Business Award - February 26, 2020
Elekta named one of the world’s most ethical companies by Ethisphere
Elekta have been named one of the 2020 World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere, a company focusing on defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. 132 honorees were recognized spanning 21 countries and 51 industries. Grounded in Ethisphere’s Ethics Quotient, the assessment process includes more than 200 questions on culture, environmental and social […]
MedTech Business - December 16, 2019
FDA approves diffusion-weighted images for Elekta Unity
Elekta has announced that it has received 510(k) premarket notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use of diffusion-weighted MR images (DWI) obtained with Elekta Unity to be interpreted by a trained physician. This expands the clinical utility of Elekta Unity to include biologic assessment of tumor response during therapy, allowing treatment […]
MedTech Award - October 23, 2019
Elekta wins the Technology Services Industry Association STAR award
The Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) has presented Elekta with its STAR award. The award recognizes commitment to outstanding innovation, leadership and excellence, and highlights best practices across industries. With this accolade, the TSIA acknowledges Elekta as an industry leader in Field Service. “We are honored to win the 2019 STAR Award Best Practices in […]
Acquisition - August 29, 2019
Elekta makes strategic acquisition
Elekta has acquired ProKnow Systems in order to expand its offering of cloud-based solutions for advanced radiation therapy. With ProKnow’s products, such as ProKnow DS, Elekta’s customers will have access to high-quality, cloud-based, treatment planning analytics to standardize their practices, it states in its press release. ProKnow DS allows collective data from patient groups to […]
MedTech Award - June 12, 2019
Elekta wins MedTech Breakthrough award
MedTech Breakthrough, an independent organization that recognizes the top companies and solutions in the global health and medical technology market, has presented the “Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough” award in the 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program to Elekta for its Elekta Unity MR-linac. Elekta Unity combines two technologies: a state-of-the-art 1.5T MRI scanner and a best-in-class […]
MedTech Business - May 27, 2019
Elekta receives regulatory approval in Japan
The company’s Unity magnetic resonance radiation therapy system has been approved for clinical use in Japan. Elekta Unity combines two technologies: a 1.5T MRI scanner and a 7 MV linear accelerator, driven by real-time adaptive radiotherapy software. It provides the ability to reshape the dose based on daily changes in shape, size and position of […]
