Tests will be priced at under $5 each for low- and middle-income countries.
A set of agreements to make COVID-19 antigen rapid tests available to low- and middle-income countries was announced on 28 September by the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, a global collaboration initiative launched earlier this year by groups including the World Health Organization (WHO).
The ACT Accelerator will initially make available 120 million tests under its remit to foster the development of COVID-19 vaccines,...
“The Corsano wearable strengthens Medtronic’s acute care and monitoring portfolio,” Marc De Martini, vice president at Medtronic, told Medtech Insight.
Medtronic, Tandem and Beta Bionics are gearing up to bring tubeless patch pumps to market, chasing Insulet’s Omnipod 5, the only FDA-cleared patch pump for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Analysts expect tubeless models to eventually displace durable pumps.
Leaders of robotic systems companies Distalmotion, Neocis and Noah Medical discussed success metrics, competition and funding. Institutional investors are focusing on utilization, procedure rates and a clear path to profitability as the IPO window reopens, BTIG analyst Ryan Zimmerman said.
