AMRA Medical Introduces AMRA® BCP Scan in the Netherlands Through a Strategic Partnership with Prescan, a National Preventative Health Leader

LINKÖPING, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 8, 2026--

AMRA Medical, the global leader in MRI-based fat distribution and muscle composition analytics, alongside Dutch preventative healthcare leader Prescan, are pleased to announce the official launch of our cutting-edge AMRA® BCP Scan service, powered by AMRA® Profiler (CE, NB 2862), in the Netherlands. The launch, which marks BCP Scan’s third new market entry of 2025 ( Sweden & Germany ), expands the availability of our service within the EU into the Netherlands through an exclusive partnership with Prescan, an independent health & wellness clinic in Baarn which specializes in preventive health screenings and care.

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AMRA® BCP Scan available at Prescan

AMRA’s CEO, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, stated, “This is another important step in bringing our mission of driving scientific breakthroughs into the clinic by enabling deeper understanding of health and disease through MRI-based biomarkers to the global stage. By partnering with Prescan, we’re excited to help them empower individuals in the Netherlands to take proactive control of their health using AMRA® BCP Scan. ”

The AMRA® BCP Scan service provides clinicians with fat distribution measurements, including visceral fat, subcutaneous fat and liver fat, in addition to muscle composition biomarkers that comprise a detailed body composition profile (BCP) to assist in the assessment of health risks. Implemented directly in the clinic, the service delivers rapid, precise, and standardized body composition measurements, contextualizing insights at the individual patient level with high accuracy.

At launch, Prescan will make AMRA® BCP Scan available to customers as a standalone product, and will be the only center offering BCP Scan in the Netherlands. Haif Rood Nawzad, CEO of Prescan, remarked that “This collaboration with AMRA represents an important step forward in preventive diagnostics at Prescan. By adding precise measurement of visceral fat and assisting our clinicians with assessing their metabolic risk to our offering, we further expand our advanced MRI portfolio and provide clients with clinically relevant insights that go beyond traditional imaging. It perfectly aligns with our vision to continuously innovate and improve early detection in preventive healthcare.”

Currently, AMRA® BCP Scan service is additionally available through AMRA’s service provision in the US, Canada, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK - with plans to roll out in more countries in 2026 and beyond.

If you or your organization are based in the currently cleared markets and would like to know more about bringing the AMRA® BCP Scan service to your clinic, or if you want to learn more about how AMRA is using MRI-based fat distribution and muscle composition measures to advance both research and clinical care, please contact us here or reach out to one of our knowledgeable scientists at info@amramedical.com.

About AMRA Medical

AMRA Medical is a global leader in health informatics, pioneering the field of fat and muscle analysis with proprietary, MRI-based technologies. Our gold-standard platform delivers highly precise and standardized biomarkers, providing an advanced understanding of metabolic and musculoskeletal health that surpasses conventional body composition metrics. These insights play a critical role in optimizing clinical trial design, improving endpoint selection, and supporting data-driven decision-making in both research and clinical practice.

Built on rigorous science and driven by continuous innovation, AMRA’s solutions are designed to meet the complex demands of modern healthcare and pharmaceutical development. Through standardized, cloud-based workflows and strategic collaboration, we enable partners to access actionable data with clarity and confidence–accelerating progress from early-stage discovery to impactful clinical outcomes.

About Prescan

Prescan is an independent preventive healthcare organization based in the Netherlands, specializing in early health detection and lifestyle advice. Founded in 2003, Prescan combines advanced MRI diagnostics with cardiology, dermatology, and blood testing. With a wide variety of examinations available, ranging from targeted scans to comprehensive full-body screenings, Prescan enables clients to gain rapid, in-depth insight into their health, with results discussed immediately by medical specialists.

You can contact Prescan with any questions you might have by filling out their contact form, or by reaching out directly to info@prescan.nl to get in touch with one of their representatives.

AMRA® BCP Scan available at Prescan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that he will allow service members to carry personal weapons onto military installations, citing the Second Amendment and recent shootings at bases across the country.

In a video posted to X, Hegseth said he is signing a memo that will direct base commanders to allow requests for troops to carry privately owned firearms “with the presumption that it is necessary for personal protection.”

He said any denial of a service member's request must be explained in detail and in writing.

“Effectively, our bases across the country were gun-free zones,” Hegseth said. “Unless you're training or unless you are a military policeman, you couldn't carry, you couldn't bring your own firearm for your own personal protection onto post.”

Questions about why service members lacked access to weapons have often emerged following shootings on the nation's military bases. Such shootings have ranged from isolated events between service members to mass casualty events, such as the shootings by an Army psychiatrist at Texas’ Ford Hood in 2009 that left 13 people dead.

Hegseth cited some of the events in his video, including a shooting that injured five soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia last year. Officials said the shooter, an Army sergeant who worked at the base, used his personal handgun before he was tackled by fellow soldiers and arrested.

“In these instances, minutes are a lifetime,” Hegseth said. “And our service members have the courage and training to make those precious, short minutes count.”

Defense Department policy has prohibited military personnel from carrying personal weapons on base without permission from a senior commander, with strict protocol for how the firearms must be stored.

Typically, military personnel must officially check their guns out of secure storage to go to on-base hunting areas or shooting ranges, then check all firearms back in promptly after their sanctioned use. Military police are often the only armed personnel on base, outside of shooting ranges, hunting areas or in training, where soldiers can wield their service weapons without ammunition.

Tanya Schardt, senior counsel at the Brady gun violence prevention organization, said in a statement that Defense Department leaders and the military’s top brass have opposed relaxing the current policy, which was originally enacted under President George H.W. Bush.

Schardt noted that most active duty service members who die by suicide do so with a weapon they own personally, not one military-issued, and argued that there will “undoubtedly be an increase in gun suicide and other gun violence.”

While fewer American service members died by suicide in 2024, the suicide rates among active duty troops overall still have gradually increased between 2011 and 2024, according to a Pentagon report released Tuesday.

“Our military installations are among the most guarded, protected properties in the world, and they’ve never been ‘gun-free zones,’” Schardt said. “If there is a problem with violent crime on these installations, then the Secretary of Defense has an obligation to alert the American people and describe how he’s working to prevent that crime.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)