Just a day after Quest Diagnostics confirmed a data breach, LabCorp has confirmed that nearly 7.7 million customers’ personal information may have been exposed due to a data breach from third-party collections firm American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionOpens a New Window. (SEC) filing, unauthorized activity on AMCA’s web payment page occurred between August 1, 2018, and March 30, 2019.The exposed data could include first and last name,
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HealthQuest Capital Closes $440M Fund to Invest in Innovative Growth-Stage Companies
HealthQuest Capital, a Silicon Valley-based growth capital firm has closed a $440 million fund to invest growth-stage companies delivering innovation across all sectors of the healthcare industry to improve patient outcomes, enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Fund III was oversubscribed and closed at a hard cap. Target markets for Fund III include growth- and commercial-stage companies focusing on medical technologies, diagnostics, digital health, and innovative services.HealthQuest Capital
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LabCorp Forms Strategic Partnership with MC10 to Support Adoption of BioStamp Sensor
Global life sciences company LabCorp has formed a strategic collaboration with MC10, a digital health startup developing wearable sensor systems for seamless healthcare data collection. As part of the strategic partnership, LabCorp has also made an equity investment into MC10 to support adoption of it’s proprietary technology for use by LabCorp’s Covance Drug Development business in clinical trials and research studies, with the potential to be adapted over time for use in patient testing and
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