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Gilde wraps up fresh health investment fund worth €600m

Netherlands-based investment group Gilde Healthcare has raised €600 million ($658 million) for a new transatlantic fund intended to support innovative ventures in digital

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LSX Inv€$tival Showcase round-up

On 14th November, investors and life science & healthcare executives descended on London’s famed Old Billingsgate building to attend LSX’s Inv€$tival Showcase, part of Europe’s biggest

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J&J bulks up before consumer health spinout with Abiomed buy

Johnson & Johnson's $16.6 billion takeover offer for cardiac pump manufacturer Abiomed looks set to be the largest medtech acquisition of the year, and other buyers are unlikely to ente

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Groundbreaking cancer breathalyser developer secures £5m fun...

Owlstone Medical, the company behind a revolutionary breathalyser technology aimed at diagnosing lung and bowel cancer from breath samples, has secured £5 million from a recent funding roun

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Meeting public expectations of diagnostics is the next big t...

Ivor Campbell looks at the way the UK medtech sector has responded to COVID-19 and the implications of more advanced diagnostics for prescribing and general practice.

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