AllStripes recently closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by Lux Capital, with participation from McKesson Ventures, JAZZ Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Medidata Solutions (a Dassault Systèmes company), and Maveron, along with angel investors including Arif Nathoo, CEO of McKesson Ventures portfolio company...
McKesson Ventures portfolio company Pharmapacks, a technology-led e-commerce marketplace enablement platform, announced the addition of six key executives to its management team. They are Adam Rodgers, chief growth officer; Ash Mehra, chief information officer; Daniel Bennett, chief marketing officer; Leanna Bautista, chief people officer; Andreas...
As COVID-19 has caused a sea change in healthcare, with the rapid expansion of virtual healthcare and telemedicine, investors have been busy pouring their dollars into the digital health space. In fact, between January and June of 2021, almost $15 billion in funding went to the...
Truveris has announced that Nanette Oddo has been named president and chief executive officer. A veteran industry leader, Oddo previously served as Truveris’ chief strategy officer, spearheading the company’s strategic vision during a period of consistent innovation and growth. “Truveris uniquely bends the cost curve to...
M2GEN, a company focused on transforming cancer care through data and informatics, has announced the appointment of Jim Gabriele as president and chief executive officer. Gabriele is a seasoned entrepreneur and data science leader who most recently served as senior vice president and chief strategy...
Komodo Health has acquired Breakaway Partners, a market access software company for the life sciences industry. This acquisition brings together Komodo’s Healthcare Map and software with Breakaway Partners’ formulary data, policy criteria, and analytics platform to create the industry’s first enterprise market access solution suite...
While there are more startups than ever, there’s also more money chasing them than ever. Vator News is profiling key members of the investment community to help companies understand what investors are looking for and how they can help startups to scale. In this installment,...
Merck has tapped McKesson Ventures portfolio company Evidation Health to explore whether data collected from wearables and smartphone apps can help to detect Alzheimer’s disease before visible changes in cognition take place. The companies are partnering to research whether sensor data can be used to develop...
Komodo Health has announced that Bill Madigan has been appointed as the company’s chief revenue officer. With more than 25 years of experience commercializing software and services in healthcare and life sciences, Madigan will oversee Komodo’s customer-facing team and shape its commercial strategy. Madigan brings a...
In a recent episode of the Virtual Care Paradigm, McKesson Ventures Partner Michelle Snyder discussed how a virtual-first approach to healthcare could become the new norm. Snyder started off by discussing the growing interest in investing in primary care. “I remember about 15 years ago when...