AliveCor is taking another step into telehealth by partnering with Ukraine-based SolveCare.
On 26 October, AliveCor announced a new partnership with SolveCare to allow users of AliveCor’s KardiaMobile electrocardiogram devices to book...
AliveCor’s KardiaMobile EKG devices will be connected to SolveCare’s global telehealth exchange to allow users to share EKG data with their doctors through SolveCare’s blockchain platform.

AliveCor is taking another step into telehealth by partnering with Ukraine-based SolveCare.
On 26 October, AliveCor announced a new partnership with SolveCare to allow users of AliveCor’s KardiaMobile electrocardiogram devices to book...
Edwards Lifesciences’ Critical Care business “invented the hemodynamic monitoring category, and its solutions are currently used in more than 10,000 hospitals globally to better understand the cardiovascular condition in real-time for critically ill patients, which helps improve outcomes,” says BD, which sees synergies and new innovation opportunities across the groups’ data sets and platforms. Acquired for $4.2bn cash, Critical Care generated more than $900m in revenue in 2023.
The US FDA has granted marketing authorization to NOWDiagnostics for the first at-home over-the-counter test to detect syphilis, which the government says is on the rise.
Abbott has issued an urgent voluntary medical device correction for a small number of FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors distributed in the US during May. The sensors could give inaccurate readings, the company explained.
The FDA has published final guidance to assist developers of medical devices designed to treat opioid use disorder, along with considerations for sponsors of clinical studies to evaluate those devices.
Biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has partnered with start-up “unicorn” Owkin to develop an AI-powered tool to prescreen for gBRCA mutations on the basis of morphological features in digitized pathology slides. Built on extensive, high-quality data sourced from the France-based PortrAIt consortium, the AI will help to prioritize patients for further testing, streamlining the diagnostic process, Owkin says.
An additional $50m brings the neurovascular intervention specialist’s total Series F funding to $82m. Route 92 says it will use the capital to build its sales and support teams and pursue regulatory authorizations around the globe for its FreeClimb portfolio while advancing its SUMMIT MAX clinical trial for the investigational Monopoint Reperfusion System.
TRiCares announced first implantation of the Topaz transfemoral tricuspid heart valve replacement system as part of the company’s EU pivotal study. If all goes to plan, the device will compete with Edwards’ Evoque system. The announcement follows the company’s $50m series D funding raise in July.