HHS is partnering with nonprofit Global Health Investment Corporation to launch a health security fund. The fund will be used to invest in technologies that can help prevent or respond to public health emergencies, like future pandemics.
From interoperability to AI to cybersecurity, here's a roundup of some key insights from this year's HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida.
A look at some of the most interesting startups from 2018's Health 2.0's LAUNCH! event.
On the question of exit strategy, when you jump right to the sale of the company, this tells investors you are about the money and not the mission.
Rarely discussed are the all-too-common pitch mistakes that quickly land companies in the “No” bucket before the pitch is even finished. These are self-inflicted wounds.
It's not enough for a healthcare startup to just have cool technology. To get buy-in from investors, entrepreneurs have to showcase some healthcare economics chops, as well as a solid business model and reimbursement plan.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Dreamit also unveiled 10 healthcare startups selected for its latest cohort across care coordination, caregiver support, clinical study design, and execution.
Julia Cheek said she admires what 23andMe has built and has big ambitions for her own consumer testing business.
Jonathan Feit offers a healthcare entrepreneur's take on a CNBC article by Rob Coppedge of Echo Health Ventures asserting that digital health is dead.
In a CNBC interview, Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO and founder of Social Capital, shot down IBM and its Watson platform.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Only one in 500 new businesses in the United States will reach at least $100 million in revenue, and only one in 17,000 will see $500 million in revenue.
Join us July 12-13 in Philadelphia at the healthcare industry’s must-attend innovation event, MedCity CONVERGE. CONVERGE gathers the entire B2B healthcare ecosystem to talk in real-term, actionable ways about healthcare’s biggest challenges and opportunities. We’ll focus on the leading trends and hot button topics that include these panel presentations and many others: Panel Presentation: What […]
Ashton Kutcher has made plenty of shrewd investments in companies like Skype and has his own fund but there should be a healthcare investor for the new season.
Managing director Bijan Salehizadeh points out that you can't overestimate the rate of adoption in healthcare.
Where will investors allocate funding for aging technology? A panel revealed the healthcare pain points investors and health IT startups see may not jibe with consumer priorities.
