Genome editing-based company, Precision BioSciences announced it has closed $25.6 million Series A financing led by venBio. The Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based company's oversubscribed round was also joined by Fidelity Biosciences, Amgen Ventures, Baxter Ventures, Osage University Partners, the Longevity Fund, and two well-known public market investors. As part of the Series A round, Robert Adelman of venBio and Ben Auspitz of Fidelity Biosciences will join Precision’s Board
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KPMG Completes Acquisition Of Beacon Partners, Inc.
Big 4 firm KPMG LLP today announced today that it has completed the acquisition of all of the assets of Beacon Partners, Inc., a healthcare consulting firm that offers strategic management and clinical and information technology consulting services to healthcare providers. The closing follows the April 12, 2015 announcement of the transaction at the HIMSS15 conference, a leading healthcare IT industry event.
Based in Weymouth, Mass., Beacon Partners provides management consulting/advisory
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Sherpaa Raises $2.25M to Expand Employer Telehealth Visits
NYC-based digital healthcare company, Sherpaa, has raised $2.25 million, bringing the company’s totally funding to $8 million. Investors for this round are O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Softbank and Draper and Associates.
Co-founded by Dr. Jay Parkinson MD, MPH in 2012, New York-based, Sherpaa is a health service that HR executives can provide on top of insurance plans. It allows employees to have access to physicians 24/7 through phone or asynchronous text communication as well as insurance
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Flagship Ventures Scales Innovation in Life Sciences with New Partnerships
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Flagship Ventures, a leading venture capital and venture creation firm focused on innovations in biotech and sustainability has formed strategic innovation partnerships with AstraZeneca, Nestle Health Science and Bayer CropScience. These partnerships will allow Flagship to scale up its unique innovation foundry, VentureLabs®, as well as expand its early stage venture funding activities while leveraging the partners' strengths as market leaders in
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Health Tech Accelerator HealthBox Unveils South Florida Class of Startups
Healthbox, a healthcare technology focused business accelerator today announced the brand new class of innovative health tech startups for its upcoming Miami Studio, to be kicked off Wednesday, May 6, at The Idea Center at Miami Dade College. Healthbox selected the companies through a rigorous, competitive process in collaboration with anchor partner GuideWell, the parent company of Florida Blue.
Through its partnership, GuideWell and Healthbox are rotating the program across Florida with
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Interface Health Launches Global Digital Health Accelerator
Interface Health Society, a not-for-profit digital health organization based in Vancouver, BC, has officially launched Interface Health, which is a global digital health accelerator and online community. The accelerator is a place for digital health innovators to find the resources they need, anytime, anywhere. That means faster access, reduced costs, improved experiences and better outcomes for everybody. Interface Health is an integrated multi-platform consisting of an annual global
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Telehealth Giant Teladoc Files for IPO
On late Tuesday this week, Dallas-based telehealth provider, Teladoc filed a confidential draft registration form for an initial public offering (IPO) to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), WSJ reports. Founded in 2002, the company emerged as an early leader in the growing telehealth space as self-insured employers and insurance companies look for ways to cut healthcare costs by providing a video visits platform for doctors and patients.
The company has raised more than $100
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Cox Enterprises Invests In Diabetes Management Platform Rimidi
By the year 2050, one in three Americans will have Diabetes. To help relieve the anxiety and simplify the management of diabetes. Cox Enterprises has announced a strategic investment in Atlanta-based Rimidi, a digital health company focused on diabetes and other chronic conditions. The funding will be utilize to accelerate expansion of their enterprise diabetes management solution and further expansion into additional markets.
Rimidi’s flagship product, Diabetes+Me is a cloud-based enterprise
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Independence Blue Cross, TowerView Health Launches Medication Adherence Pilot Program
The Independence Blue Cross (Independence) Center for Health Care Innovation announced this week that it will collaborate with TowerView Health and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine) on a pilot program to help chronically ill people who have multiple prescriptions make sure they take the right medication at the right time each day.
Pilot Details
People with health coverage from Independence Blue Cross who qualify for this study and choose to
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Doximity Rolls Out “Apply Using Doximity” Tool for Physicians
Doximity, the leading online medical network with over 50 percent of all US doctors as members, announced a new, instant method for physicians to apply for career opportunities — “Apply Using Doximity.” With one click, Doximity members can quickly submit their verified online profile as a curriculum vitae (CV) for an open job opportunity, and a recruiter will reach out to the physician directly.
Eighty seven percent of physicians are open to new jobs, and yet the application process is
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