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- Fitbit, today announced it has awarded six researchers more than a total of $300,000 in Fitbit devices and services to support their research projects working to address health disparities in communities. Over the past decade, researchers have used Fitbit devices in over 900 health studies, in areas like diabetes, heart disease, oncology, mental health, infectious disease and more.
- Additionally, Fitbit’s long-time partner, Fitabase, will provide all projects
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3 Ways to Address Gender and Racial Bias in Clinical Trials
I have dedicated my career to clinical research and making strides to advance modern medicine. In the work I do as a clinical researcher, we are addressing racial and gender biases that exist today in clinical trials. For example, in cardiovascular disease—my area of study—we know that women’s symptoms present differently than men and yet their symptoms have often gone undiagnosed or dismissed by physicians.
It is well documented that communities of color have historically been mistreated by
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Best Buy Acquires Care-At-Home Platform Current Health – M&A
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- Best Buy, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Boston-based Current Health, an enterprise care-at-home technology platform that brings together remote patient monitoring, telehealth, and patient engagement into a single solution for healthcare organizations. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Founded in 2015, Current Health’s enterprise care-at-home platform enables healthcare organizations to deliver high-quality,
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Oshi Health Secures $23M to Expand Virtual Gastrointestinal Care
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- Oshi Health, a virtual specialty care company transforming gastrointestinal (GI) health outcomes and economics, today announced it has secured $23M in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Flare Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Frist Cressey Ventures with a strategic investment from CVS Health Ventures. Takeda Digital Ventures, which has funded the company since its inception, also participated in the round along with several noteworthy health
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Babyscripts, NUVO Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Remote Pregnancy Care Solution
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- Babyscripts, a virtual care platform for managing obstetrics, today announced a strategic partnership with Nuvo Group, a femtech startup commercializing INVU by Nuvo™, an FDA-cleared, remote fetal monitoring and management platform. InVU by Nuvo features a user-friendly wearable sensor band that gives physicians an inside look into the womb, remotely to drive critical diagnostic decisions wherever the patient is.
- By integrating Nuvo’s INVU technology
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MindMaze Secures $125M to Accelerate Commercialization of Digital Neurotherapeutics Platform
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- MindMaze, a SaaS-based digital neurotherapeutics platform raises $125M led by AlbaCore Capital Group, one of Europe's leading specialist investors focusing on public and private corporate credit markets. MindMaze delivers seamless digital assessments and therapeutics over the full continuum of care in over twenty countries, with thousands of patients suffering from neurological conditions.
- MindMaze will use the proceeds to accelerate commercialization of and
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NowRx Launches $73M Equity Crowdfunding Round to Expand Same-Day Prescription Delivery & Telehealth Services
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- NowRx, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of same-day prescription delivery and telehealth services, today announced it is raising a $73M in Series C funding through equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest.
- By leveraging customized robotic dispensing, industry-leading consumer and driver apps, and QuickFill, a proprietary pharmacy management and logistics system, NowRx can offer same-day end-to-end services, from online prescribing to
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Lightship Raises $40M to Bring Decentralized Clinical Trials at Scale
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- Lightship, a virtual-first provider of clinical trials, today announced that it has raised $40M to create access to clinical research for all patients and improving diversity among patient groups taking part in clinical trials around the world led by Define Ventures and Brook Byers, with participation from Khosla Ventures, McKesson Ventures and Marc Benioff’s TIME Ventures. This round of investment follows $20M of funding that Lightship announced in February 2020 to
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Tokyo Startup Bisu Raises $3.2M for ‘Lab-On-A-Chip’ Urine and Saliva Analyzer
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- Bisu, Inc., a Tokyo-based digital health startup that helps people improve their health and wellness through lab-grade testing at home, today announced $3.2M in seed funding led by Korean biotech investor QUAD, with participation from ASICS Ventures Corporation, 15th Rock Ventures, Pacifico Investments, and SOSV.
- The funding will enable Bisu to bring to market Bisu Body Coach, a portable "home health lab" for
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Biotricity Launches Heart Monitoring App for Samsung’s Galaxy Watch4 Series
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- Biotricity Inc., a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company, today announced the upcoming release of Biocare Cardiac - a personal, cardiac health application for individuals diagnosed with or at risk for cardiovascular disease. Designed to be used with Samsung's Galaxy Watch4 series, the Biocare Cardiac application continuously collects users' daily activities and provides critical information on
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