Now that the $1,000 genome has arrived, the healthcare industry has wasted no time putting the mass amount of genomic data being generated to work. Hospitals and companies are building analysis tools that compare an individual’s DNA data against other people’s to guide diagnosis and treatment. One challenge in doing that, according to SolveBio, is […]
Scientists suspect there’s a connection between many common neurodegenerative diseases and malfunctioning lysosomes, or processing centers in human cells that break down proteins and eliminate debris. Now a new company called Lysosomal Therapeutics is tapping into the relationship between the two to discover and develop new treatments for rare diseases and common neurodegenerative diseases, starting […]
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
A Pennsylvania dermatologist has rounded up some new capital to grow his mobile telehealth startup. Iagnosis, co-founded and led by Dr. Mark Seraly, has closed $2.85 million in angel funding. It’s part of a larger $7.25 million Series A round that included conversion of all existing convertible debt, Iagnosis said in a statement. The Pittsburgh-based […]
On any given day, about one in every 25 hospital patients acquires an infection. Preventing those infections is ideal, but hospitals don’t seem to be doing a great job of that. The next best thing is detecting and treating them as early as possible. “Everything that’s being used right now (for detection) uses either vital […]
Integrated Diagnostics has an interesting proposal for a blood test. Instead of telling doctors that lung cancer is present in a patient with lung nodules, it’s aiming to tell them when it’s not present. The Seattle-based company has just pulled in a $30 million Series B led by Baird Capital and joined by InterWest Partners […]
Another digital health sleep product will land in the U.S. later this year via a London-based company that’s just gotten its first venture round to expand. Big Health delivers personalized cognitive behavioral therapy programs through web and mobile platforms. Its first offering, Sleepio, is a six-week sleep improvement program that teaches people techniques to overcome […]
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
Rather than using injections to deliver treatments to the middle and back of the eye, Kala Pharmaceuticals might have a way to get them there with topical drops. The Massachusetts-based company is developing eye drops designed to carry drugs through the layer of mucus on the eye’s surface — a barrier that typically gets in […]
A New Orleans startup focused on healing holes in the eardrum without surgery has found early validation and funding from two business plan competition wins within the last week. Tympanogen has taken home more than $70,000 in winnings from the Rice University Business Plan Competition and the Tulane University Business Model Competition. Each year, nearly […]
Concierge primary care practice One Medical Group has raised more than $117 million in capital with the addition of a new $40 million round announced today. That’s a lot of cash for the 7-year-old company, which now runs 27 primary care offices in six tech-savvy cities including San Francisco, Boston, New York and Chicago. The […]
Four times a year, the FDA releases data about all of the adverse drug events that have been reported to the agency over a three-month time period. Drug companies are required to relay reports they receive of unwanted side effects experienced with use of their products, and patients and doctors can submit reports to the […]
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As the gold standard for breast cancer screening has come under scrutiny in recent years, a new class of imaging devices, antibody tests and gene tests to detect breast cancer has been making its way through the pipeline. One of those is a blood biomarker test that Eventus Diagnostics says could potentially help physicians identify […]
Startup Bjond Inc. is in the business of developing care management software for providers and payors. But the company isn’t necessarily looking to replace legacy care management systems that don’t adequately support collaborative and preventive-focused population health management. “We’re trying to produce something that sits on top and supercharges old care management systems that have […]
Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush and Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson are just two of the investors seeding a startup that turns a doctor’s orders into easy-to-digest, personalized care plans. Rock Health grad Wellframe just rounded up $1.5 million to grow its team and business development efforts, according to CEO Jacob Sattelmair. Bush and Draper […]
Having a cavity filled could be a lot less unpleasant if St. Renatus LLC succeeds in getting FDA approval of its needle-free dental anesthetic. The Fort Collins, Colo., company recently completed phase 3 clinical trials of an anesthetic administered through the nasal cavity. Now it’s getting its data analysis ready for submission to the FDA […]
A health IT startup developing a three-piece system to keep patients engaged and on track with their medication regimens says a Washington D.C.-based angel group has committed $250,000 in seed funding to it. It’s been a long, slow haul for iRx Reminder, which formed back in 2009. But Larry Tusick, vice president for business development, […]