https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThZ0AoKGShY Health IT company VitalMedicals has developed a way to use smart glasses to save surgeons time in the operating room has raised roughly $1 million to grow its technical team and expand its technical implementations beyond its first two pilot sites in California — El Camino Hospital in Mountain View and the Palo Alto […]
Eko Devices, a member of Stanford’s accelerator StartX, is moving ahead with a digital accessory for analog stethoscopes to transform them into electronic stethoscopes. The idea is to create a clinical decision support tool with a digital capability without the price tag of an electronic stethoscope. It’s intended to improve the ability to detect nuances […]
Stanford-backed accelerator StartX has partnered with QB3 to open a new life sciences laboratory called, aptly, “StartX-QB3 Labs.” It’s the first research space that’s both close to Stanford and is focused on that bench-to-bedside approach of bringing entrepreneurs from academia to industry. The new, 2,000-square-foot space will be able to house up to 20 life science […]
The thought of a woman dying in childbirth seemed far-reached, Matthew Cooper said, until his own wife nearly lost her own life a few years ago. Her pregnancy was complicated by preeclampsia, a common but highly dangerous condition that is a leading cause for fetal and maternal illness – even death. The harrowing experience helped Cooper germinate […]
About 36,500 of every 4 million children born each year in the United States will have autism, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control. Mobile health startup Nightingale wants to make it easier for therapists in schools and caregivers at home to note behavior observations for autistic students by replacing their clipboards with […]
Thompson Reuters will lend some of its scientific and clinical data and analysis methods to power startup NuMedii’s mission to find new uses for old drugs through a new strategic partnership. Stanford University spinout NuMedii has developed an analytics system that identifies high-potential new indications for FDA-approved drugs. It works with CROs to validate promising […]
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.
Two Big Pharma companies, Merck (NYSE:MRK) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), are the latest partners to sign on to support healthcare startups that come out of Stanford University. StartX, the accelerator that spun out of Stanford in 2009, said Thursday at its demo day in Palo Alto (which I watched via live stream) that both […]
Stanford University produces more alumni entrepreneurs than any other university, and now it’s created its first fund to invest directly in those early-stage companies emerging from the university community. Stanford has established a three-year partnership with Stanford Hospital & Clinics and StartX, an accelerator for students, faculty, alumni and staff, under which the institutions will […]
Half of all cancer patients receive some kind of radiation during their treatment, the most common being external radiation therapy. But radiation can kill cancer cells and normal cells, so it’s important that it’s directed at precisely the right spot. That’s easier said than done, as radiologists want to make sure they zap all of […]
Hospital emergency departments are places where long waits, overcrowding and unpredictability are part of every day. But what if smart use of data could make them at least a little more predictable and more efficient? As a former consultant, Mudit Garg spent a lot of time in hospitals, trying to help them improve work flow […]
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.
Crowdfunding has taken off in healthcare, and although the majority of campaigns fail, those that succeed seem to be getting most of their dollars from their close social networks. But assembling that network early and keeping track of everyone in it is easier said than done. That’s why a tech startup called MyProject.is is giving […]
Pairing existing drugs with new disease applications, using not wet labs but computers, has landed a Stanford startup its first contract with a pharmaceutical company. NuMedii has signed its first product-focused deal with specialty pharmaceutical company Aptalis Pharma, which develops therapies for cystic fibrosis and gastrointestinal disorders. The big data startup will use its predictive […]
From medical devices to robots to big data for drug discovery, health-related startups presenting at last night’s StartX Demo Day pretty much ran the gamut. The nonprofit accelerator for Stanford University students and faculty showed off 17 of its latest companies including six focused on healthcare. (MedCity News couldn’t attend but watched the footage of […]
