Boehringer Ingelheim, IBM to study blockchain in clinical trials
At the ongoing HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida, the companies' Canadian divisions said their partnership would mark the technology's first use in clinical trials in Canada.
Providence St. Joseph Health acquires Seattle blockchain startup Lumedic
As part of the acquisition, the health system is bringing on Lumedic's employees and IP assets to form a new company that will work to sign up partnerships with other healthcare stakeholders like payer organizations.
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What Agenus’s blockchain bet means for drug development financing
Experts weighed in on how the move could change the way drugmakers raise money for development programs. But as digital securities as a financial instrument gain traction, they could carry potential risks too.
Agenus issues token offering to fund immuno-oncology drug’s development
The drugmaker called its offering, scheduled for next month and meant to finance development of the drug AGEN2034, a first in healthcare and said it expects others to use the same means to raise capital.
New blockchain collaboration launches with Aetna, Anthem and HCSC
Even as the hype around cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have died down, major players are investing in applications to bring blockchain to healthcare.
These are the biggest biopharma stories we covered in 2018
A roundup of some of the biggest trends and events in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and diagnostics in 2018, including regulatory approvals, international trends, national policy and more.
Using Data to Help Healthcare Practices Succeed
A new report from Relatient, A Data-Driven Guide to Patient Access Succes, highlights how focusing on data accuracy and relevance can enhance the performance of healthcare practices.
Change Healthcare acquires blockchain startup PokitDok’s assets
Change Healthcare, which is majority-owned by McKesson, will integrate PokitDok's APIs into its existing Intelligent Healthcare Network, which relies on blockchain for processing transactions.
Blockchain becomes a ‘source of truth’ for biopharma
Although blockchain faces regulatory hurdles and skepticism, its potential as a shared, yet secure ledger system to improve the pharmaceutical supply chain integrity and clinical trials is making it attractive for experimentation and investment by drugmakers.
Aetna and Ascension join blockchain pilot project for better provider directories
Keeping health plan provider directories current is a major administrative and cost burden for the industry, with an estimated $2.1 billion spent annually across the healthcare system to acquire and maintain provider data.
Silicon Valley startup launches blockchain product for patients to sell their data
Dubbed PatientSphere, Open Health Network's platform ingests patient data from sources like EHR records, mobile health applications, wearable devices and programs like Apple HealthKit into one dashboard.
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In a phone interview, Jamie Thomas, general manager of strategy and development for IBM Systems, advised healthcare IT executives to have a data management strategy and to keep security top of mind.
Five questions for the patient-centered data home
Health information exchanges are now focused on creating nothing less than the Patient-Centered Data Home accessible nationally. However, before doing so they must ask themselves some hard questions.
Insights on big data from Optum Technology’s first Technical Fellow
In a Q&A, Optum Technology's Kerrie Holley discuses the potential of big data in healthcare, some of the barriers to adoption what can be done to win back the trust of patients.
Nebula Genomics raises $4.3M in seed capital to fund blockchain-based data marketplace
The company plans to use blockchain and other technologies to develop the genomic data marketplace, under a partnership with Veritas Genetics.
TraceLink raises $93 million in Series D financing round
The company's life sciences track-and-trace network reaches drugmakers, pharmacies and others, with a customer base of more than 930 companies.