Technology

The European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) Health has announced the acquisition of one of its supported startups PhagoMed GmbH, by BioNTech SE, in a bid to find new and alternative solutions to antibiotics that are losing effectiveness.

Thailand has now become its second-biggest market. 

It will focus on creating digital solutions for ophthalmic, neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Third-party developers can use the platform to build their own products or update instruments. 

The pair aim to make AI-enhanced diagnostics accessible beyond hospital settings.

Also: Pediatric sleep app Huckleberry raises $12.5 million, and illumigyn, maker of a platform for remote gynecological imaging, brings in $33 million.

The mobile platform allows users to access pharmacy services and make appointments, search for drug options and get manufacturer coupons.

Also, Indian voice AI platform Augnito has introduced its voice AI SaaS during the Diwali.

A new app which collates older people’s health indicators and monitors for flu symptoms supports nurses and carers to make remote diagnoses and treat patients in their homes, reducing hospitalisations.

The device will sell for $69.99 and ship in December.