Medidata announced on June 12 that it will acquire SHYFT Analytics for a total consideration of $195 million. The acquisition is subject to customary closing adjustments, is inclusive of Medidata’s prior 6% ownership in SHYFT’s business, and will be paid in cash. “Together, Medidata and SHYFT...
Propeller Health has partnered up with Aptar Pharma, which last year generated $800 million selling drug dispensation devices such as inhalers and injectors to drug companies. Aptar and Propeller Health will digitally connect these devices to Propeller’s software via sensors, helping patients to better manage...
Pharmapacks today announced that it has raised $32.5 million in a strategic round led by CPG company RB. Additional investments were made by McKesson Ventures, Sealed Air, and The Emerson Group. Pharmapacks also sold a minority stake as part of the round for an undisclosed...
Propeller Health announced today that McKesson Ventures has contributed an undisclosed amount to its $20 million strategic funding round. The funding will allow Propeller Health to continue developing connected medicines for the treatment of chronic respiratory disease and expand into additional therapeutic areas. David Van Sickle,...
Over the past 10 years, a lot of consideration has been given to how technology can be used to help care for people living with dementia. Voice recognition systems such as the Amazon Echo will never tire of repeated inquiries about the date and time. This...
At last weekend’s American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, GRAIL released results of a study that shows the potential for lung cancer to be detected with a blood test. The survey evaluated 127 patients with lung cancer and 580 controls. The researchers found that more...
Kyruus’ ProviderMatch for Consumers solution has been awarded the “Best Patient Scheduling Solution” award by MedTech Breakthrough. The MedTech Breakthrough Rewards are designed to “honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success” in a variety of health and medical technology categories. This year,...
A November 2017 episode of Startup Grind Local featured Bill Moschella, who co-founded Evariant, a leading healthcare CRM and analytics business. Today, Moschella is Evariant’s Chairman and CEO. Moschella says he had a great upbringing in a very tight-knit family and neighborhood. He grew up the...
At the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting on June 4, 2018, GRAIL announced the clinical results from a 127-patient sub-study of its Circulating Cell-free Genome Atlas (CCGA) trial. The analysis revealed that the company’s genome-sequencing blood tests can detect lung cancer with 98%...
Ten companies located in the San Francisco Bay area have raised a total of about $220 million in new funding, according to the San Jose Business Journal. CareZone, a McKesson Ventures Portfolio company that has developed a smartphone app for managing medications and chronic health conditions,...