Pharmaceutical and diagnostics giant Roche has recently integrated a suite of AI algorithms into its enterprise digital pathology software. The company has collaborated with South Korean firm Deep Bio to power the navify digital pathology platform with the prostate cancer analysis AI solution, DeepDx Prostate. The AI technology provides pathologists with gland-level Gleason grading, measurements of…
More APAC leaders to invest in genAI: report Asia-Pacific will see increased investment in generative AI technology over the coming years. In the ninth edition of Royal Philips’ Future Health Index report, over six in 10 APAC leaders polled said they plan to invest in genAI in the next three years. At present, almost 40% of them…
Latest GP platform incorporates AI in care planning, documentation A new AI-driven practice management platform has been launched in Australia. The system called MediPortal automates tasks and offers smart suggestions for optimising a GP business. Based on a media release, it has features such as medical billing, an AI-powered care plan generator, and an AI scribe. …
Heuron expands medical AI to Thailand Heuron from South Korea has recently signed a distribution agreement to deliver its medical AI solutions to Thailand. According to a press release, it partnered with AI software distributor Medhealth Informatics to sell Heuron’s products, including its stroke triage AI solution Heuron StroCare Suite; Heuron AD, which provides quantitative analysis…
Online calculator predicts long COVID risk A COVID-19 risk calculator developed by a group of universities in Australia can now also determine a person’s risk of developing long COVID. The obstinate condition, which reportedly affects at least 65 million people worldwide, is commonly characterised by fatigue, brain fog and shortness of breath. Introduced in 2021,…
Increasing use of AR-based surgical navigation in Thailand Taiwan-based medtech company SURGLASSES has announced the recent implementations of its augmented reality-based surgical navigation system in Thailand. Thailand Veterans General Hospital and Chulalongkorn Hospital conducted their first AR-guided surgeries using the Caduceus S system. Designed for spine surgery, the SURGLASSES system provides surgeons with 3D visualisation capabilities…
AIRS Medical bags $20M to take more global markets Korean medical AI company AIRS Medical has raked in $20 million in a Series C funding round led by BSK Investment and Shinyoung Securities. Based on a press statement, the company will use its fresh funds to continue its global expansion and invest in R&D. Last year, AIRS…
New AI helps lower cost of drug discovery Australian researchers have created a new drug discovery AI tool for decoding protein-molecule interactions without the need for rendering costly 3D structures. Their drug discovery model called PSICHIC (PhySIcoCHemICal) uses AI to identify unique “fingerprints” of specific protein-molecule interactions from sequence data. PSICHIC was able to “effectively screen…
South Korean medical AI company Lunit has recently secured deals with hospitals in Europe, where the medical device market – the second largest after the North American market – is worth $155 billion. It won the contract to supply a lung disease screening solution to TeleDiag, the largest teleradiology group in France. Lunit was also chosen to provide a…
Global Fund taps VinBrain for Vietnam’s National TB Screening Bill Gates’ The Global Fund has chosen health tech company VinBrain to support the National Tuberculosis Prevention Campaign in Vietnam by supplying its AI technology. Under a commercial agreement, VinBrain will transfer 32 AI-related licenses of its technology to the government-initiated programme, assisting in the screening of…
