Critical Path Institute (C-Path) and Replica Analytics, an Aetion company, have announced a partnership that uses synthetic data to help researchers more easily develop drugs to treat rare diseases. Replica Analytics will help generate synthetic datasets across rare and orphan indications in which patient-level datasets are...
Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, has announced the launch of the Merck Digital Sciences Studio (MDSS) to enable the generation of innovative technologies for drug discovery and development. MDSS will support early-stage biomedical startups with direct investment, access to Azure Cloud...
McKesson Ventures has signed the Parity.org ParityPledge® in Support of People of Color and in Support of Women. The ParityPledge simply asks that companies commit to interview and consider at least one qualified woman and person of color for every open role, VP and above,...
OncoHealth announced today that Arsenal Capital Partners and McKesson Corporation have strategically invested in the company. The funding, which gives Arsenal a majority ownership stake in OncoHealth, will help the company continue developing its oncology-focused digital health platform. John DiGiovanni, an Investment Partner at Arsenal said...
As value-based care continues to expand at a rapid pace within senior living, AllyAlign Health has announced a partnership with two different health care organizations. The partnership forms Curana Health, with the intention of helping skilled nursing and senior living facilities across the U.S. The three...
Reimagine Care, a provider of technology-enabled services that support oncologists in delivering high-quality, home-centered, value-based cancer care, has collaborated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU Anschutz) to deliver care to bone marrow transplant patients. The collaboration will leverage specialized clinical technology, advanced...
Synthetic data generation startup Replica Analytics was recently acquired by real world evidence technology company Aetion. Replica was first founded by members of the CHEO Research Institute and the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. This acquisition demonstrates how academic research can be put into...
OncoHealth, a leading digital health company dedicated to oncology, today unveiled a new digital telehealth service for people with cancer. Iris™ by OncoHealth combines human-centered design, mobile technology, data, empathy, and specially trained oncology experts to deliver personalized, oncology-specific, 24x7 telehealth support to patients and...
Koneksa Health Chief Medical Officer John A. Wagner, MD, Ph.D., recently gave a video presentation titled “Multi-Component Biomarkers: Promise, Practice and Perspective on Terminology,” which was uploaded to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s YouTube channel. Dr. Wagner began with a general introduction to biomarkers. A...
In an episode of the This Week in Health IT podcast, Bill Russell and Xealth CEO Mike McSherry discussed how digital engagement with patients leads to better quality care experiences and outcomes. They also discuss what digital health means for patient education, decision making and...