A company with a medical device to detect early onset of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in adults ages 50 or older, is raising $2 million in a series A preferred financing round to commercialize its diagnostic tool, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year. Apeliotus Vision […]
Five companies developing treatments for back pain, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and innovative diagnosis technology to detect osteoarthritis and glaucoma have received fresh funding from the state’s economic development and investment arm. Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania has invested more than $900,000 in five startups. CD Diagnostics received the largest investment of $275,000 […]
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.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Pennsylvania’s Erie Innovation Fund, a partnership with the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority, has invested in two healthcare companies — one to assist Medicaid billing for home-care services for the elderly and another with a catheter system to guard against hospital-acquired infections. Dr. Anthony Colantonio and Dr. Menno Jager, co-founders […]
A seminar offering advice on academic startups for potential CEOs at the University City Science Center — hosted by Bio Strategy Partners, a Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania incubator for emerging and early stage life sciences companies — addressed funding realities and the roles of the university and technology transfer office. Karen Hanson, the executive director of Bio […]
A pair of Pennsylvania medical companies – one focused on cardiac catheterization and the other improving breast cancer imaging – have received fresh funding from the state’s economic development and investment arm. Essential Medical received $250,000 from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Real Time Tomography secured a $150,000. Each company has previous […]
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania has invested $60,000 in two medical companies: $50,000 in HealthOneMed Inc. and $10,000 in B. Braun Medical Inc., both in the Allentown area.
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.