ANNOUNCEMENT

These 11 companies will be featured in the MedCity ENGAGE Innovation Showcase June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

Topic: GAN-OBS

Minimally invasive weight loss device maker quietly raises $2.75 million

Minimally invasive weight loss device maker quietly raises $2.75 million

May 24, 2012 4:47 pm by | 0 Comments

Although it’s trying to keep quiet about its product, a medical device startup developing a new treatment for obesity revealed this week it’s in the middle of raising $5.5 million.According ... Read more
Freedom Meditech submits 510(k) for disease-detection eye scanner

Freedom Meditech submits 510(k) for disease-detection eye scanner

October 13, 2011 2:23 pm by | 0 Comments

Freedom Meditech has submitted a 510(k) application for regulatory clearance of its medical device that can be used to detect chronic disease.The company’s ClearPath DS-120 Lens Fluorescence Biomicroscope noninvasively scans ... Read more
Merck chairman to retire, company gets approval for diabetic-cholesterol drug

Merck chairman to retire, company gets approval for diabetic-cholesterol drug

October 7, 2011 6:40 pm by | 0 Comments

Richard T. Clark, chairman and former CEO of Merck & Co. of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, will retire from the company and its board of directors effective Dec. 1 . ... Read more
Thermalin Diabetes targets $8M series B investment, eyes clinical trials

Thermalin Diabetes targets $8M series B investment, eyes clinical trials

September 28, 2011 1:47 pm by | 0 Comments

Next-generation insulin developer Thermalin Diabetes is targeting an $8 million series B round of investment that would fund the first in-human studies of its insulin analogs.A successful clinical trial — ... Read more
Blood glucose technologies company Glytec raises $8.2M

Blood glucose technologies company Glytec raises $8.2M

September 19, 2011 3:15 pm by | 0 Comments

Glytec, a company whose technology helps diabetics monitor and manage their blood glucose levels, has raised $8.27 million in equity financing that the company will use to support growth in ... Read more
Mobile health IT startup has ambitious plans for wellness network

Mobile health IT startup has ambitious plans for wellness network

August 31, 2011 10:47 am by | 0 Comments

A mobile health IT startup from Youngstown, Ohio has ambitious plans to lead the development of a wellness network that would connect patients, restaurants, grocery stores, health insurance companies, employers ... Read more
Diabetes support network launches ‘Diabetes University’ online classes

Diabetes support network launches ‘Diabetes University’ online classes

August 12, 2011 9:23 am by | 0 Comments

An online diabetes support network has added an education program that it hopes will fill what it calls a gap in helping diabetic patients manage their condition.The new “Diabetes Daily ... Read more
Insulin pump hacking not a threat, Medtronic says

Insulin pump hacking not a threat, Medtronic says

August 10, 2011 4:49 pm by | 0 Comments

Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) isn’t in an uproar over recent reports of a hacked insulin pump that could discretely deliver dangerous doses of insulin to a wearer.“To our knowledge, there has ... Read more
Walking Your Way to Better Health

Walking Your Way to Better Health

July 27, 2011 9:30 am by | 0 Comments

A path to better health and wellness can be as easy as putting one foot in front of the other. That is one of the ideas behind the innovative and ... Read more
Takeda, Furiex try again in a post-Avandia diabetes drug world

Takeda, Furiex try again in a post-Avandia diabetes drug world

July 26, 2011 4:55 pm by | 0 Comments

A type 2 diabetes drug hopefully thought of as a potential blockbuster before stalling amid safety concerns is now taking another shot at approval.Takeda Pharmaceuticals (TYO:4502), which is partnered with ... Read more
Minnesota diabetes startup Exsulin seeks $25 million

Minnesota diabetes startup Exsulin seeks $25 million

July 21, 2011 5:24 pm by | 0 Comments

Minnesota diabetes startup Exsulin, which is developing a drug to treat Type I diabetes, is trying to raise $25 million to help fund a large clinical trial next year.CEO and ... Read more
Diabetes glucose monitor company eyes $2.5 million raise, would leave Ohio

Diabetes glucose monitor company eyes $2.5 million raise, would leave Ohio

July 18, 2011 11:14 am by | 0 Comments

A company that’s developing a noninvasive blood glucose monitoring system for diabetics is hoping to raise $2.5 million to boost its staff and test its device.And Columbus, Ohio-based DIRAmed said ... Read more
American Diabetes Association conference highlights latest research

American Diabetes Association conference highlights latest research

June 26, 2011 10:46 am by | 0 Comments

More than 13,500 people are gathered in San Diego at the 71st annual scientific conference of the American Diabetes Assn. to lead the fight against diabetes, a disease that affects ... Read more
Diabetes drug company Lumena raising up to $2M to reach clinical trials

Diabetes drug company Lumena raising up to $2M to reach clinical trials

June 24, 2011 6:51 pm by | 0 Comments

Diabetes drug development company Lumena Pharmaceuticals aims to harness a benefit that diabetics receive from gastric bypass surgery and deliver it to those patients in the form of a pill.The ... Read more
Diabetes treatment: Artificial pancreas system gets FDA push

Diabetes treatment: Artificial pancreas system gets FDA push

June 23, 2011 2:59 pm by | 0 Comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance yesterday aimed at advancing the approval of artificial pancreas systems for treatment of type 1 diabetes.The document addressed premarket approval and ... Read more