The company wants to increase its staff from 50 to 200 and improve access to healthcare consults in India by connecting patients with doctors through text based and eventually video interactions.
Of all the services from the hospitality industry that are seeping into healthcare, online physician search and scheduling tools have probably been the most popular and widely embraced. The number of companies offering this service are legion. India has experienced a similar trend. But so far, few digital health companies in this subsector have a […]
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.
Several companies, most notably Glooko and Dexcom have developed different approaches to de-siloing diabetics’ blood-glucose level readings from glucose meters to mobile devices to make it easier for patients and their loved ones to track that data. But are they cute? Diabeto thinks not. It’s amped up the cute factor for these products with its […]
Bion Pharma, the New Jersey startup freshly launched by a cadre of former execs from Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy, has raised $21 million from two investors, according to a regulatory filing. The company’s aiming to raise $30 million. Five execs at the U.S. branch of Ranbaxy quit last month, and aim through this Princeton-based startup to […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government on Saturday ordered a review of activities at all state-owned hospitals to end what the health minister called systemic corruption, as part of the new administration's crackdown on malpractice in the healthca...
With wearable technology crossing over to clothing, a couple of entrepreneurs see an opportunity to make the technology available for blind people as well as gadget addicts by embedding GPS navigation in sneakers. It is part of a broader trend of using mobile technology to improve the quality of life for the blind and visually […]
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.
Entrepreneurs and hospitals are trying everything from portable automatic hand sanitizer dispensers to pop quizzes about hygiene and alarm sounding soap dispensers to get doctors to wash their hands more frequently. This is a priority around the world as well to prevent diarrhea in children. The Rehydration Project reports that a child dies of diarrhea every 26 seconds. Lifebuoy and Geometry […]
Cinco de Mayo to some, World Hand Hygiene Day to others. The World Health Organization, CDC and other partners today are drawing attention to the importance of handwashing in preventing the spread of infection with an education and awareness campaign. Fittingly timed, a startup called Observe Design is launching a new wearable hand sanitizer dispenser […]
In collaboration with a mobile health startup, a design firm and local health clinics, Medtronic is orchestrating a program aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment of ear infections and hearing loss in India, meanwhile supporting its ENT business there. So far the program, called Shruti, has screened nearly 11,000 people in India for ear infections […]
Some things are hard to see until one leaves his or her normal surroundings. For American doctors, especially procedure-based doctors, it’s easy to get used to the wastefulness and largesse of delivering care. Then you travel. You go to another healthcare system and are left to gasp. An AF ablation ‘costs’ 100,000 in the US, […]
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Medtronic (MDT) has signed a deal with Apollo Hospitals Enterprise to develop a new hemodialysis system to help patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The medical devices company will cover the technology, Apollo the “clinical insight.” This collaboration marks the first instance Medtronic will use a full India-based R&D team. Medtronic said it will develop […]
In a move that may reflect a growing interest by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in asserting its regulatory muscle in the mobile health app space, the regulator recently sent a letter to mobile app maker Biosense Technologies Pvt Ltd. indicating that it needs 510(k) clearance for its urinalysis diagnostic, uChek Urine analyzer. Biosense‘s […]
The story of mobile health startup PharmaSecure begins with two college roommates, some time in the mid-2000s. Nathan Sigworth had spent a summer volunteering at a hospital in India. His roommate at Dartmouth, Taylor Thompson, had done work in public health in Africa. In conversations between themselves and their peers, they observed that a lot […]
It’s not just China anymore. India is also becoming attractive to small and large U.S. healthcare companies. The demand for better quality and more efficient healthcare from India’s growing middle class is leading private hospitals and healthcare providers to invest in healthcare infrastructure and services, according to a new report from U.K-based healthcare business intelligence […]
Quality management. Documentation. Process controls and validation. Doesn’t that all sound like fun? These complex parts of the medical device development and commercialization process are where Keith Pennington and Vishaka Rajaram are most comfortable and most passionate — so much so that they formed their own business to help other companies with them. Pennington and […]