Pfizer is expanding its Research & Development (R&D) investment strategy to include early-stage companies on the leading edge of scientific innovation, providing them with both equity and access to resources for research in promising areas aligned with Pfizer’s core interests.
The first four investments of the newly focused initiative include $46 million in financing to companies at early stages of the discovery process that are actively exploring Conditionally Active Biologics
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Patient Advocates Commend HHS’ New HIPAA Guidance on Patients’ Rights to Their Health Data
The GetMyHealthData Campaign is commending the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for offering new guidance on patients’ rights to access their health records under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Launched in July 2015, GetMyHealthData Campaign is a collaborative effort of leading consumer organizations, health care experts, former policymakers and technology organizations working to enhance consumer access to digital health
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MedStar Launches “Ride with Uber” for Patient Appointments
Maryland-based healthcare system MedStar Health and on-demand car service provider Uber are partnering to give patients a new option for ensuring they can get to and from healthcare appointments. Through this partnership, a “Ride with Uber” button is now displayed on MedStarHealth.org for patients who miss appointments or have to reschedule at the last minute frequently cite transportation as a factor.
“Patients expect the same level of seamless integration in health care as they do in other
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Guardant Health Nabs $100M for Biopsy-Free Cancer Genomic Testing
Guardant Health, a Redwood City, CA-based company revolutionizing cancer detection through biopsy-free tumor sequencing has raised $100M in Series D funding led by healthcare-investment firm OrbiMed. Existing Guardant Health investors Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pejman Mar, Formation 8, Heritage Group, and others also participated in the funding round.
Founded in 2012 by a team of serial entrepreneurs with expertise in next-generation sequencing, single-cell
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Infographic: Average Health IT Salary is $111,388
The average health IT salary for HIT professionals is $111,388, according to recent results from the 2015 HIMSS Compensation survey. The survey hopes to serve as a tool for health IT professionals to compare salaries and compensation packages, while also offering an overview of the overall market including:
· Average salary and bonuses
· Salary by geographical region
· Top benefits (medical, dental, etc.)
The infographic shown below was released along with the survey finding to
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Validic Unveils VitalSnap to Enable Real-Time Health Data Transfer from Non-Connected Devices
Digital health platform Validic today unveiled VitalSnap™, a new mobile technology that enables users to easily record health data from their in-home device via their smartphone's camera at CES 2016. The goal is to take vital information from non-connecting devices that may never be sent to or viewed by a provider and deliver this data seamlessly to healthcare organizations, helping overcome connectivity barriers that limit the overall care experience.
How It Works
A majority of medical
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Under Armour to Develop IBM Watson Powered Health & Fitness App
Under Armour and IBM are teaming up to create and provide meaningful data-backed health and fitness insights, powered by IBM Watson's cognitive computing technology. Under Armour's new UA Record™ combined with a Cognitive Coaching System will serve as a personal health consultant, fitness trainer and assistant by providing athletes with timely, evidence-based coaching around your sleep, fitness, activity and nutrition, including outcomes achieved based on others "like you."
As envisioned, a
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Flatiron Health Raises $175M for Oncology Cloud Software
Cloud-based oncology software provider Flatiron Health has raised $175M in Series C funding led by Roche with participation from Allen & Company, Baillie Gifford and Casdin Capital. Founded in 2012, the NYC-based company organizes the world’s oncology information and makes it useful for patients, physicians, life science companies and researchers.
The company plans to utilize the capital to further invest in its cloud-based OncologyCloud software platform, which includes OncoAnalytics®,
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Bundled-Payment Startup Aver Raises $13.6M to Simplify Healthcare Reimbursement
Aver Inc., a Columbus, OH-based healthcare bundled payment-focused company and provider of a patented data management platform that simplifies the healthcare reimbursement process, raised $13.6 million in Series B funding led by Heritage Group, with participation from Cardinal Health, Inc., GE Ventures, Hearst Health Ventures, and affiliates of NCT Ventures and StartUp Health. The capital will be used to accelerate operations, grow its platform capabilities and expand market share healthcare
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A&D Medical Unveils BLE Wireless Blood Pressure Monitors
Connected health and biometric measurement devices and services provider A&D Medical is unveiling their new line of LifeSource UltraConnect Wireless upper arm and wrist blood pressure monitors.With a sleek, streamlined profile, the new wrist and upper arm wireless blood pressure monitors represent the launch of the first products in a new line of connected health devices that will expand the company's family of medical-grade and consumer health monitoring devices.
LifeSource UltraConnect
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