ANZ news
New Zealand-based AI healthcare firm Toku Eyes has brought its retina-based AI health screening platform to the United States.
Its latest offering, the ORAiCLE, can assess and calculate a person's cardiovascular risk through a retinal scan. Still pending a patent, the AI technology uses an image of the back of a user's eye taken from a retinal camera. The platform spots minute changes in blood...
Celo Health, an Auckland-based mobile healthcare communications platform, has partnered with staff rostering solution provider Core Schedule for an integrated cloud communications and workforce platform for healthcare providers.
WHY IT MATTERS
According to a press statement, the combined offering eliminates manual work scheduling while improving operational efficiency by scheduling the right...
Perth-based medical device firm OncoRes Medical has bagged $12.5 million in funding to support its upcoming clinical trials.
It recently scored $9.5 million in a Series A2 funding co-led by VC Brandon Capital and Future of Healthcare Fund by Australian Unity. A separate $3 million funding was secured from the Round 12 grant of the Cooperative Research Centres Projects of AusIndustry, the business...
Private health insurer HCF has announced an AU$5 million (US$3.5 million) investment in XT Ventures, the nation's first venture capitalist fund for start-ups in the health, wellness, sport and fitness sector.
The cornerstone investment – which will be made through HCF’s health tech accelerator program, Catalyst – will help XT Ventures support health-focused innovations.
Over six years, Catalyst...
Australia-listed medtech firm Artrya has disclosed that its subsidiary in the United States has signed a clinical partnership with Alabama-based Huntsville Heart Center.
According to a media release, an initial agreement between the companies involves a study to determine the efficacy of Artrya's AI technology for diagnosing coronary heart disease.
WHY IT MATTERS
The Artrya Salix is an AI-powered...
Brisbane-based cancer care provider Icon Group has teamed up with Siemens Healthineers' Varian, a cancer care technology developer, for a five-year research and professional services agreement.
According to a media release, the partnership will conduct clinical and technical research that evaluates hardware and software systems involved in diagnostics, treatment planning, and radiation therapy...
Avant's practice management platform PracticeHub has partnered with medical supply wholesaler Team Medical Supplies to streamline access to quality medical supplies for healthcare practices.
According to a media release, their partnership gives PracticeHub users online access to Team Medical's wide range of medical products and stocks, from diagnostic and medical equipment and surgical...
Researchers from the University of Sydney’s School of Computer Science have developed a 3D-printed sensor bracelet to enable people with hand impairment to use computers and play video games.
The team has received funding from the Cerebral Palsy Alliance and Neurodisability Assist Trust to investigate how the technology can be used to help people living with cerebral palsy.
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Biopharmaceutical giant Pfizer has offered AU$100 million (US$74.43 million) to acquire Australian company ResApp, which has developed a mobile app to diagnose COVID-19 by the sound of a person's cough.
In its announcement of the proposed acquisition to the Australian Stock Exchange, ResApp said Pfizer will acquire 100 per cent of the company's shares following an anticipated positive shareholder...
Global Health joins Asta Swisstec's project to expand healthcare access in remote regions
Digital health IT provider Global Health has taken a 20% equity stake in Northern Territory-based Asta Swisstec Health to join a project that delivers health systems and services to remote and underserved areas across Australia and Southeast Asia.
Since 2018, Asta Swisstec Health, a partnership between...
