The life sciences industry sits at the cross-section of virtually all the technological advancements driving today’s economy. Not only is it steeped in cutting-edge chem-bio research and development, it relies heavily on advanced computing infrastructure to support massive data analytics and modeling.
At the same time, it remains a heavily regulated industry that must cope with substantial and constantly changing rules and regulations imposed by dozens of jurisdictions around the world. To
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Belong.Life Launches AI Clinical Trial Matching Assistant for Cancer
What You Should Know:
- Belong.Life today announced the launch of Tara, a new conversational AI SaaS solution to assist health providers and CROs with cancer clinical trial matching and recruitment.
- Available as a SaaS solution for providers, hospitals, health systems, CROs and other organizations, the technology can be embedded into websites, mobile apps or text messaging platforms to enable easy communication with opt-in patients.
AI SaaS Solution for Cancer Clinical Trial
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myTomorrows, Congenica Partner to Advance Precision Oncology by Accelerating Clinical Trial Recruitment
What You Should Know:
- Congenica, a digital health company specializing in the provision of software and solutions for genomic data analysis and interpretation, and myTomorrows, a global platform facilitating access to pre-approval treatments and clinical trials, have partnered to expedite access to precision oncology for cancer patients worldwide.
- The strategic partnership between Congenica and myTomorrows will open new opportunities for physicians to search for access to
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79% of Healthcare Execs Believe Most Drug Diversion Goes Undetected
What You Should Know:
Substance use disorder has far-reaching impacts across society, and healthcare workers are not immune. In some cases, healthcare worker addiction can lead them to use prescription drugs intended for patients or steal them to be sold for personal benefit.A recent survey sponsored by Invistics, acquired by Wolters Kluwer Health earlier this year, found that despite 98% of healthcare executives agreeing that drug diversion occurs in hospitals, nearly four in
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Integral Secures $6.9M to Expand Real-Time Compliance for Life Sciences
What You Should Know:
- Integral, an innovator in safeguarding privacy and maximizing data quality raises $6.9M in seed funding to protect sensitive health data and provide automated expert certification software that enables health and life sciences companies access to compliant, rich, de-identified data in hours, rather than months.
- The seed round was led by Haystack, The General Partnership, and Virtue Ventures, with additional support from Also Capital, Array Ventures,
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The Self-Driving Clinical Trial: Optimizing Research with AI and ML
The power and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the healthcare industry are unparalleled. The use of automated technology systems like digital workflows, orchestration and storing of data digitally is helping to shape their application, enabling far greater personalization of treatment for patients and greater efficiency and speed of clinical trials.
As the amount of health data increases, the possibility of establishing a self-driving clinical trial is
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QuantHealth Secures $15M for AI-Powered Clinical Trial Design
What You Should Know:
- QuantHealth, an Israeli-based AI-powered clinical trial design startup raises $15M in a Series A funding round co-led by Bertelsmann Investments and Pitango HealthTech, with participation from existing investors Shoni Top Ventures and Nina Capital.
- The round also includes participation from previous investors including Boston Millennia Partners, Atooro Fund, and Renegade Ventures. The latest round of funding brings QuantHealth to $20M in funding to
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AmerisourceBergen Rebrands as Cencora
What You Should Know:
AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC), announced the rebranding of its name and stock ticker change to Cencora, Inc. (NYSE: COR).Under the new name Cencora, the company unifies its 46,000 employees – across several global business segments – under one identity, propelled by a bold vision and purpose-driven approach to creating healthier futures.Cencora will continue to invest in and focus on its core pharmaceutical distribution business, while also growing its
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AliveCor and Clario Partner to Offer Decentralized Clinical Trials- Focused Six-Lead ECG Solutions
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Clario announced an expansion to its collaboration with AliveCor to enable trial participants to collect medical-grade six-lead ECG readings in the comfort of their own homes through KardiaRx, a clinical-trial-focused app. This technology enables pharmaceutical and biotech customers to consider decentralized and hybrid clinical trial strategies in study protocols that would have otherwise been limited to on-site evaluations.
Enabling Accurate Cardiac Safety
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Nebraska Medicine and Helix Launch Genomic Testing Statewide
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Helix, the leading population genomics and viral surveillance company in the nation, and Nebraska Medicine, the state’s largest hospital and leading academic health network, announced a partnership today to launch a population genomics program to drive precision medicine for all individuals in Nebraska called the Genetic Insights Project.The research program will identify participants’ risk for a variety of cancers and other potentially life-threatening
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