Uncategorized - July 3, 2015
Online Service Manages Health Records
Online health service Activemedi stores health records and sorts them into easily understandable information so they can be accessed anywhere you can connect to the Internet. Users also can set reminders for upcoming appointments, use graphs to follow well-being trends, as well as create shared health profiles for the whole family. “We want to empower […]
Uncategorized - July 3, 2015
Finns in California Launch Dr. Search
A group of Finns in California is helping to solve a very American problem: finding the right doctor. When Finn Ari Tulla moved to California he spent days searching the web and calling offices to try to find the right doctor. Then he came to the realization that Americans needed a better way to locate a doctor. […]
Acquisition - July 3, 2015
Novo to End Tresiba in Germany
Novo Nordisk will stop distribution of its once-daily insulin drug Tresiba after price negotiations with Germany’s health insurance fund trade group broke down, according to BioSpace.com. Company officials indicated they could not come to an agreement on price with GKV-Spitzenverband, which wanted to set the price level equal to that of human insulin. The company […]
Funding - July 3, 2015
Norway Invests in Biomedical Research
The Norwegian Research Council recently announced four large investments in biomedical research for a total of 255 MNOK. Out of the total, 60 MNOK will go to to sequencing and precision medicine, 80 MNOK to national biobanks, 65 MNOK to brain research and 50 MNOK to Norwegian Clinical Research Infrastructure Network. “This is great news. […]
Agreement - July 2, 2015
Targovax, Oncos Strike Deal
Norwegian Targovax has entered an agreement with the shareholders of Finnish clinical-stage biotechnology company Oncos Therapeutics to acquire the shares of Oncos with settlement in Targovax shares. After the transaction, the shareholders of Oncos will own 50 per cent of Targovax. The new company already has received indications of interest from leading institutional investors, including a 26 […]
Uncategorized - July 2, 2015
Portable Device Tests for Glaucoma
Icare Finland has developed a hand-held tonometer that makes it easier to measure intraoccular pressure (IOP) in the eye, not just in a doctor’s office, but anywhere. “We manufacture mobile tonometers for optometrists, opticians, general practitioners and emergency room doctors. We also have tonometers for use at home and ones with a slightly different structure […]
