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
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
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
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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Baptist Health, Innovation Hub Launches Arkansas-Based Digital Health Accelerator
Baptist Health, Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, and The Iron Yard are teaming up to launched the inaugural HubX–LifeSciences, a new digital health accelerator located in Central Arkansas. The new accelerator class will run from April 4-June 30, 2016 is focused on findings promising startups in three key areas:
- digital health platforms
- healthcare services
- medical devices
HubX–LifeSciences Program Overview
HubX–LifeSciences offers innovative, structured curriculum designed to
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10 Indian Digital Health Startups to Watch
India’s digital health startups are joining the table with a tried & trusted strategy – bridging the gap between providers and end-users. But these particular startups certainly face a unique set of challenges as the country embraces innovation.
A Country of Paradoxes
Interesting fact: Slum-dwellers have mobile phones but no clean water – over 930 million Indians have cell phones, but no access to clean water. There is no central regulatory authority for health services, as most Indians
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HealthTap Expands Its 24/7 Query-to-Cure Experience Globally
HealthTap, a digital health company that provides 24/7 query-to-cure individualized care with a network of more than 73k doctors, announced that its Health Operating SystemTM (HOPES)TM is now available for hospitals, clinics, and community-based programs worldwide. Designed to provide "always on" quality healthcare, HOPESTM service enables healthcare providers, large and small, to manage the care for patient populations efficiently and cost-effectively.
New Overseas
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Enlitic Raises $10M to Enhance Deep Learning Medical Imaging
Enlitic, a deep learning medical imaging company dedicated to revolutionizing diagnostic healthcare has raised $10 million in Series B funding led by Capitol Health Limited, an Australian public company providing medical diagnostic imaging (DI) services. The two companies will partner to reach a landmark milestone for human health: for the first time, real patients will directly benefit from deep learning, at scale, and across a whole healthcare network in Australian and Asian
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Teladoc CEO Named 2015 Digital Healthcare Innovator of the Year
Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic has been named Digital Healthcare Innovator of the Year by Healthegy, an organization focused on improving and innovating healthcare and the host of the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit in Boston.
The company is the first telehealth company to go public in July 2015 and recently completed its 1 millionth telehealth visit. To date, more than 12.5 million U.S. members are connected to Teladoc’s network of over 2,000 board-certified, state-licensed physicians and
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Healthcare Internet of Things Market to Reach $163B by 2020
The global healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) market is expected to grow from $32 billion in 2015 to $163. billion by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 38.1%, according to a new market report by MarketandMarkets. North America is expected to be the largest market on the basis of market size and digital health advancements.
Defining Healthcare Internet of Things (IoT)
The IoT in Healthcare terminology is used to define the implementation of the IoT-based technology solutions
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