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ORIEN Member Presentations at 2023 ASCO Demonstrate Unique Value of Aster Insights’ Data
Aster Insights has announced its participation as a research partner at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting June 2-6, 2023, in Chicago. An oral presentation and three posters will be presented at this year’s ASCO meeting, utilizing the lifetime patient-consented longitudinal clinicogenomic...
Survey results show unseen burdens for individuals with endometriosis at work and school
Evidation and Myovant Sciences conducted a survey about the lived experiences of people with endometriosis and/or uterine fibroids. The results of that survey show the magnitude of the negative impacts these conditions have on employee and student experiences and quality of life and indicate a need for conversations...
Digital Health Assessments May Improve Parkinson Disease Diagnosis
Results from the 12-month, multicenter, observational study, WATCH-PD, were recently published in the journal Nature. The researchers found significant associations between digital biomarkers with a wearable device and conventional clinical scoring methods used in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Working with Clinical Ink...
Private AI and Replica Analytics announce partnership to tackle data privacy
Replica Analytics, an Aetion company, is partnering with data privacy software solutions developer Private AI. The partnership is a response to an urgent need for a privacy-preserving solution in healthcare and aims to provide a comprehensive solution for healthcare’s data privacy and security challenges. Replica...
Aster Insights Names Dr. Anand Shah as Chief Executive Officer
Aster Insights has announced the appointment of Dr. Anand Shah as chief executive officer, effective immediately. He succeeds Jim Gabriele, who has stepped down from his position. Gabriele and Shah have collaborated closely on a number of strategic, operational, and business development initiatives over the past six...
Komodo Health unveils MapEnhance, a new centralized network of specialty data partners
Komodo Health has recently launched MapEnhance, a feature that leverages a network of specialty data partners connecting into the company’s platform. MapEnhance builds on Komodo’s Healthcare Map, which it characterizes as a de-identified data set on 330 million patients in the United States, by combining it with data...
Twist Bioscience and Aster Insights Partner on Launch of Next Generation Oncology Panel for Cancer Research
Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company that offers high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, along with Aster Insights, has announced the availability of the AsterExome panel, which can simultaneously enable whole exome sequencing (WES) with additional coverage for target regions known to contain 620...
Clinical ink Announces New Continuous Glucose Monitoring Solution
Clinical Ink, a global life science technology company, now offers continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) within its integrated digital biomarker solution. The new modules enable remote collection, central storage, and analysis of sensor data from commercially available devices for use in diabetes clinical trials. The...
RCT-DUPLICATE Findings Demonstrate Capability of Real-World Evidence Studies to Reach Conclusions Similar to Randomized Clinical Trials
Real-world evidence (RWE) technology and analytics company Aetion has announced the culmination of the RCT-DUPLICATE demonstration project, with complete findings published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). This three-year initiative tested whether researchers asking clinical questions in...
Inside the new world of healthcare data
In a recent episode of the PharmaPhorum podcast, Evidation co-CEO and Executive Chair of the Board Deborah Kilpatrick discussed healthcare data collection in 2023 and how it intersects with stakeholders across the ecosystem, from tech and pharma companies to research participants. The discussion began with data...
Press Releases
Reimagine Care Welcomes Dan Nardi, Healthcare Industry Leader, as New CEO
Reimagine Care has announced that Dan Nardi will serve as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 10, 2023. Nardi replaces co-founder Dr. Aaron Gerber as CEO. Previously, Nardi served as Carrum Health’s Chief Operating Officer and Livongo’s Vice President of...
Clinical ink Appoints Andrew Kraus as Chief Technology Officer
Clinical Ink, a global life science technology company, has announced the appointment of Andrew Kraus as chief technology officer. In this role, Kraus will lead the development of the company’s expanding technology portfolio to support clinical trials. Kraus is an...
McKesson Ventures’ Dave Schulte Named One of Healthcare’s Top 25 Investors
McKesson Ventures Managing Director Dave Schulte has been recognized by GrowthCap as one of the top 25 healthcare investors for 2023. This award acknowledges healthcare investors who have demonstrated high levels of sustained investment performance and who are...
Koneksa Announces Partnership with Beacon Biosignals for Clinical Trials in Sleep and Neurologic Disorders Using EEG Biomarkers
Koneksa has announced a partnership with Beacon Biosignals, a computational neurodiagnostics company, to launch a clinical trial to investigate the integration of Beacon’s at-home electroencephalogram (EEG) into the Koneksa Neuroscience Solution Toolkit. The Beacon...
Xealth Is Honored In 25th Anniversary Digital Health Awards®
McKesson Ventures portfolio company Xealth was selected as a winner in the 25th anniversary Digital Health Awards® program. This competition recognizes the best digital health resources. “Shaping Your Digital Health Future” received a Gold Award for Connected Digital...