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Carlyle and Leading Healthcare-Focused Venture Finds Announce Strategic Growth Investment of up to $430 Million in Saama
Saama Technologies announced that funds led by global investment firm Carlyle have made a strategic growth investment and will acquire a majority stake in the company. A broad co-investor group with several healthcare-focused venture funds including Amgen Ventures, Intermountain Ventures, Merck Global Health...
Trinity Health Invests in Xealth to Accelerate Digital Health
Xealth has announced that Trinity Health, one of the nation’s largest Catholic healthcare systems, has invested in the company, bringing Xealth's total Series B funding to $25 million. This support demonstrates continued provider consensus in adopting digital health in a way that best engages both clinicians and...
Autolomous and Vineti form strategic partnership to deliver end to end supply chain management solutions for cell and gene therapy sector
Autolomous, a developer of critical manufacturing management systems for cell and gene therapies, and Vineti, a provider of digital enterprise platforms for cell and gene therapy supply chains, have announced a non-exclusive, collaborative partnership. The collaboration will integrate Autolomous’ critical...
Körber and Vineti Announce Partnership to Provide improved Manufacturing Performance and Visibility Globally for Cell and Gene-Based Therapies
Körber, a manufacturing execution systems supplier for pharma and biotech, has partnered with Vineti to integrate Körber’s Werum PAS-X-MES with Vineti’s Personalized Therapy Management (PTM) platform. The partnership will empower biopharma customers with an integrated PAS-X-MES and supply chain data management...
Lightship Raises $40 Million to Bring Clinical Trials to Every Patient in Need
Lightship, a virtual-first provider of clinical trials, today announced that it has raised $40 million to create access to clinical research for all patients, and improve diversity among patient groups taking part in clinical trials around the world. The funding round was led by Define Ventures and Brook Byers, with...
Transforming the Rare Disease Landscape with Data
AllStripes, formerly known as RDMD, recently completed a $50 million venture round, which it will use to launch 100 new rare disease research programs. Global Genes recently interviewed AllStripes Co-founder and CEO Nancy Yu about the growing efforts around patient data collection, where AllStripes fits into this...
Matternet’s automated drone-docking station makes its real-life debut in Switzerland
Matternet has debuted its Matternet Station automated landing space and payload control tower at a hospital in Lugano, Switzerland. Looking something like a 10-foot-tall flower, the Matternet Station provides a safe place for a cargo drone to land, swap out its battery, and store its cargo, while preventing...
Augmedix Announces Partnership with Google Cloud to Harness Automated Speech Recognition Technology
Augmedix, a provider of virtual medical documentation and live clinical support, has partnered with Google Cloud to optimize and integrate automated speech recognition (ASR) technology for use in real-world clinical settings. ASR technology is a critical component in the Augmedix technology stack, and Augmedix is now...
AllStripes Announces Key Leadership Hires as Expansion and Growth Accelerate
AllStripes, a healthcare technology company dedicated to unlocking new treatments for people affected by rare diseases, has hired Sherwin Chen as chief legal officer and Joe Walsh as vice president and head of commercial. Chen is an experienced counsel specializing in advising high-growth digital health, biotech, and...
With $1.3 billion in venture funding, the femtech space is booming
There’s been a lot of talk about “femtech” booming over the past several months. However, a new report by Rock Health shows that even though there’s been a lot of funding in the space so far this year, it still accounts for a tiny fraction of total dollars going into healthcare. According to the Rock Health report,...
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MVP Health Care and Galileo Launch First Virtual Primary and Specialty Care Solution for Medicaid Members in New York
Galileo and MVP Health Care recently announced a partnership with a goal of giving MVP Medicaid members in New York primary and specialty care that is virtual and all-inclusive. This partnership is unlike any previous health care offering because of the two companies’...
Atlantic Health System Takes Consumer Convenience to the Next Level with Online Scheduling from Kyruus
Health system scheduling solution and provider search platform developer Kyruus recently announced that New Jersey-based Atlantic Health System has increased its use of the Kyruus ProviderMatch® platform. Within the first five months of the system going live Atlantic...
State of Minnesota Selects Truveris to Help Optimize Its Pharmacy Benefits Program
Program performance and pharmacy cost containment manager Truveris recently announced that the company has been selected as the exclusive oversight and procurement partner for the State of Minnesota. Together they will conduct a full reverse-auction process to...
Aetion Acquires Synthetic Data Trailblazer Replica Analytics
Regulatory-grade real-world evidence technology provider Aetion recently announced its acquisition of Replica Analytics. Replica Analytics is well known for creating synthetic health data through artificial intelligence programs. Replica will be able to help Aetion...
M2GEN Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Advance Bioinformatics Solutions for Oncology
Bioinformatics company M2GEN announced a partnership with Microsoft in a move to improve and expand its data-driven solutions for research, discovery, and development of oncology therapies. The collaboration will combine M2GEN’s clinico-genomics database with...