ANNOUNCEMENT

These 11 companies will be featured in the MedCity ENGAGE Innovation Showcase June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

Deanna Pogorelc

Deanna Pogorelc

MedCity News

Deanna Pogorelc is a Cleveland-based reporter who writes obsessively about life science startups across the country, looking to technology transfer offices, startup incubators and investment funds to see what’s next in healthcare. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ball State University and previously covered business and education for a northeast Indiana newspaper.

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The crowdfunding floodgates are (kind of) open. Now another healthcare investing portal is jumping in

The crowdfunding floodgates are (kind of) open. Now another healthcare investing portal is jumping in

May 17, 2013 4:54 pm by | 0 Comments

It’s been just over one year since the JOBS Act was passed, which makes equity- and debt-based crowdfunding legal for accredited and nonaccredited investors. Although the U.S. Securities and Exchange ... Read more
Biotech, meet service provider. This startup strives to streamline the process of outsourcing

Biotech, meet service provider. This startup strives to streamline the process of outsourcing

May 17, 2013 11:26 am by | 0 Comments

The “virtual” business models that have become common in many biotech startups may allow companies to operate with less capital, but they also present their own set of challenges.One of ... Read more
Qualcomm CTO explains why telecomm & the BRAIN Initiative are actually a good fit

Qualcomm CTO explains why telecomm & the BRAIN Initiative are actually a good fit

May 16, 2013 5:27 pm by | 0 Comments

Telecomm giant Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is no stranger to the world of connected health, but its interest in healthcare actually reaches much further than that.Today, Qualcomm CTO Matt Grob was ... Read more
Cambridge firm uses next-generation DNA sequencing to detect more mutations in carrier screening

Cambridge firm uses next-generation DNA sequencing to detect more mutations in carrier screening

May 16, 2013 3:39 pm by | 0 Comments

 When a company sets out to enter a market inhabited by heavyweights like LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics, it better have something good. Good Start Genetics has applied next-generation DNA sequencing ... Read more
With a band of biotech collaborators, RuiYi sets sail developing new biologic drugs for China

With a band of biotech collaborators, RuiYi sets sail developing new biologic drugs for China

May 16, 2013 9:37 am by | 0 Comments

The La Jolla, California, biotech formerly known as Anaphore is looking a little different these days. Under the leadership of former Fate Therapeutics CEO Paul Grayson, Anaphore changed its name ... Read more
HHS Innovation Awards Round Two will grant $1B to explorers of new delivery, payment models

HHS Innovation Awards Round Two will grant $1B to explorers of new delivery, payment models

May 15, 2013 12:45 pm by | 0 Comments

As a follow up to a $1 billion initiative last year that funded projects across the nation designed to improve outcomes and save money in the healthcare system, the Centers ... Read more
Hospital survey: Leadership is the key driver (and barrier) to a better patient experience

Hospital survey: Leadership is the key driver (and barrier) to a better patient experience

May 15, 2013 10:24 am by | 0 Comments

Delivering a better patient experience is a top priority for hospitals over the next three years, according to new research, but their success in doing that is both driven and ... Read more
Genetic testing, cancer and preventive surgery: Not just in breast cancer

Genetic testing, cancer and preventive surgery: Not just in breast cancer

May 14, 2013 4:30 pm by | 0 Comments

Angeline Jolie’s disclosure of her double mastectomy has drawn the mainstream media’s attention to genetic testing, a recent medical advancement with huge, albeit challenging, implications.Many experts predict that genetic testing ... Read more
S. Carolina lures Israeli innovations with new R&D partnership, neurotech startup investment

S. Carolina lures Israeli innovations with new R&D partnership, neurotech startup investment

May 14, 2013 12:00 pm by | 0 Comments

South Carolina is joining the ranks of Massachusetts and New York in formalizing a partnership that could benefit local biomedical and health IT companies by allowing them to tap into ... Read more
Repurposed cancer drug to enter Phase I trials for Alzheimer’s disease this year

Repurposed cancer drug to enter Phase I trials for Alzheimer’s disease this year

May 14, 2013 8:10 am by | 0 Comments

In the world of Alzheimer’s disease drugs, the past year has been marked by disappointing Phase 3 clinical trial results for a handful of much-anticipated antibody drugs.But the failure of ... Read more
Web startup plays matchmaker for physicians and EMR vendors

Web startup plays matchmaker for physicians and EMR vendors

May 13, 2013 4:58 pm by | 0 Comments

For every two physician practices that have chosen and set up a basic EMR system, there are about three others that haven’t yet done so. Boston-based startup MedicalRecords.com sees that ... Read more
What’s behind the FDA’s push for more patient engagement (hint: it’s not that everyone else is doing it)

What’s behind the FDA’s push for more patient engagement (hint: it’s not that everyone else is doing it)

May 13, 2013 11:04 am by | 0 Comments

Lately, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seems to be doing a bit of re-branding: A new Patient Network site is anchoring a push for more patient engagement in the ... Read more
What’s challenging for health startups in the life science capital? 5 Boston entrepreneurs weigh in

What’s challenging for health startups in the life science capital? 5 Boston entrepreneurs weigh in

May 10, 2013 9:17 am by | 0 Comments

If you’re a startup working on a product for the healthcare industry, Boston is the place to be. During a trip to Bean Town, I was curious to hear what ... Read more
iPad-based communication therapy puts data analytics behind BostonU speech-language research

iPad-based communication therapy puts data analytics behind BostonU speech-language research

May 9, 2013 5:33 pm by | 0 Comments

Through a phenomenon called plasticity, the human brain has an amazing capacity to repair some parts itself after injury. That’s why people who experience brain damage undergo rehabilitation that includes ... Read more
Advice for mobile health app startups looking for early patient testers: Just think social

Advice for mobile health app startups looking for early patient testers: Just think social

May 9, 2013 11:09 am by | 0 Comments

When it came time to test the first version of its new mobile app for people with migraines, the team at Ubiqi Health assumed that physician referrals would be the ... Read more