by McKesson Ventures | Apr 16, 2020 | Portfolio News
Digital health venture funding got off to a record-breaking start in 2020, with $3.1 billion invested across Q1, according to a new report from Rock Health. That $3.1 billion was across 107 deals—more than 1.5 times the total Q1 funding in any previous year. The...
by McKesson Ventures | Apr 6, 2020 | Portfolio News
Washington-based Providence St. Joseph Health is currently treating some of the largest numbers of patients diagnosed with or at risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus. This is largely due to its presence in Seattle, which is one of the epicenters of the coronavirus...
by McKesson Ventures | Apr 6, 2020 | Portfolio News
UPS has been making its way into the drone industry for years. A key example of this is a partnership between Matternet and UPS Flight Forward, the shipping company’s commercial drone airline, to make drone deliveries to hospitals. Matternet began in 2019 by making...
by McKesson Ventures | Apr 6, 2020 | Portfolio News
As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, McKnight’s, publisher of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Senior Living, recognized 40 notable newsmakers in the senior care field. One of these newsmakers is Juniper Communities Founder, President, and CEO...
by McKesson Ventures | Apr 6, 2020 | Portfolio News
Health apps are big business. Millions of health apps are being downloaded every day, and there are more than 325,000 to choose from. With all those apps, it’s hard to know which one to choose, especially when it comes to helping the elderly and vulnerable. ORCHA, an...
by McKesson Ventures | Mar 31, 2020 | Portfolio News
GRAIL today announced that validation data for its multi-cancer early detection blood test were published in Annals of Oncology. These data show that GRAIL’s technology can detect more than 50 cancer types across all stages, with a false positive rate of less than 1%,...
