Matternet is expanding its operations to Asia through a new business partnership with Japan Airlines. The partnership will deploy the Matternet M2 drone system in Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s new drone logistics business development project and utilize the system to assess drone delivery opportunities in Japan. Through...
McKesson Ventures has expanded its leadership team, promoting Jennifer Carter and Carrie Hurwitz Williams to partners in the organization. Their promotions reflect McKesson Ventures’ commitment to an apprentice model of mentoring and promoting from within. Carter brings more than 20 years of healthcare experience, and her...
Cancer detection company GRAIL has announced that Cleveland Clinic has joined GRAIL’s PATHFINDER Study, a prospective, multi-cancer clinical study that is evaluating the implementation of Galleri™, an investigational multi-cancer early detection blood test, into clinical practice for the first time. Today, most cancers are found too...
As Americans’ mental health suffers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, startups addressing mental health issues are doing very well. A survey by the CDC found that 39 percent of respondents living in the U.S. showed signs of anxiety or depression during the first week...
Once upon a time, Hims was just another men’s wellness company offering hair loss and ED treatments, mail-order supplements, and other health tools. But with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company accelerated its plans to launch virtual primary care and mental health care. In...
You might think it would be hard for a digital health startup to raise money in a pandemic, but judging from recent reports, that’s simply not the case. MedCity News recently spoke to the CEOs of Evidation and BrightInsight, two startups that have recently announced...
Based on its recent analysis of the North American real-world evidence (RWE) solutions market in healthcare, Frost & Sullivan has recognized Komodo Health with the 2020 North American Company of the Year award. Komodo Health’s comprehensive real-time Healthcare Map platform facilitates access to unified, longitudinal patient...
Rock Health and Dr. Ivor Horn, former Chief Medical Officer at Accolade, have partnered on a new research initiative on diversity in digital health. Dr. Horn is working on an ongoing basis as an academic and pediatrician to address inequities in healthcare. “Right now, there is...
BlackDoctor.org, Evidation Health, Movember, and Myovant Sciences have launched Forward Momentum, a coalition working on innovative projects to increase diversity in research and develop new digital resources for men with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second most prevalent form of cancer and second leading cause...
The COVID-19 pandemic has already spurred many health systems and patients to adopt telehealth as a substitute for in-person doctor visits. Questions remain, however, about telehealth’s impacts on the long-term cost and quality of care, the limitations of remote practice, and the adequacy of conventional...