The Swedish liquid biopsy start-up expects to be the first company to secure US FDA approval for a metabolism-based urine test for the early detection of kidney cancer in post-surgery patients.

Medtech industry representatives from ASEANMed member economies, notably Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, provided regulatory updates at the February Asia Regulatory Roundtable. These roundtables are organized by the ARQon consultancy and the Asia Regulatory Professional Association (ARPA). They are sponsored by Medtech Insight.

Asia continues to gain attention for its healthtech innovation and adoption activity, and VC investors have seen the merits of a maintaining a focus on this newly emerging regional innovation hotspot, regardless of the pandemic.