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Startups CirrusMD, Wellpepper Named 2015 Venture+ Forum Pitch Winners

by Fred Pennic 11/11/2015 Leave a Comment

CirrusMD

Digital health startups CirrusMD Inc., and Wellpepper have been named the winners of the 2015 Venture+ Forum Pitch competition for startups during the 2015 mHealth Summit. The selected startups were among four final companies selected to deliver live pitch presentations during the 'final four' competition Tuesday evening. The finalists were selected from a field of 11 digital health startups who presented during the first round of live competition held on Sunday at the Summit. This year's
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Stanford Engineers Test Tricorder-Like Detector for Tumors

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Stanford Engineers Test Tricorder-Like Detector

Science fiction such as Star Trek popularized the tricorder, a handheld detector that can gather readings from the environment or even diagnose disease. Today, Stanford engineers is currently testing a tricorder device that might be able to spot fast-growing tumors detailed in Applied Physics Letters and presented at the International Ultrasonics Symposium in Taipei, Taiwan. The new touchless ultrasound technology could possibly provide a new way to detect early stage cancers in the
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IBM Watson, Boston Children’s Partner to Help Clinicians Treat Rare Pediatric Diseases

by Jasmine Pennic 11/11/2015 Leave a Comment

1 in 10 Americans suffer from a rare disease, and half of these patients are children, according to the Global Genes Project. There are some 7,000 known rare disorders ranging from benign abnormalities to life-threatening disease. Many affected children pass away before a diagnosis can be made, leaving families to grieve without knowing what might have been done to help them, or how to avoid additional brothers or sisters being affected. To help tackle this problem, IBM and Boston Children's
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StartUp Health Goes Global with Launch of StartUp Health Finland

by HITC Staff 11/10/2015 Leave a Comment

StartUp Health Finland Reveals New Class of 16 Healthcare Transformers

Global health innovation company StartUp Health is expanding globally with the launch of  StartUp Health Finland in partnership with Finpro’s Team Finland Health growth program.  The partnership will further both organizations’ missions, to grow and scale the next generation of businesses and strengthen Finland’s position as a digital health leader. StartUp Health Finland Overview StartUp Health Finland will focus on coaching and supporting the emerging ecosystem of Finnish entrepreneurs and
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Boston Children’s, Rock Health Partner To Develop Digital Health Tools for Pediatric Care

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Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital and full-service digital health venture fund Rock Health today announced a strategic partnership to develop digital health tools and devices to improve pediatric care. The announcement was made during Boston Children's Hospital's Global Pediatric Innovation Summit + Awards.  Partnership Details As part of the partnership, Rock Health will fund and support promising digital startup companies and Boston Children's will act as clinical advisor to help startups shape
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Google, Heart Association Launch $50M Research Innovation Project to Fight Heart Disease

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Google, Heart Association Launch $50M Research Project to Fight Heart Disease

Alphabet Inc.’s Google Life Sciences (GLS) unit and the American Heart Association have announced a five-year, $50 million research collaboration to uncover the drivers of heart disease. Both organizations will each invest $25 million over five years to support novel strategies to understand, prevent, and reverse coronary heart disease and its consequences, such as heart failure and sudden cardiac death. The research collaboration marks the largest one-time research investment in AHA’s
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This Biotech Startup Hopes to Cure Cancer with Artificial Intelligence

by Shannon Dauphin Lee 11/10/2015 Leave a Comment

Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Curing Cancer

Imagine devoting fifteen years to an important pursuit and pouring unbelievable amounts of money into it, all the while facing a failure rate of 95 percent. That’s the disheartening reality for pharmaceutical companies, which throw billions of dollars every year toward drugs that likely will not work – and then go back to the drawing board and do it all over again. There has to be a better way. That’s where Berg comes in. Backed by billionaire real estate magnate Carl Berg, the promising
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Report: Life Sciences M&A and the Rise of Personalized Medicine

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Life Sciences M&A and the Rise of Personalized Medicine

As the life sciences (pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical sectors) M&A reaches new heights, there seems to be no end in sight for life sciences companies' hunger for acquisitions. 94% of life sciences companies are planning to make an acquisition in the next year, with 91% of US respondents expecting these to be cross-border transactions, according to a global study of 100 senior executives at life sciences companies by global law firm Reed Smith, commissioned by Mergermarket.  The
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Validic Adds Apple Health, Clinical Bluetooth Library to Digital Health Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 11/06/2015 Leave a Comment

Validic Digital Health Platform

Durham, NC-based Validic is integrating mobile Bluetooth and Apple Health into its existing digital health integration platform to provide its growing network of clients access to all forms of relevant data needed to improve care and reduce costs. The integration will allow Validic's clients the ability to embed digital health data - from Bluetooth Smart-enabled clinical devices and Apple Health - directly into their own mobile apps.  Clinical Bluetooth Smart library By adding Validic's
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AMA, MATTER Launches Interaction Studio to Connect Physicians & Entrepreneurs

by Jasmine Pennic 11/04/2015 Leave a Comment

Front-line physicians and pioneering entrepreneurs share a passion about transforming healthcare. To harness this passion, the American Medical Association (AMA) is expanding its efforts with MATTER, Chicago's health tech incubator, aimed at connecting physicians and entrepreneurs to work in tandem on the development of early-stage technology and innovations that promise to change health care.  Today, the American Medical Association (AMA) partnership with MATTER has reached a new milestone
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