New ‘smart pill’ maker gains FDA approval
EtectRx is one of a few companies helping track medication adherence. But some patients find the tech hard to swallow.
Biogen pulls out of $1 billion partnership with AGTC after gene therapy trial failure
Shares of the Gainesville, Florida-based company plunged 38 percent when markets opened Thursday. Shares of other gene therapy companies were also down in Thursday trading.
The Funding Model for Cancer Innovation is Broken — We Can Fix It
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Gene therapy startup Lacerta Therapeutics raises $30M in equity financing from Sarepta
Sarepta Therapeutics gains rights to University of Florida-resident startup's programs for central nervous system diseases.
Vanderbilt, AxoGen share $1.1M DOD grant to advance nerve regeneration tech
AxoGen, a medical device company that develops peripheral nerve repair technology is splitting a $1.1 million grant from government medical research program with Vanderbilt University. The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Defense-administered Congressional Directed Medical Research program, specifically the Peer Reviewed Orthopedic Research Program to develop medical technologies to help soldiers recover from […]
Patient simulator as virtual tutor, seeks to grow with nursing, medical school students’ training (video)
Nurses have been taking on more responsibility in recent years — and a good thing too. If the shortage of primary care physicians continues coupled with millions of new patients expected to be added to healthcare systems when provisions of the Affordable Care Act are enacted, they will have to take on even more. At […]
Patient registration health IT startup raises $4.1M, hires CEO
Health IT startup RegisterPatient has raised $4.1 million in a series A round and has added the former CEO of a healthcare IT company as president and CEO of its company. Jana Skewes previously served as founding CEO of Shared Health, which helped set up the healthcare information exchange in Tennessee and has provided web […]
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.
Health IT firm registration system hopes to cut doctor office wait times
Health IT company RegisterPatient has created a flexible system to cut doctor office waiting times. It hopes the platform for physician practices will make the process of going for doctors’ appointments less stressful, more efficient. Using a HIPAA compliant Facebook app, it helps patients start the registration process from home, request appointments, prescription refills and […]
Startup developing online appointment system and Facebook app raises $1.1M
A Web-based patient registration and scheduling system that allows users to fill out healthcare forms before they get to providers' offices and schedule appointments online has raised $1.1 million.