MedTech

Amid pandemic and other factors, global vaccine market to hit over $43 billion by 2027

The global vaccine, storage, and packaging market size in anticipated to hit $43.3 billion by 2027 and a 10 percent growth rate during over the forecast period, 2020 to 2027, according to market intelligence firm Million Insights. The rising number of investments undertaken by biopharmaceutical companies and healthcare institutions to carry out R&D is projected […]

Moderna and IBM to collaborate on COVID-19 vaccine supply chain

Moderna and IBM jointly announced Thursday their intentions to explore technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain and hybrid cloud, that could help support smarter COVID-19 vaccine supply chain management. Central to the effort will be a pilot of open, standardized, technology-enabled vaccine distribution approaches aimed to improve supply chain visibility and foster near real-time tracking of […]

Wearable tech market to more than double in growth by 2026

Over the years, fitness technology has grown from the bulky fridge-like mainframes to the sleek finesse of fitbits, containing more processing power than the computers that put a human on the moon. For context, innovative tech has gone from having a dedicated room to a dedicated pocket, allowing us to work, study and monitor our […]

Chronic heart and kidney failure to be treated by implantable device

While all sectors in our lives are being updated with the recent technological trends and ways to facilitate people’s lives, new technologies are being created to help people with their health amongst other issues. As such, Paragate Medical, an NGT3 VC portfolio company, has developed a remote, implantable device solution for heart and kidney failure […]

AI based robotic glove to improve muscle grip and help millions

For the purpose of aiding millions of people with muscles weaknesses or with illnesses, a robotic glove based on AI technology could soon help people recover from such health problems after securing support from the Edinburgh Business School’s (EBS) Incubator, based at Heriot-Watt University. Motivated to help people having struggles such as his aunt’s with […]

Medical 3D printing rises amid COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the healthcare industry into the limelight, as investments from all sorts of industries have been pouring in since last year. However, one form of investment has been making strides with many in the field: 3D printing and bioprinting. According to a report by Research and Markets, the global 3D Printing […]

Healthcare cloud computing set to rise in next decade

The novel COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on how technology can aid the healthcare industry in improving operations, cutting costs, and taking patient care to whole new level. One of the major technologies making strides is healthcare cloud computing, since it allows hospitals and medical facilities the flexibility patients need to receive care in […]

“Human Factors Plus” launched by drug delivery firm to help patients

All medical institutions and facilities including hospitals and pharmacies have been trying to facilitate medical treatments of patients, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. As such, Noble, an Aptar Pharma company and provider of drug delivery training device programs for pharmaceutical companies and original equipment manufacturers, launched “Human Factors Plus” (HF+), a service aimed at supporting […]