What You Should Know:
- InterSystems and Sage Growth Partners announced research that reveals just how much healthcare organizations could save from investing in higher quality data - including up to $42.1 million over the course of three years.
Report Background
According to the respondents from 100 C-level leaders from top healthcare organizations, hospitals, and healthcare systems are using inefficient practices that can impose a significant financial burden. The research found that
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Decentralized Clinical Trials Can Achieve Net Financial Benefits of 5X to 14X
What You Should Know:
- New data from Tufts and Medable reveal on average, decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) are associated with reduced clinical trial timelines and can achieve net financial benefits ranging from five to 14 times for Phase II and Phase III trials, respectively.
- The findings are based on financial modeling and analysis of trial data from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD), Tufts University School of Medicine, and more than 150 clinical trials
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Sanofi Taps BrightInsight for Development of Software as a Medical Device
What You Should Know:
- Sanofi, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health has inked a strategic partnership with BrightInsight, Inc., provider of the leading global platform for biopharma and medtech regulated digital health solution to bring to market a next-generation digital companion application for one of Sanofi’s products.
- The BrightInsight® Platform has been selected to serve as the underlying infrastructure to accelerate continuous development of one of Sanofi’s
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Chronus Health Raises $22M for Portable, Rapid Blood Analyzer Technology
What You Should Know:
- Chronus Health, a point-of-care diagnostics company raises $22M in Series A funding led by Tarsadia Investments with participation from Monta Vista Capital, SOSV, Savantus Ventures, and an undisclosed strategic investor.
- Chronus intends to use the proceeds of the Series A financing to scale its research, engineering, and data science teams, in addition to accelerating the company’s product and technology development.
Diagnostics on Demand. Reimagined
While
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GrayMatters Health Raises $10M for Biomarker-Based PTSD Therapeutics
What You Should Know:
- GrayMatters Health (GMH), a company set to change the standards of mental health care with biomarker-based therapeutics, beginning with PTSD raises $10 million in Series A funding round led by Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd., bringing total funding to $13.5 million. Additional investors in the Series A round included Joy Ventures, J-Ventures, and J-Impact. Existing GMH investors, Marius Nacht and Joyance Ventures, also
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Headspace Acquires AI Mental Health Startup Sayana
What You Should Know:
- Headspace Health, today announced the acquisition of Sayana, an AI-driven mental health and wellness company. With this acquisition, Headspace Health is expanding its ability to provide highly-personalized mental health care and content to its millions of users in 190+ countries.
- The acquisition comes approx. 6 months after the $3B merger of Headspace and Ginger, and will add further AI capabilities to what is the most accessible and comprehensive digital
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Digital Health Funding Tops $29.1B Across 729 Deals in 2021
What You Should Know:
- Digital health funding in the U.S. reached $29.1 billion across 729 deals, according to latest research from Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The total nearly doubles 2020’s $14.9B record with an average deal size of $39.9M.
- The findings signal both the cause and effect of trends in the healthcare landscape as the digital health sector deals with major changes to its infrastructure, business models, and talent pool
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PerfectServe Acquires AnesthesiaGo to Enhance OR Case Scheduling
What You Should Know:
- PerfectServe, a clinical communication and provider scheduling provider, today announced the acquisition of AnesthesiaGo, creator of the only solution on the market that automatically matches available anesthesia staff with the best daily case schedule.Los Angeles-based AnesthesiaGo went live in 2021 after extensive research and product testing. Creating daily anesthesia case assignments is almost always a complex, stressful, and time-consuming affair, and the duty
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Transcarent Raises $200M to Expand Care Platform for Self-Insured Employers
What You Should Know:
- Transcarent, a new and different health and care experience company for employees of self-insured employers and their families, today announced a $200M Series C round led by Kinnevik and Human Capital, with participation from Ally Bridge Group and leading health systems including Northwell Health, Intermountain Healthcare, and Rush University Medical Center.
- The funding round also included participation from existing investors, including General Catalyst,
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PostEra Secures $24M, Forms $260M AI Lab Collaboration with Pfizer
What You Should Know:
- PostEra, a biotechnology company specializing in machine learning for preclinical drug discovery, today announced $24M in equity financing to accelerate medicinal chemistry and bring new cures to patients.
- PostEra will use the proceeds to advance a series of partnered drug discovery programs, initiate its own internal drug discovery, and further develop its medicinal chemistry platform. True to its collaborative ethos, the company today also announced its
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