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Amazon announced that it is providing free virtual fertility & family-building as a benefit through Maven Clinic to its employees in 50 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Through this femtech benefit, all full-time, part-time and hourly employees in these countries and their partners have free access to Maven Clinic’s virtual fertility and family-building platform spanning preconception, egg freezing, IUI and IVF,
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CareQuest Innovation Partners + MATTER Launches 2nd Cohort of Startups for SMILE Health
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- CareQuest Innovation Partners, an organization that propels solutions that transform oral health, and MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, announced five startups selected to participate in the second year of SMILE Health.
- Launched last year, SMILE Health is a program for identifying the solutions that make oral health more accessible, equitable, and integrated with overall health. Out of the 100 applications from early-stage startups
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Talkiatry + NOCD Partner to Strengthen OCD Care Journeys
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NOCDand Talkiatry, today announced a partnership to offer treatment to people with OCD who need both medication management as well as access to exposure response therapy – the gold standard in treating this chronic condition.Through this strategic new partnership, NOCD therapists can refer patients to Talkiatry for thorough psychiatric evaluations and medication management, while Talkiatry's psychiatrists can refer patients to NOCD for specialized ERP therapy—the
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PacBio and GeneDx Launches Research Collaboration
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PacBio, a developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions and GeneDx, a provider in delivering improved health outcomes through genomic and clinical insights, today announced a research collaboration with the University of Washington to study the capabilities of HiFi long-read whole genome sequencing (WGS) to increase diagnostic rates in pediatric patients with genetic conditions.GeneDx will perform WGS sequencing and analysis of samples from 350
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Walgreens Sells $1.85B of AmerisourceBergen Shares, Reduces Stake by 16%
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Walgreens Boots Alliance announces the sale of shares of AmerisourceBergen Corporation valued at $1.85B for debt paydown and general corporate purposes.Walgreens Boots Alliance’s ownership stake of AmerisourceBergen’s common stock has not been impacted but is expected to decrease by to approximately 16 percent.
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FemTech: First Women’s Medical-Grade Wearable Smart Ring Submitted for FDA Clearance
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Movano Health, makers of the Evie Ring, the first medical-grade wearable smart ring for women announced that it has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The submission has passed the first milestone of the review process, an initial review for completeness, and is now under full review by the FDA.
Medical Grade Wearable Designed Specifically for Women
The Evie Ring combines health and wellness metrics
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M&A: Waystar Acquires Patient Payment Platform Healthpay24
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Waystar, a provider of healthcare payments software, today announced is has acquired enterprise patient payment platform HealthPay24. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. This acquisition marks Waystar’s eighth since 2018, and will help augment Waystar’s existing expertise, furthering the company’s mission to simplify healthcare payments and make for a more seamless patient financial experience.
HealthPay24 Background
HealthPay24 is
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Interwell Health Expands its Value-Based Kidney Care Network
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Interwell Health, a value-based kidney care company, has recently expanded its network with more than 20 new physician practices--supporting the shift to more value-based kidney care. The Interwell Health provider network now includes 1,700 nephrologists from across the country who are aligned with its mission to reimagine kidney care and help people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) live healthier lives. These 135 practices range from large to small,
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Amazon Clinic Expands Virtual Health Nationwide
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Today, Amazon Clinic announced it is now available to customers in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., offering more people easy access to licensed clinicians for virtual care.Amazon Clinic is a virtual health care marketplace available to adults 18-64, that connects customers to third-party, licensed clinicians to help manage common health conditions like urinary tract infections, pink eye, and erectile dysfunction.
Amazon Clinic Background
Customers can select
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S&T Researchers Developing 3D-Printed Dressings for Better Wound Care
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- Missouri University of Science and Technology researchers are developing new 3D-printed hydrogel dressings to speed up and improve the healing process for patients with second-degree burns. The research team published an article covering their latest findings in the International Journal of Bioprinting in July.
- Hydrogels are typically part of the care regimen for patients with severe burns, but what separates S&T’s research from standard hydrogels is that the
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