Walgreens has shut down a Theranos Wellness Center in Palo Alto, California, and told the testing company not to send samples to its lab in Newark, California. Arizona operations are mostly unaffected.
Clearly determined to offer direct-to-consumer lab testing through pharmacies, grocery chain Safeway seems to be shaking off the reported demise of a partnership with not-so-revolutionary-after-all Theranos and entering into a deal with a proven company in the Phoenix area.
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Theranos is dealing with more push-back as its finger-stick blood-testing method gets put on hold at Walgreens locations before the FDA gives a final OK.
Provenance Venture Partners led the seed round for the Phoenix, Arizona-based startup.
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Orb Health, a Phoenix-based grad of the Dallas-based healthcare accelerator Health Wildcatters, has raised seed funding as it prepares to launch a portal to connect physicians with labs and patients. The goal is to provide tools that spark communication between physicians and patients about their health. It is also intended to make it easier for […]
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There were a few healthcare questions facing voters on state ballots in this Midterm election. Should dying patients running low options be allowed access to drugs that have passed Phase 1 clinical trials? Are drug and alcohol tests for doctors a good idea? Are employees entitled to sick days? The answer to a couple of […]
A rep for the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, a research and outreach center that raises awareness for the neurodegenerative disease, reached out to a reporter from the Association of Health Care Journalists – offering up some cold, hard cash if they wrote about the organization’s work. Here’s the deal: “Participants will receive $100 for their commitment to write about the impact of Alzheimer’s and […]
Phoenix Children’s Hospital, with the help of a billionaire physician, is launching the Chan Soon-Shiong Children’s Precision Medicine Institute, which will include a cloud-based super computer that lets physicians utilize genome data that could help lead to more personalized treatments. The project is being backed by billionaire and pharmaceutical entrepreneur Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. It will […]
Arizona State University announced Mayo Clinic will join the Arizona Furnace and will amp up access to healthcare technology in the state’s unique startup accelerator. The accelerator supports startups in the physical and life sciences. “The AZ Furnace Program represents an opportunity to fuel innovation alongside our strategic partner, Arizona State University, as well as […]
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When the founders of mobile health startup RoloDoc appeared on Shark Tank last week, it offered a sobering view on national television of what can go wrong when investors don’t like the pitch for your startup. But the perspective offered in co-founder Richard Amini responses to emailed questions indicates that the shark attack was little […]
One of the toughest challenges for health care startups is to get an audience with health systems. They are short on time, and they tend to be pretty cautious about making investments without thoroughly vetting the technology. A group of angel investors who are also health care industry veterans have used their connections with integrated […]
A mobile platform on-call physicians see images and test results quickly Photon Medical Communications has opened a $1 million equity offering, according to a securities filing. CEO Dr. Gregory Grant did not respond to a request for more information. Photon provides a HIPAA-compliant way for hospitals to relay images, patient information and lab results to […]
In this election cycle, we have heard a lot from both candidates about the role of government. From the Republicans, we have heard the all-too-familiar argument that the government is actually a hindrance in job creation and in business success. Many, including I, an Obama backer, disagree. I think government needs to play a supportive […]