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Syapse Raises $35M to Expand Learning Health Network

by Jasmine Pennic 07/27/2022 Leave a Comment

Syapse Raises $35M to Expand Learning Health Network

What You Should Know: - Syapse raises $35M led by an affiliate of Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC (Innovatus)to tackle the challenge of understanding, preventing, and treating complex cancers. - The investment will allow Syapse to expand its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities, making it more efficient to uncover meaningful insights from real-world oncology data.   Syapse, a San Francisco, CA-based real-world evidence company accelerating the
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Merck Digital Sciences Studio Launches to Support Biomedical Startups

by Fred Pennic 06/29/2022 Leave a Comment

Merck Digital Sciences Studio Launches to Support Biomedical Startups

What You Should Know: - Merck, today announced the launch of the Merck Digital Sciences Studio (MDSS) to enable the generation of innovative technologies for drug discovery and development. - MDSS will support early-stage biomedical startups with direct investment, access to powerful Azure Cloud computing and opportunities to pilot their technologies in collaboration with discovery and clinical scientists at Merck. MDSS Accelerator Program Focus The MDSS is a collaboration between
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Black Female Co-founders CancerIQ Raises $14M to Improve Cancer Early Detection and Prevention

by Jasmine Pennic 03/03/2022 Leave a Comment

CancerIQ Raises $14M to Improve Cancer Early Detection and Prevention

What You Should Know: - CancerIQ, a Chicago-based platform powering early cancer detection and prevention across broad patient populations, announced today it closed a $14M Series B financing round. - The Series B round was co-led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI) and Amgen Ventures with participation from McKesson Ventures, OSF Ventures (the investment arm of OSF HealthCare, a current CancerIQ customer), and HealthX Ventures. Inequality in
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Analysis: November 2019 Health IT M&A Activity, Public Company Performance

by Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP) 12/06/2019 Leave a Comment

Analysis: November 2019 Health IT M&A Activity, Public Company Performance

– Healthcare Growth Partners' (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of November 2019We did a doubletake when we noticed all of the HGP healthcare indices climbed approximately 10% during the month of November.  Year-to-date, the S&P 500 is up over 25% and the HGP healthcare indices are all hovering in that range.  In the two month period since September, when talk of universal healthcare reached
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Navigating Cancer Lands $26M to Expand Oncology Patient Relationship Management Platform

by Fred Pennic 09/17/2019 Leave a Comment

Navigating Cancer Lands $26M to Expand Oncology Patient Relationship Management Platform

- Navigating Cancer raises $26M in Series D funding in an over-subscribed round (TTCP) for its comprehensive oncology patient relationship management solution. - Navigating Cancer’s PRM platform helps providers manage patient interactions, improve the patient experience, and deliver value-based care more effectively – increasing the flow of communications between in-office visits, which, in turn, boosts patient engagement in their own care. - Funding will enable NC to accelerate innovation of
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HIM Provider Ciox Health Lands $30M to Expand Health Data Repository

by Fred Pennic 07/29/2019 Leave a Comment

HIM Provider Ciox Health Lands $30M to Expand Health Data Repository

Ciox Health, a provider of health information management solutions has raised $30 million in equity investment capital led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHIF) and private equity owner New Mountain Capital.  Every record represents a real person. Each data point is a potential game-changer in someone’s life: a connection to be understood and acted upon. Ciox rapidly and securely facilitates access to clinical records on behalf of its healthcare provider customers, enabling
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Merck Global Health Innovation Fund Pumps $5M in Exostar

by Jasmine Pennic 10/07/2014 Leave a Comment

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund

Merck Global Health Innovation Fund announced a $5.0 million investment in Exostar to enable them to accelerate the growth and expansion of their healthcare and life science business. Exostar’s cloud-based authentication identity hub for the healthcare industry, Secure Access Manager (SAM), connects customers with other organizations securely across large communities of users. The investment, made by the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, will help Exostar maintain its rapid growth in these
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