeping across the continent. It is the first time the European Medicines Agency has […]
Prince Charles will be on hand Tuesday when pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca opens a 1 billion-pound ($1.34 billion) research center near the University of Cambridge, hoping to build on work in developing one of the first COVID-19 vaccines. The 19,000 square-meter (more than 200,000 square-foot) complex will house more than 2,200 research scientists. It joins a […]
TriMedika, a medical technology manufacturer providing clinical devices for hospitals worldwide, showcased its “game-changing” thermometer at the ABHI UK Pavilion at MEDICA 2021. the purpose of the thermometer is to prevent cross-infection in hospitals. TriMedika’s vision is to improve patient care globally with technology that protects patients, which is inspired by first-hand experience of the […]
The merger between medicine and technology has been on the rise for quite some time, and exponential development in integrating the digital world with the medical one has grown on various frontiers. So, what is the difference between Biotech and Pharma? Biotechnology companies focus on producing medicine originated from living organisms, while pharmaceutical medications are […]
C-Score is a health app that provides the public with a simple way of measuring their general health via their smartphones in 10 minutes. Developed by Chelsea Football Club start up Chelsea Digital Ventures and digital healthcare experts HUMA, the app evaluates seven lifestyle factors, which have all been validated as key predictors of disease […]
The UK’s medical regulator approved on Thursday the first oral pill treating COVID-19 developed by U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies Merck, Sharp and Dohme, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, with the government ordering 480,000 courses due for delivery in November. The pill, called Molnupiravir, will be administered to those recently diagnosed with the virus twice a day. The pill […]
Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults, as the drugmaker joins the race to bring the first easy-to-use medication against the coronavirus to the U.S. market. Currently all COVID-19 treatments used in the U.S. require an IV or injection. […]
China’s Huawei Technologies Co. is providing smart services and 5G technology to industries such as healthcare, creating new revenue streams that might offset the damage to its smartphone business from U.S. sanctions. In the southern city of Guangzhou, the company teamed up with the Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital to equip it with 5G technology […]