EnsoData Snags $20M to Improve Sleep Disorder Diagnostics
EnsoData raised $20 million in Series B funds for its AI-powered sleep diagnostics. The company’s technology aims to help clinicians diagnose sleep disorders faster and more consistently.
Belgian Sleep Medicine Company Begins Providing Care In The US Through New Acquisition
Belgian sleep diagnostics company Sunrise announced the acquisition of Dreem Health, a California-based sleep clinic. This has allowed Sunrise to provide its telehealth-based sleep care in California, Iowa, Maryland and Washington, with plans to be available nationwide next year.
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Eli Lilly Shows Obesity Drug Zepbound Can Treat Sleep Apnea Too
Eli Lilly drug tirzepatide, marketed as Zepbound for weight management, has results from two Phase 3 studies showing reductions in the breathing problems caused by obstructive sleep apnea. Lilly is now preparing regulatory submissions to add this indication to the drug’s label.
When it comes to sleep monitoring, say no to wearable trackers
When it comes to monitoring sleep, we need to stop talking about wearables and trackers, and talk about care model platforms.
A smartphone-connected Fitbit for the tongue reimagines the problem of snoring, sleep apnea
A London company has developed a device, and a companion app, that can exercise the tongue and track progress so that snoring and mild-to-moderate sleep apnea symptoms abate at night.
Is ResMed’s $800M health IT buy a pivot away from devices?
No. "It's a logical double down on connected care," CEO Mick Farrell said - as ResMed plans to streamline the home medical equipment supply chain.
The Human Algorithm: What AI Can’t Replace in Pharma Engagement
At a time when AI is reshaping pharma, Reverba Global CEO Cheryl Lubbert explained in an interview why empathy, context, and ethics still require a human touch.
‘ZDoggMD’ takes on sleep apnea, Katy Perry (audio)
First TEDMED and now ... talk radio in the Canadian prairie? Dr. Zubin Damania, better known as ZDogg MD, for some reason called into a radio show on CKOM-AM in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, last week to talk about his musical parodies of the rigors of the American healthcare industry.
Fatty liver disease and sleep apnea more connected than previously thought
The build up of fat in the liver and sleep apnea appear now to be closely related and primarily affect a particular demographic of obese people. In a study published last year in the journal Chest, researchers looked at 226 obese middle-aged men and women who were referred to a clinic because they were suspected of […]
Sleep apnea startup raises $25M, largely from Italian medtech co.
Most devices that treat sleep apnea are in the form of high-tech, oxygenated face masks – but a Minnesota startup is taking a different approach, building an implantable device that treats the common breathing disorder. Respicardia has raised $25 million, with about $20 million of that coming from the Milan-based Sorin Group. The Italian cardiac devicemaker which […]
Inspire Medical Systems raised $40M to bring FDA-approved sleep apnea implant to market
Just a couple of weeks after securing U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its implant to treat obstructive sleep apnea, Inspire Medical Systems added three new investors in a Series E round raising $40 million. OrbiMed led the financing round and its private equity partner, Chau Q. Khuong, will sit on the board. Johnson […]
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Penn Medicine to open Center for Sleep in joint venture in India
Penn Medicine is planning to expand its Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology with the opening of a center in Mumbai, India in a joint venture with the Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Health Sciences, MedCity News has learned. The move would help the health system expand its brand in an emerging market and reflects […]
Device startups get it: It’s the design, stupid!
People living with chronic health conditions were the first ones to jump on the design bandwagon. In 2009, Amy Tenderich of Diabetes Mine started an annual design contest for insulin pumps. She wanted one that looked more like an iPod than a clunky, ugly medical device. Tenderich went to the best source of ideas for […]
Sleep apnea device company’s big lesson on marketing to patients: Make them feel cool
With the drive to value from volume, medical device companies need to start focusing on how to effectively market to patients, their newest customers. Human Design Medical, the company that just launched the smallest, lightest CPAP machine on the market, has done extremely smart marketing for its smart product. When reading about it, I could […]
At-home testing for sleep apnea draws $32.2M from investors in Florida device company
A medical device company hoping to move sleep apnea testing out of expensive and uncomfortable labs and into the realm of primary care has gotten a boost from at least 20 investors. Watermark Medical Inc., which recently merged with sleep diagnostics provider SleepMed, has raised $32.2 million since March, according to a SEC filing. An […]