SensNews May 2020

Sensor100 2020 16 Oxford Nanopore Technologies raised £48.4m in private financing. It brings its total funding raised to date to approximately £530 million. GenomeWeb 2 8 May Philips launches next generation wearable biosensor for early patient deterioration detection, including clinical surveillance for COVID-19 GlobalNewsWire 28 May Digital respiratory health company Propeller Health has received 510(k) clearance for a sensor and app intended for use with AstraZeneca's Symbicort inhaler for asthma and COPD. MobileHealthNews May 28 Grail has raised $390 million in a Series D financing round, Grail is making significant progress in bringing its blood-based multi-cancer early detection test to the clinic.The company's approach uses a targeted methyla- tion sequencing panel that preferentially assesses inform- ative regions of the genome to both detect the presence of cancer and identify a tumor’s tissue of origin. GenomeWeb May 6 Intel's Loihi, a neuromorphic research chip are now ca- pable of identifying hazardous smells. Intel collaborated with Cornell University in order to train the Loihi chip to recognize the scent of 10 potentially hazardous chem- icals, like acetone, ammonia, and methane. NewsGram 1 7 March Company News