PALO ALTO, CA – August 18, 2025 – hinlab Inc., a Palo Alto-based healthtech company and part of the Stanford StartX accelerator, today announced the acquisition of Gabi SmartCare Platform, an award-winning pediatric health monitoring system combining a clinically validated wearable and a cloud-based analytics platform.
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WASHINGTON, June 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WASHINGTON (June 18, 2024) – The Alliance for Pediatric Device Innovation (APDI), a nonprofit consortium led by Children’s National Hospital and funded through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), today announced a grant opportunity for pediatric medical devices addiction.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — To foster the development and commercialization of medical devices designed for children, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded a nearly $7.5 million grant to the Alliance for Pediatric Device Innovation (APDI), a consortium led by Children’s National Hospital.
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After Nassar Hassan recognized the impacts of genetic disorders on childhood patients from his 30 years in the life sciences industry, he set out to create a startup that addressed his concerns about the uneven quality of screening he had witnessed. He said that after working in fields where he developed
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Last year’s Venture Connect event shared an impressive 88 companies with investors but this year it’s hitting the gas. A total of 180 companies will be at this week’s event to pitch their start-ups. The showcase, being put on by the Council for Entrepreneurial Development, is
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December 27, 2022 | A 16-gene molecular signature investigation based on gene expression differences between patients with and without local recurrence after breast-conserving surgery; analytically sensitive infectious disease panels to support laboratory research; eClinical solutions to make clinical
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The Children’s National Hospital and the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) recently announced the opening of a request for proposals to solicit companies that are interested in gaining pediatric labeling for medical devices. The program aims to generate real-world
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Children’s National Hospital and the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) announce the opening of a request for proposal to solicit companies interested in obtaining pediatric labeling for medical devices that may address an unmet need in the pediatric population and
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Winning $150,000 in back-to-back pitch competitions was a big coup for a little startup that set out to “make the world of mushroom cultivation accessible for all.” North Spore, which produces and sells mushroom cultivation supplies and medicinal products, was just four years old in June 2018, when
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A mechanical elbow brace for pediatric patients is the winner of $30,000 in grant funding in a competition focused on medical device technologies for the unmet needs of children. The mechanical elbow brace, called “Move-D,” is designed to improve activities of daily living for pediatric ataxic cerebral
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