Vineti, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based software automation and analytics platform for cell and gene therapies has raised $33.5 million in Series B funding led by Canaan and DFJ, with participation from GE Ventures, Section 32, Casdin Capital, and LifeForce Capital, along with other undisclosed investors. The funding round will further advance the first cloud-based “platform of record” specifically built to move transformative new personalized therapies such as CAR-T cell therapy into mainstream
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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare – Do the Benefits Outweigh the Challenges?
As healthcare professionals, it seems we can't escape the buzz and hype of artificial intelligence (AI) today. However, unlike other industries, healthcare’s adoption of AI is still in its infancy, in part, due to many providers still updating their tools and processes for the digital age. According to an Accenture analysis, growth in the AI health market is expected to reach $6.6 billion by 2021 and key clinical health AI applications can potentially create $150 billion in annual savings for
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Ambra Health to Launch Cloud Medical Imaging Platform in Japan
Ambra Health, a medical data and image management SaaS company has inked a distribution agreement with Japanese medical distributors and a subsidiary company of Mitsubishi Corporation MC Healthcare to launch the Ambra Health medical imaging platform in Japan. The announcement marks MC Healthcare’s first digital health solution offered in the Japanese market. The healthcare industry in Japan is characterized by similar trends occurring in the United States, including the strong need for
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Genoox & Bionano Partner to Detect Disease-Causing Structural Variants
Genoox, a genetic data analysis company, recently partnered with Bionano Genomics to better identify the nearly 20k potentially disease-causing SVs in the human genome. By combining Genoox technology and Bionano mapping data, the new Genoox integrated platform will offer clinicians a single platform for accurate detection of genetic mutations for rare disease. Genoox and Bionano intend to co-sell and co-market the integrated platform for research and future clinical applications.Children’s
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ResApp Develops Sound-based Algorithm to Diagnose Sleep Apnea via Smartphone
ResApp Health, the Australian digital health startup that has been working on software for smartphones that can diagnose respiratory diseases from the sound signatures of coughs (US clinical trials underway), has announced a new area of development – a diagnostic test to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using a smartphone – simply by leaving the smartphone next to one’s bed to record sounds of the subject while sleeping – and then the algorithms provide a diagnosis (similar AI use to the
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SERMO’s FICO Score for Drugs Tops 3 Million Data Points
SERMO's FICO score for drugs; First of its kind clinical decision tool now includes 600,000 ratingsSERMO, a global social network for physicians has announced major growth in physician ratings of pharmaceutical drugs on its one-of-a-kind Drug Ratings platform. With 625,000 individual ratings across several criteria submitted exclusively by physicians as of March 2018, Drug Ratings is the largest unbiased, global database of physician feedback on drugs.Launched in May 2017, Drug Ratings is the
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Common Sensing Raises $6.6M to Scale Smart Insulin Pen Cap
Common Sensing, an evidence-based, data-driven injectable-medicine startup has raised $6.6 million in Series A funding led by Waterline Ventures. New World Health and Royal Philips with participation from Haselmeier. The Cambridge, MA-based digital health startup plans to use the funds to accelerate Common Sensing's manufacturing and commercial operations for its smart insulin pen cap solution, Gocap. The IP-protected dose monitoring solution enables patients and providers to better utilize
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Livongo Health Raises $105M for Mobile Diabetes Management, Inks Deal with Cambia Health
Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases to live better has raised $105 million in funding led by existing investors General Catalyst and international investment company Kinnevik. Existing investors DFJ, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Microsoft Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Zaffre Investments, and 7wire Ventures participated in the round along with new investor Echo Health Ventures.Livongo
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healthfinch Nabs $6M for Charlie Practice Automation Platform
healthfinch, a Madison-based healthcare IT startup, has secured $6 million in funding led by Adams Street Partners to continue building and supporting its award-winning Charlie Practice Automation Platform. This funding brings the company’s total raised to over $17MM since it was founded in 2011.The Charlie Practice Automation Platform, developed by healthfinch, automates routine, repetitive clinical tasks in athenahealth, Epic, and Allscripts EMRs. Its refill management and visit planning
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Aetion Raises $36M to Expand Evidence Analytics Platform for Value-Based Care
Aetion, a software platform company that delivers real-world analytics and evidence needed for biopharma and payers to engage in value-based care, has raised $36.4 million in Series B funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and included a new investor, Amgen Ventures, alongside existing investors Flare Capital Partners, Lakestar and Oxeon Ventures. Mohamad Makhzoumi of NEA will join the Aetion board of directors.With the addition of the $36 million, Aetion has raised a
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