The FDA has asked for more information about cardiac complications reported last year in a Phase 1 study for the Molecular Templates cancer drug, MT-0169. The partial clinical hold comes as the biotech works through a corporate restructuring as well as a second Nasdaq de-listing notice.
ClosedLoop.ai, an Austin-based healthcare startup, raised new funding after being picked by CMS as the winner of its AI Health Outcomes Challenge. The company’s secret? Working with health systems to build algorithms that are explainable.
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.
Wheel, an Austin-based telehealth startup, raised $50 million in series B funding. The company builds networks of clinicians behind several well-known digital health brands.
Austin-based software startup Docstation is working to make it easier for pharmacists to strike agreements with physicians that would allow them to provide more patient care. It recently raised $3.1 million in seed funding.
After a busy year, at-home testing company Everlywell is growing through two acquisitions. It bought telehealth practice PWNHealth and another at-home lab testing company.
After Everlywell received an emergency use authorization last year from the FDA for its at-home collection kit, the agency gave Everlywell the green light to sell its test kits without requiring a prescription.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The Austin-based startup has distributed more than 500,000 Covid-19 test kits to date, and expects total sales to quadruple by the end of the year.
The company hopes to use the money to bring its T-cell antigen coupler cell therapy technology - currently in preclinical development - into human clinical trials. German drugmaker Bayer's venture capital arm led the round.
The company said consumers can order the test for $135 and submit samples to CLIA-certified labs, with physicians providing free telehealth consultations if they test positive.
The device connects to a patient's smartphone, captures images and sends them to an orthodontist thereby taking the hassle of going to a dentist's office to straighten teeth among other things.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Last month, the Austin, Texas-based VC announced the close of their third fund, a $250 million fund that exceeded the company's initial $200 million goal.
With the new funding, MAP Health Management is hoping to more than double the states it operates in and move upstream to other sites of care to help treat substance abuse before it worsens.
Christiana Care Health System, Summation Health Ventures and the Texas Medical Center led the round, and HealthX Ventures and Cultivation Capital also participated.
Both Texas-based companies offer electronic health record solutions as well as other medical software and tools.
The Chiron Health deal follows Medici's recent acquisition of another company called DocbookMD.