There was truly a stunning amount of VC investment in medical technology at the beginning of 2010, with the total funding of medtech in January at over $500 million. (See link.)
Of course January's amount was way above average, but February's was indeed below average, creating a pretty big gap between the January investment of $514 million [...]
In the medical technology arena, the markets that draw the most attention (i.e., investment) are those that have historically had the biggest successes (i.e., revenues) due to their ability to have big impact on clinical outcomes.
Therefore, a clinical field beginning to draw much "attention" is in applications of cell therapy and tissue engineering for a [...]
At a meeting of the FDA and the medical device industry, the FDA noted that its limited powers, such as in regulating products already on the market, in controlling how manufacturers label their products and even tracking devices when their manufacturers sell their business, may lead the agency to seek broader powers from Congress (see WSJ). Industry [...]
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 [...]
In a sign of an aggressive start to the new year, venture capital investment in medical technology for the month of January has already hit $400 million, a rate of investment substantially over pace of any month during the last year. Several large investments in medtech contribute to this total, but there are also a [...]
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 [...]
As a courtesy to those who keep track of investment in medtech, we are providing this list of the specific VC medtech investments, a list that will be regularly updated during the month of January. Venture capital investment in medtech for January 2010. (Feel free to bookmark this.)
The total VC investment in medtech for January [...]
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 [...]
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