By creating efficiencies with technology, CROs have an opportunity to build clinical trials of the future.
For many years, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) had a reputation in the biopharmaceutical industry as flashy buzzwords, with little concrete evidence to back up their promise. Over time, this lack of understanding has created drawn-out anticipation, leaving many skeptical about the true value of these tools.
As the
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Med Device AVS Raises Additional $8.8M for $28.8M Series B
What You Should Know:
- AVS, an early-stage medical device company focused on safely and effectively treating severely calcified arterial disease with its PIVL™ therapy, announced today that it closed an additional $8.8 million in new financing, bringing its Series B round to $28.8 million total.
- The funding will continue to support clinical trials for the company’s device for pulsatile intravascular lithotripsy (PIVL) in peripheral cases, while advancing preclinical work for an expanded
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Inato Raises $20M to Make Clinical Trials More Inclusive
What You Should Know:
- Inato, a technology platform that connects pharma companies (trial sponsors) with community-based trial sites raises $20M in new funding (A2) led by Cathay Innovation with participation from existing investor Obvious Ventures and new investors La Maison and Top Harvest Capital. Inato works with many of the top 30 pharmaceutical companies worldwide to make clinical trials more inclusive.
- The new funding will fuel Inato’s continued product innovation, international
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Genialis Raises $13M to Build Clinical Biomarkers that Predict Patient Response
What You Should Know:
Genialis, a computational precision medicine company unraveling complex biology to find new ways to address disease, today announced it raised more than $13 million in Series A financing to transform the way diseases are diagnosed and treatment decisions are made.Taiwania Capital and Debiopharm Innovation Fund co-led the round, with participation from previous investors First Star Ventures, Redalpine Venture Partners, and Pikas. Other new investors include P5 Health
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Accenture Report Reveals Staggering Health Inequities and the Role of US Healthcare Ecosystem in Addressing Them
What You Should Know:
- Health equity – or the lack thereof – is one of the biggest challenges facing US healthcare organizations today.
- A new report from Accenture, US health inequity: beyond the statistics, analyzes the role US healthcare ecosystem participants can play in addressing health inequities due to race and ethnicity. The statistics are staggering.
Analysing Key Trends Concerning Health Inequities
To understand the human and economic
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Q/A: Dr. Johnson Talks Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Care
What You Should Know:
- A recent study published in JAMA found that conventional genomic tests commonly used for breast cancer tumors can be less accurate for Black women. This news comes at a time when Black women with breast cancer are experiencing mortality rates that are 41% higher than white women.
- Dr. Nathalie Johnson, MD FACS and President of The American Society of Breast Cancer Surgeons is among numerous doctors who advocate for Agendia and its tests which look beyond race,
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Accelerating Clinical Trials Through AI-Enabled Precision Oncology
The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistics 2023 report highlighted a few major accomplishments within oncology, such as decreased cancer mortality rates and increased trial diversity. However, there is still much work to be done. Especially with the multiple types of new and ongoing challenges clinicians and staff members are facing - such as high turnover rates, decreased budgets and increased feelings of burnout - taking the necessary steps to enhance clinical trial procedures is crucial
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H1 Launches Advanced Diversity and Clinical Trial Performance Insights
What You Should Know:
- H1, the connecting force for global healthcare provider, clinical, science, and research information, today announced the availability of indication-level diversity insights in addition to institution, provider, and patient diversity data within its Trial Landscape solution.
- Additionally, H1 has successfully onboarded its first customer – a top 20 pharmaceutical company – onto the H1 Data Network, a new solution that aggregates sponsor-contributed site and
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Risky Business of Health Trackers: What Digital Health Leaders Need to Know
Gone are the days when healthcare information was only available to us at the doctor’s office or through the office's online portals, and that’s in part due to the rapidly growing popularity of wearable technology devices. It’s estimated that 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. use a fitness or health tracker to monitor things such as heart rate, blood pressure, sleep cycle, and stress. But this information is being used beyond just monitoring specific conditions. Take me, for example; I personally use my
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Surgo Health Launches RWD-Driven Socio-Behavioral Analytics Platform
What You Should Know:
- Surgo Health, a new healthcare technology company dedicated to personalized care announced its official launch in Washington, D.C.
- Formed as a public benefits company (PBC), Surgo Health is building on the analytics and proprietary data assets from Surgo Ventures and is developing a revolutionary socio-behavioral analytics platform and generating novel, real-world data to enable a greater understanding of the complex factors that influence how individuals engage
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