Highlights of the important and interesting in the world of healthcare:
‘There is an angel conspiracy.’ Angel investor Chris Yeh responds in a guest VentureBeat post to a TechCrunch report about a conspiracy among “super angel” investors: “We have joined together despite our differences and conflicts for a single, sinister, self-interested purpose…. To get your attention.”
Kidney cancer vaccine gets funding. German biotech firm Immatics has raised $70.5 million to help fund late-stage clinical testing of an experimental vaccine against kidney cancer, according to Reuters.
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Insurers say ‘no’ to covering sick kids. Health insurers from Anthem to Cigna to Humana have promised to stop writing policies for sick children — a defiance of a health reform that takes effect Thursday, reported NPR.
Omnicare settles whistleblower suit. Covington, Kentucky-based health insurer Omnicare has paid $21 million to settle claims it defrauded Medicaid programs in Michigan and Massachusetts, according to the Business Courier of Cincinnati.
An iPhone plug-in for diabetic patients. French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Aventis has tapped medical device maker Agamatrix to create a blood glucose meter plug-in called iBGStar for Apple’s iPhone, mobihealthnews reported.
Slowly but surely… U.S. doctors are ditching paper medical records for electronic ones, reports Kaiser Health News.