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- Senior companion and support platform Papa, today announced a $150M in Series D funding to extend the reach and scale of Papa’s innovative solution. With a valuation of $1.4B, this funding round, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and with participation from TCG, Tiger Global Management, Canaan, Initialized Capital and Seven Seven Six, brings Papa’s total funding to $240 million.
- Since its 2017
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Decentralized Clinical Trials: Keys to Optimizing Diversity and Inclusion
The U.S. pharma industry and research intuitions have long struggled with increasing clinical trial diversity in an effective, sustainable, and scalable fashion. Clinical research, in general, acknowledges the universal struggle of recruiting enough participants from various demographic groups. For example, racial and ethnic minorities have been historically underrepresented in clinical trials—a problem that still persists today.
According to Deloitte, African Americans comprise 13% of the
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Notable Secures $100M to Expand Intelligent Automation in Healthcare
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- Notable, a San Mateo, CA-based leader in healthcare intelligent automation, today announced it has raised $100M in Series B funding led by ICONIQ Growth, including participation by Greylock, F-Prime Capital, and Oak HC/FT to accelerate growth and innovation within the healthcare industry.
- The company plans to use the new round of funding to pioneer a novel intelligent automation approach for healthcare with the mission of reducing administrative burden
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Kareo and PatientPop Merge to Form Tebra to Create All-in-One Practice Platform
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- Kareo, a provider of cloud-based clinical and financial software, and PatientPop, a provider of practice growth technology, today announced the closing of their merger and the unveiling of the combined company’s new name, Tebra.
- The name Tebra is derived from the word “vertebrae” and symbolizes the role the new company serves as the backbone of practice success, delivering digital technology to connect providers and their patients. The combined company currently
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Medable Secures $304M at $2.1B Valuation for Decentralized Clinical Trials Platform
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- Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCT) leader Medable, today announced a $304M Series D funding round today – the company’s largest and fourth funding round in 18 months, bringing total capital raised to $521M – and valuation to $2B+. The funding round was co-led by new investors Blackstone Growth and Tiger Global and existing investor GSR Ventures. The round also includes follow-on investment from existing investors Sapphire
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Veta Health Apoints CEO, Walgreens Leadership Appointments, Walmart’s New VP, Other Executive Appointments
Veta Health, a global provider of digital solutions for remote patient care and chronic condition monitoring appoints James Sutcliffe as Chief Executive Officer. Sutcliffe will guide the strategic direction of the company with an emphasis on key commercial dynamics. Founders Tanvi Vattikuti Abbhi and Dr. Nora Zetsche will assume the roles of chief strategy officer and chief medical officer, respectively.
Proactive MD appoints Dr. Saria Saccocio, M.D., as its new president, to continue
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23andMe Acquires Lemonaid Health for $400M – Health M&A
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- Consumer genetics and research company 23andMe, today announced a definitive merger agreement with Lemonaid Health, Inc., an on-demand platform for accessing medical care and pharmacy services online.
- As part of the merger agreement, 23andMe acquired Lemonaid Health for $400M, of which 25% will be paid in cash and 75% in shares of 23andMe Class A Common Stock. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2021.
- The acquisition adds Lemonaid Health’s
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Oak Street Health Acquires RubiconMD for $130M – Health M&A
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- Oak Street Health, Inc., a network of value-based primary care centers for adults on Medicare, today announced it has acquired RubiconMD, the leading technology platform providing access to specialist expertise.
- Motivated by their own experiences within the healthcare system, CEO Gil Addo and President Carlos Reines founded RubiconMD in 2013 to democratize medical expertise by connecting primary care clinicians to top specialists. Through its digital platform,
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15 HLTH 2021 Predictions from Digital Health Executives to Watch
Before HLTH 2021 kicks off in Boston on October 17th, here are 15 predictions from digital health executives to watch:
"The explosion of telehealth will certainly be a hot topic at HLTH. I expect the other trend will be focusing on mental health, especially in the context of the post-Covid era. And of course, we will continue the conversation on interoperability, data, and AI."
“We’re looking forward to hearing about the acceleration of technology-driven performance and accountability
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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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