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Security, control of data seen as key barriers to cloud adoption by pharma
16 Jul 2019
There’s continued resistance from many pharmaceutical industry executives, who think it’s never possible to safely store sensiti...
Partnership expanded to support early stage digital health companies
16 Jul 2019
DigitalHealth.London has launched a call for early stage companies looking to raise between £250,000 and £5m, in collaboration with MedCit...
Waystar Acquires Digitize.AI to Automate Prior Authorization
16 Jul 2019
By embedding this groundbreaking new technology, Waystar’s platform will take a unique approach to prior authorization using machine learn...
Gilead snags Lilly exec Shaw for Kite CEO position
16 Jul 2019
Back in May, new Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O’Day said he’d be looking for a CEO for Gilead’s Kite unit. And he’s found his pick. Th...
Weak data spur Amgen, Novartis to can pivotal Alzheimer’s test
16 Jul 2019
Amgen and Novartis have stopped pivotal tests of CNP520 in Alzheimer’s disease after an interim review found patients on the BACE inhibito...
Clover Health’s new subsidiary will rely on members, machine learning to fuel drug development
16 Jul 2019
Dubbed Clover Therapeutics, the unit’s first project will be a partnership with Genentech targeting ocular diseases among senior popul...
Quip expands consumer dental supplies service with appointment browsing, booking app
16 Jul 2019
Quipcare and the premium Quipcare+ will allow members to schedule professional dental services with upfront costs 30% to 40% less than avera...
Belgian university spinoff closes €1m seed financing round
16 Jul 2019
Belgium-based, KU Leuven spinoff ArtiQ has raised €1m in seed financing from KBC Focus Fund, the KU Leuven Gemma Frisius Fund, University ...
Mumbai-based HealthAssure bags $2.5 million in series A round from Blume Ventures
16 Jul 2019
HealthAssure, a Mumbai-based healthcare aggregator, has bagged $2.5 million (approx ₹17 crore) in Series A funding led by Blume Ventures. ...
How digital therapeutic company Omada Health has taken a cue from life sciences
16 Jul 2019
Omada Health, the digital health company that recently raised $73 million, came on to the digital health scene in 2011 with a focus on diabe...
ANDHealth partners with leading institutes to drive digital health sector in WA
16 Jul 2019
ANDHealth, an Australian organisation dedicated to supporting digital health companies in their commercialisation journey, has partnered wit...
FCC seeks feedback on proposed $100M telehealth pilot program
16 Jul 2019
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for a new $100 million Connected Care Pilot Progr...
3 ways blockchain can change healthcare
16 Jul 2019
Blockchain continues to be a talking point among healthcare executives because of the increased privacy and security it can bring to hospita...
Siemens, UM strike $133M deal to support research
16 Jul 2019
The University of Missouri landed the first major corporate supporter for its high-profile precision health project Friday with the announce...
VA appoints 1st director of AI, plans to expand AI research: 4 notes
16 Jul 2019
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced July 10 the appointment of Gil Alterovitz, PhD, as its first director of artificial intellige...
Chinese medical AI startup Synyi raises $36.3M in Series C funding
16 Jul 2019
Shanghai-based medical AI startup Synyi announced that it has raised RMB 250M ($36.3M) in Series C funding led by Chinese tech giant Tencent...
XRHealth Opens Platform to Third Party Developers to Create Robust VR Healthcare Experiences
16 Jul 2019
XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, is the leader in extended reality and therapeutic applications, today announced that they are opening ...
Cigna, Celgene join $23M funding round for AI-powered precision healthcare startup
16 Jul 2019
GNS Healthcare, a Cambridge, Mass.-based startup using artificial intelligence to develop precision medicine solutions, announced on July 9 ...
What Could Blockchain Technologies Mean for the Medical Device Industry?
16 Jul 2019
Blockchain offers a number of potential use cases, but there are some challenges to overcome. There has been a great deal of interest in ide...
Can AI Transform Patient Care from Reactive Craft to Strategic Art?
16 Jul 2019
Personalized Analytics is becoming essential in healthcare, stemming from the movement from fee-for-service to a value-based market. The nee...