Top Gyms in Philadelphia for Total Health and Wellness
Philadelphia’s fitness scene extends beyond basic workouts to support total health and wellness.
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A clinical trial consortium takes root in Philadelphia
Members of the Partners in Innovation, Education, and Research consortium include Atlantic Health System, Drexel University, Einstein Healthcare Network, Geisinger including AtlantiCare, Main Line Health, and Thomas Jefferson University.
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MedCity News Pivot Podcast: How Emergency Departments Are Using Real-Time Data to Improve Outcomes
How can AI benefit and improve patient outcome in the emergency department? Watch the latest episode to find out.
Which health tech startups made the cut in Dreamit Health’s latest cohort?
Eight companies are taking part in the fifth cohort of the Philadelphia-based accelerator with technologies spanning remote monitoring to detect diabetic foot ulcers earlier to a paper-based diagnostics system for point-of-care tests.
Pain, pain go away: Scilex Pharmaceuticals snags $5 million for lidocaine patch
Specialty pain meds maker Scilex Pharmaceuticals plans to wrap up clinical trials for its lead product, Ztildo – and has just raised $5 million from private investors to do so, according to regulatory filings. Ztildo is a lidocaine patch developed specifically for a form of neuralgia that often follows shingles infections. It has licensed the technology from a […]
NextDocs raises $13.5M to maximize clinical trial software shift
NextDocs has raised $13.5 million in a financing round led by OpenView Venture Partners, which invests in expansion stage companies. It wants to benefit from the trend of life science companies replacing the legacy document management software they use to support clinical trials with regulated content management and compliance solutions in an effort to make […]
Echo Therapeutics shareholder proposes deal with China partner
It’s been a stormy week for Echo Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ECTE), a medical device company with a wireless, painfree continuous glucose monitoring system in the late stages of development. CEO Dr. Patrick Mooney took an immediate leave of absence Monday. Today Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences, the company’s largest shareholder with a 20 percent stake in the business, […]
Balancing the Role of Physicians and AI [Video]
At the ViVE conference in LA, Smarter Technologies Chief Medical Officer Ruben Amarasingham MD talked with Katie Adams about the company's larger goals for AI: to improve the accuracy of data and make healthcare less burdensome for physicians and clinicians.