17 June 2020
Gendius partners with AstraZeneca to develop diabetes management support for patients in the Gulf region
AstraZeneca has signed a ‘memorandum of understanding’ with UK medtech start-up Gendius to develop their leading diabetes management platform (Intellin®) and support patients in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which have some of the highest rates of...
15 June 2020
Elucid Digital Health and Clin-e-Cal feature in the Business Cloud 100 HealthTech Pioneers List
Catapult portfolio businesses Elucid Digital Health and Clin-e-Cal have both been included in the 2020 Business Cloud 100 HealthTech Pioneers list - featuring the UK’s leading health and medical technology companies. The final ranking was decided by a combination of...
9 June 2020
Gendius announces launch of CrowdCube campaign for Intellin® diabetes management app
Intellin® is an intelligent remote management diabetes platform, with over 140,000 downloads so far this this year. Having established itself as an approved vendor with Big Pharma, the company is now poised to scale the business globally and drive commercialisation. Since...
27 May 2020
Biorelate offers free access to AI-based drug discovery tool: Galactic
27 May 2020: Biorelate, a UK-based AI start up, is offering all researchers free use of Galactic, its cloud-based web tool, to support biomedical research while lab access is restricted around the world. Systematically analysing the data available on targets, drugs and disease...
26 May 2020
Collaboration between Clin-e-Cal and Clement Clarke International aims to make inhalers smarter
A new inhaler monitoring technology, currently in development through a collaboration between digital health start-up Clin-e-cal and British manufacturer Clement Clarke International, aims to transform ordinary inhalers into smart inhalers without the need for costly electronics...
21 May 2020
Elucid Digital Health reduces smart Pill Connect bottle to a smart cap dispenser
Salford-based Elucid Digital Health has shrunk its groundbreaking smart pill bottle to a patented dispenser cap which can be made to screw on to any pill bottle. With interest from three major pharma companies for use in clinical trials and two others who want to use it for...
4 May 2020
Medtech start-up Gendius appoints new Chairman as its smart diabetes management app reaches 100,000 downloads worldwide
Leading UK diabetes management start-up Gendius has appointed experienced medtech executive Albert Nicholl as its new Chairman. Mr Nicholl will be supporting Gendius with the further development of its game-changing smart diabetes management platform, Intellin®, which has...
9 April 2020
Catapult Ventures appoints Vijay Curthan as Investment Director; promotes Emma Johnson to Associate
6th April 2020, Alderley Park: Catapult Ventures has announced the appointment of Vijay Curthan as Investment Director in its GM & Cheshire Life Sciences Fund. Vijay joins Catapult with a background in healthcare private equity, investment banking and pharma industry...
9 April 2020
Trials are ramped up for breakthrough medical device from MicroBioSensor
rials of a breakthrough medical device developed in Manchester, which could improve the diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening peritonitis for patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis, have been accelerated. The device could mean that more renal patients could be managed...
8 April 2020
Intellin diabetes app enhanced to capture COVID-19 data
UK company Gendius has enhanced its app for diabetes patient Intellin to capture COVID-19 data after a surge in downloads following the outbreak. Diabetes patients are classified as high-risk by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for developing severe symptoms from the COVID-19...