MEDTEQ+ presents new AIM Program and 2020-21 cohort of startups at recent MEET&TEQ event

As recently reported in the BML Technology Blog, MEDTEQ+ is one of the leading players in the Canadian health technology ecosystem. Their comprehensive suite of program offerings designed to help startups and emerging medical technology companies accelerate innovation and scale their products and services makes them an indispensable participant in the industry, and a principal […]

Digital Health Technology Industry Review & Roundup: Q1 2021

Developments in the digital health technology industry continued in Q1 of 2021 at the same torrid pace established in 2020 across all areas, including development and launch of new medical technologies, private investments and mergers and acquisitions activity.  The persistent COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a catalyst for the rapid adoption of telemedicine initiatives and […]

BML Technology Managing Director Marc Saab to speak to MEDTEQ+ AIM cohort on Best Practices in Medical Device Regulatory Strategy

MEDTEQ+ is one of the leading players in the Quebec, and Canadian, healthcare ecosystem. Founded in 2013, MEDTEQ+ supports the innovators who are strengthening the healthcare of tomorrow. Its mission is to accelerate innovation and to help scale the products and services developed by the Canadian medical technology industry for the ultimate benefit of patients […]

Digital Health Company Spotlight: Carebook Technologies

In our position at the intersection of medical technology, clinical research and patient-centric healthcare, BML Technology is fortunate to work backstage with companies carrying out some of the most innovative and exciting work in digital health today. Carebook Technologies, a dynamic Montreal-based company in the field of digital health technology, is one of these companies. […]

COVID-19 Digital Health Task Force Meeting Review:​ Can Rapid Testing help control the spread of COVID-19​?

The Montreal based, COVID-19 Digital Health Task Force held its most recent quarterly meeting on February 26th, 2021.​ The Mission of the Task Force is to help raise the level of COVID-19 related digital health projects in the ecosystem and to guide them with their resources, experience and community to ensure they can adequately meet a real […]

COVID-19 Emergency Digital Health Task Force Meeting addresses the need for COVID-19 Rapid Testing in Canada

The last meeting of the Montreal-based COVID-19 Emergency Digital Health Task Force took place on February 26th, 2021. The topic of discussion was the potential utility of COVID-19 rapid testing and tracing in Canada, an important topic considering the impact COVID-19 has had on our citizens and our economic and social lives. And the knowledge […]

BML Technology and Avisio Qualité continue Centech Montreal Workshop series

BML Technology is proud to be collaborating once again with Avisio Qualité to offer training and support to Centech Montreal’s Acceleration and Propulsion programs to help guide startup technology businesses to success. Our next workshop will be on Thursday, February 25, 2021. BML’s Marc Saab and Avisio’s Clarisse Bascans will be presenting on Regulatory Affairs […]

Rapid testing and tracing in the Canadian effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and reduce restrictions.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, myriad efforts and strategies have been explored to slow the spread of the virus and contain the damage it causes. The primary strategy deployed has been a series of lockdowns and restrictions on social and economic activity. The intention of these lockdowns is to ‘flatten the […]

Digital Health Technology on the rise and poised for further growth

The trends towards continuously increasing levels of technology integration and innovation across all areas of society have also led to a revolution in the expanded use of technology in healthcare and medicine. Presently we are experiencing what can best be described as a boom period in digital health and medical technology, due not only to the […]

The Google Fit App will allow users to measure their heart rate and respiratory rate using the phone’s camera

Google has announced that starting in March 2021 their Google Fit App will allow users to measure their heart rate and respiratory rate using only their Pixel phone’s camera, with plans to expand the service to more Android devices in the future. This move by Google comprises a foray into a next level of fitness […]

View an interesting data driven look at healthcare in the ‘State Of Healthcare’ Report from CB Insights

Continuing with the strong growth and record pace we’ve observed in investments across all sectors of health care and digital health in particular, CB Insights has come out with their ‘State of Health Care Report’ for 2020, which states that this trend is global in nature and quite strong, with global healthcare funding hitting an […]