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Keeping it clean: LETI joins French partners to test “smart” antibacterial surfaces in space

LETI, an institute of CEA Tech, and three French partners are collaborating in a “house-cleaning” project aboard the International Space Station that will investigate antibacterial properties of new materials in a zero-gravity environment to see if they can improve and simplify cleaning inside spacecraft. The Matiss experiment, as part of the Proxima Mission sponsored by […]

An ambitious partnership between Grenoble University Hospital and MSF

It’s official! Thursday the 3rd of November, Grenoble University Hospital and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) signed an unprecedented partnership in France. This agreement, an effective institutional project, will allow the two organizations to come up with an unprecedented model of mutually beneficial collaboration between a university hospital centre and a humanitarian organization. The cooperation between […]

SYNAPCELL re-establishes partnership with the University of Utah

The University of Utah has awarded a subcontract to SYNAPCELL as part of the NIH/NINDS Epilepsy Therapy Screening Program (ETSP). The partnership between SYNAPCELL and the University of Utah will supplement the University’s ongoing Anticonvulsant Drug Development (ADD) Program to test the efficacy of promising anti-epileptic drug candidates in SYNAPCELL’s proprietary MTLE (Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy) […]

UROMEMS closes €14M financing to develop its smart artificial urinary sphincter to market

The amount includes €2m support from the Worldwide Innovation Challenge (CMI) within the framework of the French Program of investments for the future led by the General Investment Commission and operated by Bpifrance. UROMEMS, an innovative medtech company developing an active medical implantable device for treatment of severe stress urinary incontinence today announced that it […]

The Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge

Boston Scientific and Google are excited to announce their newest innovation challenge: The Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge. The Challenge is an open call to any individual, team, or company with ideas on how to improve patient outcomes, increase efficiency in delivering care, and drive down the cost of care through the use of big data […]

Start-up ECRINS THERAPEUTICS launches its second fund raising campaign on WiSEED

ECRINS THERAPEUTICS, a French biotech which is developing an innovative anti-cancer drug candidate, announces the launch of their second fund raising campaign on the French crowdfunding platform – WiSEED. Established in 2010, ECRINS THERAPEUTICS develops ET-D5, an innovative small molecule for cancer treatment. Stemming from research performed by the founders at the French National Institute of Health […]

TECHNIDATA strengthens its presence in the Middle East and announces the signature of a distribution agreement with Neo-Science & Group

TECHNIDATA, a leading global supplier of software solutions for clinical laboratories and  biobanks, strengthens its expansion in the Middle East region and announces the signature of a distribution agreement with Neo-Science & Group, a Life Sciences, Diagnostics and Informatics provider headquartered in Dubai. This agreement covers the distribution of TECHNIDATA solutions in Egypt, Iran, Jordan, […]

Ambitious partnerships between Grenoble University Hospital and China

The International Delegation of Grenoble University Hospital went to China for an official visit. The opportunity for Jacqueline Hubert, the chief executive officer of the Grenoble University Hospital to consolidate some ambitious international partnerships with several Chinese Health Care Institutions: the Sino-French Hospital of Suzhou (Jiangsu province) and others three hospitals affiliated to the University […]

ALPROBOTIC delivers first resist-mask-free sanding and microbead polishing unit for dental implant surface finishing

ALPROBOTIC, the global expert in surface finishing processes for high-added-value parts, announced today that it delivered a completely robotic resist-mask-free microbead polishing unit to Spanish dental-implant market leader Klockner Implant System. Each day, the Alprobotic unit will process 50 different products for total throughput of 1,000 implants per day. The unit was designed to meet […]

VALTRONIC launches its new website

VALTRONIC is pleased to announce the launch of its new website – www.valtronic.com. The site was designed to provide a complete overview of the expertise and scope of solutions VALTRONIC offers to help global companies design and manufacture innovative healthcare devices. VALTRONIC innovates and manufactures miniaturized and complex products for global medical device companies and counts […]