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In the future, diabetics suffering from neuropathy (in their hands and feet, for example) could benefit from a new drug called atexakin, which regenerates damaged nerve fibers. Switzerland’s Relief Therapeutics Holding AG recently signed an agreement with Merck to develop, manufacture, and commercialize the drug. Merck then turned to Grenoble’s PX’Therapeutics to develop an efficient […] >>

Enerbee, a two-year-old startup specializing in micro-generators that harvest energy from movement, has turned a corner in its development. The company will now leverage its proprietary technology to develop self-powering connected ventilation systems, ultimately carving out a position on a high-added-value, IoT-related market. Enerbee will present a prototype at CES* Las Vegas in January. The […] >>

Fluoptics has carved out the top slot on Europe’s real-time fluorescence imaging solutions market. The company has implemented more than 100 of its Fluobeam® non-invasive surgical-assistance systems in sixteen countries. Fluoptics’ technology is currently the only one in the world capable of generating images of parathyroid glands using light during tricky thyroid surgery—ultimately improving patient […] >>

Grenoble’s TIMA lab and a consortium of partners are working on a project backed by the ANR, France’s national research agency, to develop a wireless pacemaker. TIMA’s energy-harvesting system, which is built on a multilayer piezoelectric blade, has already brought in some excellent results, operating in a simulated environment for 109 cycles (which corresponds to […] >>

The aeronautics and automotive industries are looking for more compact, efficient power converters. Leti’s latest research on a converter built on gallium-nitride-on-silicon components is producing some results sure to please these demanding industries. When tested on a demonstrator system, the converters displayed low losses and high switching speeds enabling frequencies up to 30 MHz. The […] >>