Cernostics, a Pittsburgh, PA-based diagnostics company focused on delivering better cancer diagnosis and prognosis through a unique approach to tissue analysis has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding led by Illumina Ventures. With the recent investment from Illumina Ventures, Cernostics has raised a total of $13 million, including investments from UPMC Enterprises, Novitas Capital, Geisinger Health System, the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of
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Cota Lands $40M to Accelerate Value-based Precision Medicine
Cota, a NYC-based healthcare data and analytics company bridging precision medicine to population health has raised $40 million in Series C funding led by QVIA and was contributed to by EW Healthcare Partners. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center also participated in the round, along with existing Cota investors which include, Boston Millennia Partners, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Hackensack Meridian Health and Atoc Holdings.The funding will go towards rapidly scaling its
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Medidata, Syapse Partner to Democratize Access to Oncology Clinical Trials
Medidata, a provider of cloud-based technology and data analytics for clinical research, and Syapse, a precision medicine solutions provider, have announced a new partnership to transform oncology clinical trials for the age of precision medicine. As part of the new partnership, Medidata and Syapse will jointly develop a portfolio of solutions to make it easier for cancer patients to access potentially life-saving clinical trials,Partnership DetailsThe partnership will initially build products
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Syapse Expands Precision Medicine to Asia Through Partnership With Health System
Syapse, a precision medicine company, announced today it is expanding to Asia through new partnerships with Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), the premier hospital in Korea, and Megazone, a cloud-specialized IT company.Syapse and SNUH are launching a precision oncology program to improve cancer care in Korea, with the support of Megazone’s innovative cloud services. SNUH, one of the largest health systems in South Korea, is the first health system outside the U.S. to use the Syapse
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Westchester Medical Launches Precision Medicine Initiative for Personalized Cancer Treatment
Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), a provider of advanced medical care in New York’s Hudson Valley is teaming up with Philips to launch a new precision medicine initiative for personalized cancer treatment. As part of the precision medicine initiative, WMCHealth will use Philips’ IntelliSpace Genomics solution to integrate large-scale genomic analysis with extensive patient clinical data, to provide a comprehensive patient view for precision-tailored treatment. With base
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Early Detection: The New Cancer Paradigm
Editor's Note: Amit Kumar, Ph.D, is an expert in cancer diagnostics with over 20 years of experience in cancer research. He is the Vice Chairman of ITUS Corporation and Executive Chairman of Anixa Diagnostics Corporation, which is developing a blood test (Cchek ™), for the early detection of tumor-based cancers. This article first appeared in The Journal of Antibody Drug Conjugates and has been republished with permission.
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