Sandoz gets into the weeds with cannabis medical product manufacturer Tilray
The Canadian company's shares reached a high price after it signed a framework agreement with Novartis's generics arm that would enable global commercialization.
Home health company Mavencare expands to Boston
The organization, which leverages technology to provide care to seniors in their own homes, also serves the Toronto and New York City markets.
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.
Many doctors writing clinical practice guidelines receive undisclosed industry payments, study finds
Greater transparency about conflicts of interest could curb punitive actions like MSKCC executive's resignation last month, study author says.
League raises fresh capital to grow employee health benefits platform
The Canadian startup secured C$62 million (or about $47.5 million) in a round led by TELUS Ventures. Wittington Ventures, OMERS, RBC Ventures, Real Ventures, Infinite Potential Group and BDC IT Venture Fund also participated in the round.
Redox marks first longterm care deal through partnership with specialty EHR provider
Redox's deal with PointClickCare was its first partnership in senior care and could improve the way data is shared in the longterm care sector.
Employers find ways around FDA crackdown on drug imports to reduce prescription costs
Congress has passed legislation legalizing the importation of prescription drugs several times in the past 20 years, but both Democratic and Republican administrations have opted not to implement it.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
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.
This diagnostic device uses temperature to aid melanoma detection
Four recent engineering graduates from McMaster University, near Toronto, built a device to detect melanoma that measures the temperature differences between melanoma and normal tissue.
A new world of non-invasive cardiac diagnostics
Genetesis and Analytics 4 Life have developed non-invasive approaches to cardiac diagnostics.
InterSystems, Epic take the lead in global EHR market share
Which EHR vendors were the hottest across the globe? The KLAS "Global EMR Market Share 2017" report analyzes new hospital EHR contracts that happened all over the world in 2016.
Do caregivers need a Parkinson’s disease simulation device to experience empathy?
Do doctors need a shot of empathy? Researchers at a Canadian digital healthcare marketing company think so, and say they can administer it wirelessly.
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Partnership for Safer Medicines launches campaign against Canadian drug imports
The U.S. drug industry has strongly opposed efforts to open the borders to drug imports, but pharma lobbying group PhRMA is not mentioned in the Partnership for Safer Medicines' advertising blitz.
Aurinia rocks the boat with $150M public offering
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals put cashflow issues behind it on Tuesday, announcing a public offering that it expects will generate $150.5 million in gross proceeds for its Phase 3 trial in lupus nephritis. But not everyone was happy with the news.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires AI startup
Meta developed software to analyze and connect insights across millions of scientific papers, according to a description of the company on Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Facebook page.
Is protectionism hurting health IT innovation?
We need a better way forward, one which protects the networks and IP of established eHealth companies, while also enabling active innovation from the eHealth community.
Relay Ventures co-founder outlines digital health priorities for latest fund
So far, investments from Relay Ventures' third fund include personal wellness tracker OMsignal and health incentives startup CARROT Insights.