Sleep, sweet sleep: Somnology, NIH team up for sleep research
Somnology and the National Institutes of Health are joining forces to conduct much-needed research on sleep.
The bedside SleepCogni device: An insomniac’s new best friend?
Dependence on sleeping pills is a problem for many people, but other therapies aren't always very successful. The designer of SleepCogni believes his device is the answer to not just monitoring sleep, but actually inducing it.
Shark Tank crushes Napwell: A sleep solution no one wants (video)
Shark Tank is pretty good at destroying the medical startups it puts on the show. It had more easy prey this week with Napwell, designed to make it easier to wake up from and avoid bad power naps. “I’ve never had a bad power nap,” Shark Mark Cuban says during Napwell’s pitch. Uh oh! Napwell […]
Jawbone UP data quantifies exactly how much sleep was lost to California earthquake
I don’t think our Bay Area health IT reporter Dan Verel wears a Jawbone UP. If he did, he would have been in the minority of the Napa/Sonoma/Vallejo/Berkley users who didn’t wake up during the Sunday morning earthquake in Northern California. When I texted him yesterday to make sure he was OK, he replied, “Yup, […]
Big Health gets $3.3M to bring its digital sleep coach across the pond
Another digital health sleep product will land in the U.S. later this year via a London-based company that’s just gotten its first venture round to expand. Big Health delivers personalized cognitive behavioral therapy programs through web and mobile platforms. Its first offering, Sleepio, is a six-week sleep improvement program that teaches people techniques to overcome […]
Sleep apnea treatment company Apnex Medical developing an implantable device raises $10M
Apnex Medical, which is testing its implantable device to treat obstructive sleep apnea, announced Monday that it has raised $10 million.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
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.
Medtronic invests in sleep disorders treatment firm it spun out in 2007
Inspire Medical Systems, which has developed an implantable neurostimulation device to treat sleep apnea, announced Friday that it has raised $14.5 million in a series C round. New investors include Medtronic, which licensed the technology to Inspire back in 2007, and TGap Venture, while existing investors, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, US Venture Partners, Synergy […]
New sleep disorder treatment biotech raising $2.75M
An early stage biotech startup focused on treating people who have trouble sleeping is looking for investors to provide $2.75 million. GliaCure Inc. was founded in 2011 to develop novel ways to treat sleep disorders. Its technique involves modulating the body’s production of a sleep-promoting compound called adenosine made by astrocytes, star-shaped glial cells in […]
FDA approves obstructive sleep apnea clinical trial for Apnex Medical
Only three companies are developing implanted devices to treat obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that affects about 18 million people. On Tuesday, Apnex Medical, one of two sleep apnea treatment startups based in Minnesota, became the second company to get clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a clinical trial to test its […]
Sleep apnea’s next great innovations (Weekend Rounds)
A review of life science current events reported by MedCity News this week: Obstructive sleep apnea treatment will change. But who will lead the way? Inspire Medical Systems and Apnex Medical, both from Minnesota, are technically similar in that both companies are developing technologies that sense respiration and deliver mild stimulation to treat obstructive sleep […]
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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.
Obstructive sleep apnea treatment will change. But who will lead the way?
Three medical device companies are poised to drastically change obstructive sleep apnea treatment forever. But is sleep apnea big enough for all of them? The three have developed an implantable neurostimulation therapy to treat patients who suffer moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). They have raised a fair amount of money from investors. And […]
Health IT startup Huneo focused on real-time data management
Huneo is all about the data. The young Cleveland-area startup is looking to use its IT expertise to help capture and send data in real time to several different types of doctors for a number of different health applications — sleep studies, heart studies and athletic performance monitoring, for example. Huneo is looking to fill […]
Sleep apnea relief? Study shows CPAP may help
A study shows that medical devices using continuous positive airway pressure lower the fatigue of individuals suffering from obstructive sleep apnea. Individuals with obstructive sleep apnea may have a new therapy to relieve their symptoms of fatigue, a study shows. Researchers at the University of California, Davis and San Diego State University tested a medical […]
Inspire Medical gets regulator OKs for sleep apnea therapy
Medtronic Inc. spinout Inspire Medical Systems Inc. has received the go-ahead from regulators to sell its obstructive sleep apnea device in Europe and test it for the U.S. market.
Galleon Pharmaceuticals lands $10M for sleep apnea, COPD drug
Galleon Pharmaceuticals Inc. in suburban Philadelphia has raised $10 million to help discover medicines to treat breathing control conditions, like sleep apnea and COPD.