GigCapital2 raises $285m for proposed merger with UpHealth and Cloudbreak
The funding through a mix of equity and convertible debt will provide the enlarged UpHealth with the capital…
Health
Could a pain-free vaccine patch be used to immunise people against Covid-19?
21 Oct 20Vaccine patch technology works by delivering hundreds of microneedles to the skin, and may provide a more convenient…
Senior UK health leader on why ‘creating health’ must be top of agenda post-coronavirus
09 Jul 20The former senior civil servant believes a decade of austerity has cut through health and social infrastructure, with…
Wearable technology could monitor construction workers’ mental health
29 Jun 20The Moodbeam One wristband enables construction firms to monitor their workers' health by logging moods and tracking emotional…
UK needs better PPE stockpiles for future pandemics, Conservative MP told
12 Jun 20Conservative MP Dan Poulter has admitted the NHS needs to have reserve capacity in future
Moderna timeline: How the biotech firm has moved alongside pharma giants in Covid-19 vaccine race
09 Jun 20Alongside Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, Moderna was recently selected as a Covid-19 vaccine "finalist" in…
Six ways Covid-19 has impacted medical device markets
08 Jun 20The majority of surgeries have been given less priority due to Covid-19, while other medical device markets have…
How the University of Oxford is leading the Covid-19 fight on multiple fronts
22 May 20As well as developing its own Covid-19 vaccine candidate, the University of Oxford is leading multiple trials to…
Hand sanitiser, Covid-19 and the future market: Will the product become part of everyday life?
20 May 20Chemicals company Ineos is one business that sees its future in the hand sanitiser market, and it will…
Spartan Covid-19 test recall highlights ‘challenges’ of rapid device approvals
14 May 20Spartan voluntarily recalled 5,500 of its Covid-19 testing products at the start of May due to concerns raised…