CONTENTS
issue 18 //AUGUST 2019
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ECGs to become part of everyday healthcare
Astellas Pharma and Frequency Therapeutics collaborate on hearing loss therapy
BAROnova shuttling towards less invasive weight loss surgery
Another case solved by direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Ethicon targets biosurgery market with next-generation tissue sealant
RF ablation
Progressing from surgery to radiofrequency ablation to destroy solid tumours
Made in Germany
The top five elements driving Germany's successful medical technology market
Vaccine hesitancy
How can technology improve vaccine uptake amongst adults?
East vs west
US tariffs against Chinese goods are impacting the medical device market
Lighting a path
An implantable light-emitting device could be the start of a new phase in photodynamic therapy
3D biopsies
Existing optical fibre technology could be used to produce 3D images of tissue inside the body
Predicting cardiac risk
Two research strands are trying to get to the heart of the problem of preventing cardiac disease
Versius: the robot revolution
Almost two years after we first profiled CMR’s Versius robotic surgical system, we check back in to see how the company and technology has developed
Life sciences firms need to adapt how they approach data management
The industry is undergoing dramatic change as new tech brings disruption