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...
Aetion and Cegedim Health Data announced a new partnership to integrate Cegedim’s European real-world data (RWD) platform, THIN, into the Aetion Evidence Platform. The new collaboration will enable Aetion’s clients, including top biopharma companies, leading payers, and regulatory agencies to employ leading trans-Atlantic RWD to...
Augmedix Bangladesh Head of Country Rashed Mujib Norman presented a keynote paper on “Skills for the 21st Century” at a recent seminar on post-COVID-19 skills for the information and communications technology industry. At the seminar, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said...
The COVID-19 pandemic may have roiled the U.S. economy and caused unemployment rates unseen since the Great Depression, but that hasn’t stopped the flow of money into digital health, according to a recent Rock Health report. Rock Health’s 2020 Midyear Digital Health Market Update shows that...
While COVID-19 has justifiably been at the top of healthcare news, a major medical breakthrough has been quietly happening in the San Francisco Bay area—one that could detect another potentially fatal disease before it’s too late: Cancer. And the company responsible for this breakthrough? GRAIL. The...
Evidation Health has announced the close of a $45 million Series D funding round to power the expansion of its privacy-first, direct-to-person research platform, Achievement, to include virtual health. The company will use the new capital to build upon its existing evidence generation capabilities to...
Kyruus recently surveyed 1,000 patients about their virtual care experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings reveal that nearly three-quarters of the respondents engaged in their first telemedicine experience ever during the initial surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., and more than 75 percent...
McKesson Ventures portfolio company Hims & Hers is one of the first 12 national companies signing on to a pledge to guarantee employee birth control coverage, whether or not they are required to do so by law. Currently, under the Affordable Care Act, most employers are...
On June 24, 2020, Accolade set the terms for its IPO. The startup will price 8.75 million shares at between $19 and $21, raising as much as $211 million. If it succeeds in raising that amount of money, its valuation will rise to around $1...