NLS New Innovation and Design

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 […]

The research collaboration “New Targeting Vaccines for Sustainable Aquaculture” has received a grant of NOK 10 million through the Norwegian Research Council’s program Biotek2021. The NOK 10 million will be awarded over three years. Oslo Cancer Cluster member Vaccibody is a partner in the project with the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Pharmaq AS, Kjeller Innovasjon and […]

Bindex, a pocket-sized diagnostic device for osteoporosis developed by the Kuopio medical device manufacturer Bone Index, shows measurement accuracy that meets international requirements, according to a recent medical study, and it could be recommended for use in primary health care offices. The results of a large international study were published at the World Congress on […]

Norway’s NordForsk Board has awarded a total of NOK 11 million to two Nordic-Baltic research projects on user-driven innovation in health and welfare. The two were selected from among 34 submissions. The overall goal of the Nordic Program on Health and Welfare is to improve health in the Nordic countries by conducting high-quality research to find […]

Finland offers the third best market prerequisites for the mHealth business among the EU countries, according to a survey conducted by research2guidance in collaboration with HIMSS Europe. More than 4,000 app developers, healthcare professionals and mHealth practitioners contributed to the “The EU Countries’ mHealth App Market Ranking” survey. mHealth stands for mobile Health, which refers […]

A new department for the investigation of severe epilepsy has opened at Uppsala University Hospital. Patients can be examined with new EEC-and camera equipment and the department is staffed 24 hours a day, five days a week. The target population for the new department is people with severe epilepsy who have frequent, recurrent attacks that […]