Acutus Medical Inc. posted strong results for the third quarter of 2020, despite the ongoing uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales for the quarter totaled $3.2 million, up 180% sequentially and 391% when compared with the same period in 2019.

The competitive din in the vocal sound diagnostic space rose to new levels as Sonde Health Inc. launched a developer portal to enable other companies to incorporate its vocal biomarker-based health check technology into their apps. Sonde joins a growing number of companies and academic labs around the world talking up the ability of voice recordings to detect a surprising range of diseases.

As cases skyrocket and more questions arise about the high rate of false negatives returned by rapid testing in COVID-19 cases, a simple, new diagnostic test offers far greater accuracy. Researchers around the globe have found that artificial intelligence can detect coronavirus infections in recorded forced coughs, with nearly 100% accuracy in asymptomatic or presymptomatic cases, making it an ideal quick screening test. Forced cough or voice analysis shows strong results in other conditions, too, including pulmonary hypertension and, surprisingly, Alzheimer's disease.

PERTH, Australia – Gbs Inc. reported filing an initial public offering on the Nasdaq for $20 million, as the company looks to launch the first noninvasive SARS-Cov-2 test. A subsidiary of Sydney-based The Iq Group Ltd. (NSX:IQG), Delaware-based Gbs has developed a biosensor platform that enables real-time diagnostic point-of-care (POC) tests, and the funds raised will enable the company to launch its SARS- CoV-2 test and a saliva glucose test.