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,...
CareZone, a platform for managing chronic illness and organizing health records, has raised $50 million in a series D funding round led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from McKesson Ventures and Marc Benioff. CareZone is an app that helps users keep track of their medications...
Tom Rodgers, senior vice president and managing director of McKesson Ventures, has been named to the Global Corporate Venturing 2018 Powerlist. Under Tom Rodgers’ leadership, McKesson Ventures (which launched in 2014) has made several investments, including a $1.2 billion series B round for GRAIL Inc. in...
PokitDok, a Charleston heath care startup, was awarded a $4 million investment from one of the US’s largest vision insurance companies, California-based VSP Global. This builds on the company’s existing financing efforts, which include a $5 million from Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America. Joe Murad,...
Adam Vaughan, head of new product development and innovation at Unforgettable, was recently featured by the Alzheimer’s Show for his work servicing those affected by memory loss and dementia. Vaughan became a designer to make a positive impact on the world, so when a role with...
Senior vice president and managing director of McKesson Ventures Tom Rodgers reported that the firm broke precedent with its investment in GRAIL Inc. The investment was unusual for the company in two ways; it was one of the firm’s larger spends, and it was also toward...
The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation is partnering with Komodo Health to combine information, data, and disease-treatment reference points through Komodo’s largest, most-actionable healthcare map in the U.S. This first-of-its-kind agreement will enable the foundation to have a nearly real-time and comprehensive picture of the patient landscape. With this...
Avizia is partnering with telepsychiatry service provider Regroup to enable secure telehealth services for behavioral health providers. The partnership will allow Avizia to deliver Regroup’s mental health services to patients across the country. “Like Avizia, Regroup was founded on the idea that no patient should have...
On Monday April 30th, American Well announced that it will acquire fellow telehealth company Avizia for an undisclosed amount. The deal gives American Well access to Avizia’s custom software workflows and hospital-based cart lineup boasting for more than 40 clinical specialties, including telestroke and telebehavioral services. CEO...