New medical technologies represented in specific companies recently added (January 2010) to the Medtech Startups Database:
Incubator company from shifamed.com
Developing minimally invasive therapies for end stage renal disease.
Electrical stimulation technology to restore temporary continence control for patients with colostomies.
Sonolysis for treatment of vascular thromobus disorders.
Undisclosed nanotech medical product development.
Medical robotics
Undisclosed medical technology
Tissue welding via cold plasma [...]
In a distinctly upward trend, total venture capital financings in medical technology for the month of January 2010 hit $514 million. This eclipses the high month total of $440 in July 2009.
Key financings for the month include:
$64.00 million, Intuity Medical, Inc., has raised $64 million in Series D financing (integrated blood glucose monitor)
$32.50 million, CircuLite, [...]
MedMarket Diligence tracks the formation of new medical technology companies through the Medtech Startup Database. The database contains records on 900 companies founded since 2001. Below is a tag cloud of keywords in company, product and technology descriptions.
The predominant clinical and technology categories covered, due to a combination of factors including principally their rate of [...]
The European market for drug-eluting stents is demonstrating its maturity in terms of numbers of competitors, the upward sales growth driven by increasing unit sales rather than premium pricing and other considerations.
Source: MedMarket Diligence, LLC; Report #C245
This illustrates the challenge for manufacturers to differentiate their products and pursue innovations that can command premium pricing, a [...]
With medtech investment in January 2010 already clocked at $180 million in five days, the month and year are off to a quick start. The financing amounts are also bigger, with over 70% of the financing rounds thus far in excess of $20 million each. The financings include:
Intuity Medical: $64 million
CircuLite, Inc.: $32.5 million
CeQur [...]
Below are the medical technology industry financings through December 2009 (we'll update them through 12/31). There were a significant number of financings this month, but many small ones, the exceptions being Ophthotech ($30 million) and Asmathix ($27 million), for a December total of $153 million.
Hepa Wash GmbH has raised $5.74 million (€ 3.8 million in [...]
Below are select technologies under development at recently identified medtechs startups:
Scaffold for regeneration of functional bone tissues.
Autologous, adipose-derived stem cells for treatment of traumatic brain injury and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Device company developing technologies to improve the safety and efficiency of chemotherapy.
Developing stem cell therapies.
Devices to locate and protect nerves during surgery.
Minimally invasive (endoscopic) spine [...]
Medical technology venture capital financings for the month of November 2009 (to date) have had a good start, totaling over $170 million in the first two weeks. Noteworthy financings include $30 million by Entelleus Medical (treatment of sinusitis), $30 million by Fate Therapeutics (induced pluripotent stem cells), $27 million by Spinal Modulation (devices for treatment [...]
Regularly updated list of venture capitalists investing in healthcare. Links to portfolio pages.
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This is a "work in progress", partial list of medical technology incubators, defined as such by themselves or by the nature of their more active involvement (beyond funding) in the nuturing and development of "portfolio" companies — providing space, management and other support. Also, note that these are entities whose focus is primarily or exclusively [...]
