#212 - Now you see me 🃏
#212 - Now you see me 🃏
The one-minute healthtech roundup brought to you by SomX.
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Hi friends,
This week: What your sweat can tell you about your health, Dr Youtube’s back in town and mice everywhere breathe a sigh of relief.
Love healthtech, hate reading? 👀 Listen to the Healthtech Pigeon podcast ➡️ James and Jess from SomX breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with help from Keles’ David Buller and Laurent Van Lerberghe, Available now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
News Bites 🥪
💷 Analysis finds Thermology Health imaging tech capable of saving NHS £1 billion – Who doesn’t love saving a bit of cash? A new imaging technology could help detect diabetic foot ulcers early. This tech could prevent thousands of expensive amputations and improve patient outcomes. How it works? Patients simply scan their feet at home, using precise temperature readings and AI to catch problems before they get serious.
💦 Finger wrap uses sweat to provide health monitoring at your fingertips – Engineers at UC San Diego have created a finger wrap that uses sweat to power up and track vital chemical levels like glucose and vitamins. This little device not only monitors health but could also one day deliver treatments, like insulin for diabetes, right on the spot. It turns out the finger is one of the body's highest sweat producers with over 1000 sweat glands. Don’t say Pigeon never taught you anything!
🧪 Drones to deliver urgent blood samples for Guy’s and St Thomas’ – This six-month trial aims to cut down the delivery time of blood samples from over 30 minutes by road to less than two minutes by air. Not only that, these drones also bring environmental benefits by reducing carbon emissions and traffic congestion, win for patients, doctors, and the planet!
👏This bra could save your life: how ‘femtech’ aids women’s health – The day Pigeon stops banging on about the importance of women’s health is the day birds stop flying, fish stop swimming, the sun stops shining* you get the gist. Even though we’ve got a long way to go, we’ve got to shout out the companies that are coming up with creative solutions to tackle the women's health issues that have been overlooked for too long.
📹 UCL Partners with YouTube to enhance availability of mental health information for young people – What's up guys! Welcome back to my Youtube channel, don’t forget to smash that subscribe button if you want to see more content from the Pidge! With more and more people turning to YouTube for advice, it’s crucial that the info on the platform is accurate and evidence-based. That’s why over 100 UCL mental health experts are getting trained to create engaging videos so that soon, finding trustworthy mental health tips online will be as easy as scrolling through your feed!
💰Erectile dysfunction to Wegovy: Men’s healthcare provider Manual raises £29m – Manual, the UK-based men's health startup, just snagged a light £29 million in new funding to enhance patient care, boost tech investments, and expand their reach. They’re also diving into the weight loss scene with popular drugs like Wegovy as part of their grandmaster plan to make quality men’s health services more accessible.
🐁 Mice turned see-through by a dye that lets you watch their organs – Now you see me, now you don't! Scientists have found a way to make mice momentarily invisible using a splash of yellow food dye! By rubbing tartrazine (Yellow 5) on their fur, scientists can peek inside these little guys and watch their organs and blood vessels in action all without cutting them open. If you listen closely, you can hear mice from around the world breathe a sigh of relief.
What to listen to 🔊
Events 📅
SomX Healthtech Talks: Complex Systems, Complex Data: Why AI Has Arrived Late to the Biology Party
🕣 Sept 23
📍London
Technology for Universal Health Coverage (UHC): Perspectives from India and the NHS
🕣 Sept 23
📍London
HETT Show
🕣 Sept 24-25
📍London
Venture Capital Forum
🕣 Sept 25-26
📍Amsterdam
The Global Growth Engine of the Women's Health Industry
🕣 Oct 2
📍London
Sifted Summit | Healthtech Pigeon Official Summit Warm-up
🕣 Oct 2
📍London
Visit the SomX events page or subscribe to SomX’s events roundup to see all of the best upcoming healthtech, biotech and healthcare events.
Opportunities 🕵️♀️
💰Health Innovation Network, Accelerating Femtech Programme –If you have a femtech innovation and are looking for commercial support and funding momentum to drive long-term success, along with opportunities to network and collaborate with industry peers, what are you waiting for!?
🎨Head of Brand, Fertility – Who doesn’t love a bit of Hertility? They are on the hunt for a Head of Brand to lead their brand strategy, driving growth and awareness across various channels. So if you think you can utilise data to optimise performance, craft compelling brand stories, and manage a creative team, you know what to do!
📈 Clinical Data Scientist, Arcturis – Are you a Medical Doctor with a background in clinical data? Is designing and implementing informatics-based improvement projects second nature to you? Are you looking for a new opportunity? If you answered yes to those questions, Pigeon may be of some assistance…
👩🔬Medical Device Quality Engineer - AI Products, Scarlet– This one is for lovers of all things medical devices and AI! Scarlet are scaling their team of Clinical Assessors and they need someone who can demonstrate their knowledge of various programming languages, software design and those all-important regulatory requirements. Sounds like you? Apply today!
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