Regenerative medicine company Relive Biotechnologies Ltd. acquired all operating assets of Germany-listed biotech company Co.don AG to expand its global footprint.
Australian biotech company Ferronova Ltd. has secured AU$11 million (US$7.7 million) to advance its nanoparticle platform to assist surgeons more accurately locate and remove malignant cells during treatment of gastrointestinal and brain tumors.
Shenzhen Core Medical Technology Co. Ltd. completed a series C round to speed up the development of its left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) for heart failure.
The discovery of two new sarcoma-specific pathways and 14 new genes that predispose people to heritable sarcomas could pave the way to managing cancer risk early via detection of these mutations for this rare type of cancer. Sarcomas are rare connective tissue malignancies mostly derived from embryonic mesoderm and affect younger people.
Chinabridge (Shenzhen) Medical Technology Co. Ltd.’s extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine Lifemotion gained NMPA approval, making it the first domestically developed ECMO unit given a greenlight in China. The approval includes the ECMO machine and the disposable consumables used in combination to treat acute respiratory failure or acute cardiopulmonary failure in seriously ill COVID-19 patients.
Vaxxas Pty. Ltd. and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) signed a partnership agreement to develop Vaxxas’ vaccine-patch delivery technology in a project that could end the need for frozen storage of mRNA vaccines.
Qitan Technology Co. Ltd. has raised ¥700 million (US$104 million) in a series C round led by Meituan Inc. to improve its nanopore sequencing devices and expand its market.
Nervtex Co. Ltd.’s diagnostic assessment software Modas for movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease has been given NMPA approval in China. Using smart mobile devices, Modas can process video data collected from people with potential or existing movement disorders when they are in any specific motion state.
Deepwise Technology Co. Ltd.'s artificial intelligence (AI) device mammography screening software has been approved in China. The company claims that this is the first and only AI medical device that is approved for breast cancer in China.