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KēlaHealth Lands $12.9M to Expand AI-Powered Surgical Intelligence Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 10/28/2020 Leave a Comment

KēlaHealth Lands $12.9M to Expand Surgical AI Platform

What You Should Know: -  KēlaHealth announced their Series A round (combined seed and Series A) of $12.9M led by Sante Ventures and new innovation VC, Intuitive Ventures. - KēlaHealth, is a surgical intelligence engine that applies a dynamic cycle of patient-specific predictions, stratified interventions, and outcomes tracking to reduce surgical complications - KēlaHealth is the first investment for Intuitive Ventures, a new innovation fund spun out of Intuitive Surgical,
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Holy Name, Sheba Medical Center Partner to Develop Digital Health Solutions

by Fred Pennic 10/23/2020 Leave a Comment

Holy Name, Sheba Medical Center Partner to Develop Digital Health Solutions

What You Should Know: - Holy Name Medical Center based in New Jersey and Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, the largest medical center in the Middle East announced a strategic partnership to develop digital health and telehealth solutions, The Times of Israel reports. - As part of the partnership, Holy Name’s team will Sheba’s ARC (Accelerate, Redesign, Collaborate) Innovation Center with the focus of identifying clinical needs and developing solutions to medical challenges. - ARC
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AWS, PHDA Collaborate to Develop Breast Cancer Screening and Depression Machine Learning Models

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AWS, PHDA Collaborate to Develop Breast Cancer Screening and Depression Machine Learning Models

What You Should Know: - Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance (PHDA) announce a collaboration to produce more accurate machine learning models for breast cancer screening and depression. - In work funded through the PHDA-AWS collaboration, a research team led by Shandong Wu, an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Radiology, is using deep-learning systems to analyze mammograms in order to predict the short‐term risk of developing
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Create A Precision Medicine Trial Network Focused on Critical Illness

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Create Precision Medicine Trial Network Focused on Critical Illness

What You Should Know: - Vanderbilt University Medical Center inks a strategic partnership with Endpoint Health to create the world’s first precision medicine trial network focused on critical illness. - Late-stage interventional trials will evaluate personalized approaches to existing care and novel targeted therapies. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Endpoint Health, the first targeted therapeutics company focused on integrated solutions for critical illnesses, today
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Syapse Appoints David Pomerantz as Chief Commercial Officer

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Syapse Appoints David Pomerantz as Chief Commercial Officer

Syapse, a real-world evidence company accelerating the delivery of precision medicine through the Syapse Learning Health Network™, today announced the appointment of David Pomerantz as Chief Commercial Officer. In his new role as Chief Commercial Officer, Pomerantz will lead the future direction of Syapse’s commercial endeavors and expand its life sciences partnerships across the Syapse Learning Network. Pomerantz Bio/Background Mr. Pomerantz brings more than 25 years of account
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FDA, Syapse Expand Research to Generate Real-World Data Related to COVID-19 and Cancer

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FDA, Syapse Expand Research to Generate Real-World Data Related to COVID-19 and Cancer

What You Should Know: The FDA and Syapse announce research collaboration expansion to address urgent public health challenges including supporting FDA’s goal of rapid understanding of COVID-19. As part of the research, Syapse is partnering with FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence to investigate methods to derive RWD from multiple sources including electronic health records, registries and molecular data Syapse, a real-world evidence company accelerating the delivery of precision
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M&A Analysis: 3 Benefits of Siemens Healthineers’ $16.4B Acquisition of Varian Medical

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M&A Analysis: 3 Benefits of Siemens Healthineers $16.4B Acquisition of Varian Medical

What You Should Know: - Siemens Healthineers and Varian Medical announce a $16.4B deal in an all-cash transaction on 2nd August 2020. - Deal expected to close in 1H 2021. - Varian Medical will maintain its brand name and operate “independently” - Siemens AG will drop holding in Siemens Healthineers from 85% to 72% as part of the transaction. News of the deal between Siemens Healthineers and Varian Medical will have caught many industry onlookers off guard on Sunday evening.
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HHS Taps Fenway Health as Pilot Site for Precision Medicine Project

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HHS Taps Fenway Health as Pilot Site for Advancing Standards for Precision Medicine Project

What You Should Know: - Fenway Health has been selected as the pilot site to participate in the Advancing Standards for Precision Medicine (ASPM) project. - The ASPM project is focused on how healthcare providers can systematically identify the socio-economic factors that may impact the health of patients in order to provide more individualized care that reflects patients’ needs.  Fenway Health, a Boston, MA-based Federally Qualified Community Health Center (FQCHC)
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Consumer Genetic Tests Accelerate Precision Medicine for Some Providers

by Joel Diamond, MD, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer at 2bPrecise 06/09/2020 Leave a Comment

Consumer Genetic Tests Accelerate Precision Medicine for Some Providers

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests have been on the scene for some time now. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first DTC test on three specific BRCA1/BRCA2 breast cancer gene mutations more than two years ago. Six months after that, the agency similarly green-lighted a DTC pharmacogenomic (PGx) test to examine 33 variants for eight different genes that indicate how effectively patients metabolize specific medications. Like many such advances, availability of DTC tests is
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Syapse Lands $30M to Accelerate Real-World Evidence in Oncology

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Syapse Lands $30M to Accelerate Real-World Evidence in Oncology

What You Should Know: - Syapse raises $30M in new equity funding to enable healthcare providers to deliver the best care to every cancer patient through precision medicine. - Syapse partners with health systems, life sciences companies, and regulators to deliver clinical, programmatic, and research insights from the world’s largest network of health systems focused on precision medicine. Syapse, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of precision oncology solutions announced $30
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