What You Should Know:
- Accenture announced eight finalists for its fifth annual Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge-North America, a competition that supports new and novel solutions from startups to improve the way people access, manage and finance healthcare in North America.
- The finalists will participate in the final round and awards ceremony at a virtual event to be held on September 28, 2021. The judging panel will comprise executives from globally recognized health and
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Sanas’ Accent-Matching Solution for BPOs Launches with $6M
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- Today Sanas.ai – which has been operating under stealth for a couple of years – is launching and announcing seed funding. Their AI platform for audio matches the accent of the person you're speaking with to yours with no perceptible lag time. Top venture funds investing in the company's $5.5 million seed round include Human Capital, General Catalyst, Quiet Capital, and DN Capital. Speech industry veterans joining Sanas' Board of Advisors include Wendell Brown
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PreciseMDX Launches Digital Health Platform to Automate Diagnostic Testing Experience
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- PreciseMDX, the leading end-to-end digital health platform, introduces a cloud-based solution that automates and simplifies the diagnostic testing experience, empowering labs to deliver a transformative journey to providers and patients. PreciseMDX dramatically improves connectivity between clinical labs, providers, and patients during every step of the diagnostic testing process for any type of test.
- Their first-of-its-kind platform enables labs of any size to
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How Pharma Startups Can Remain Competitive in Today’s Market
Challenging the status quo is never easy. Neither is being the underdog. Startups face both of these challenges when trying to break into existing industries dominated by well-established players.
Differences in the size, speed, processes, and culture of a company make it challenging for all startups to compete, regardless of the industry. For newcomers or smaller startups in their respective industries, this competition may seem daunting and the road to funding difficult, but this
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Ketamine One, OVR Technology Partner to Provide Scent-Enabled Virtual Reality for Patients
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- Ketamine One is now collaborating with OVR Technology to provide a first-of-its-kind VR scent experience as part of its patient treatment programs to provide its INHALE Wellness Platform over an initial term of two years in Ketamine One’s clinics. The INHALE Wellness Platform is an olfactory-enabled VR platform designed to deepen immersion, promote relaxation and help manage stress.
As part of the agreement, OVR Technology will provide its proprietary technology and
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Ontada, Merck Partner to Facilitate Real World Evidence Studies for Cancer Care
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- Ontada, McKesson’s oncology and insights business, announced a strategic agreement with Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, that will facilitate the development of real-world research excellence and innovation. This agreement enables the two healthcare leaders to harness the power of real-world evidence (RWE) towards the common goal of improving patient outcomes and the quality of cancer care.
- Ontada and Merck’s combined experience and
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Jasper Health Integrates BioIntelliSense’s RPM and COVID-19 Screening Solution for Members
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- Today, BioIntelliSense announced it has formed a strategic collaboration with Jasper Health, an emerging leader of digital engagement for people diagnosed with cancer.
- As part of the strategic collaboration, Jasper Health will integrate the BioIntelliSense FDA-cleared BioSticker and medical grade BioButton® wearable devices as part of its remote member engagement and guidance platform. This new offering will enable Jasper Health members to leverage the
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Curebase, AppliedVR Partner on Multiple VR Therapy Clinical Trials
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- Curebase, a company committed to democratizing access to clinical studies, and AppliedVR, a pioneer advancing the next generation of digital medicine, today announced a one-year partnership where AppliedVR will deploy the Curebase platform to run five clinical trials assessing the effectiveness of virtual reality-based (VR) therapy to treat chronic pain.
- AppliedVR is the most evidence-based therapeutic VR platform for pain management and has been used by
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Olive Launches In-House Venture Studio for Digital Health Startups
Olive Launches In-House Venture Studio for Digital Health Startups
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- Olive, the $4B healthcare automation company, today announced Olive Ventures, a new in-house venture studio that works hand-in-hand with early-stage entrepreneurs to create digital health companies through Olive’s platform.
- Olive Ventures offers visionaries a secure, compliant tech environment (i.e. Olive’s tech stack) that’s designed to rapidly validate, deploy, distribute and
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AccessDX Acquires 2bPrecise from Allscripts for Actionable Precision Medicine Insights
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- AccessDX, a leading diagnostic laboratory, and diagnostic technology company has acquired 2bPrecise, a genomic and healthcare informatics innovator, from Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. This merger comes as advances in genetic research and medicine have driven skyrocketing demand for genetic testing, data, and insights by healthcare providers, laboratories, and consumers around the world. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Hospitals, health
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