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Replica Analytics unveils Replica Synthesis 3.0
Replica Analytics, an Aetion company, has released Replica Synthesis 3.0, its privacy- and utility-preserving synthetic data generation software that has been updated with an enhanced user experience. This makes it easier for analysts to train generative models and evaluate their utility and privacy. The company...
M2GEN Rebrands to Aster Insights
Bioinformatics company M2GEN has announced that it is rebranding, changing its name to Aster Insights. As the nexus between patients, researchers, and the life sciences industry, the company’s unique clinical and molecular dataset has enabled new insights for researchers and accelerated target identification and drug...
Through reverse auctions, Minnesota pushes for PBM savings and price transparency
Truveris has helped the State of Minnesota save more than $28 million in pharmacy benefits expenses over the next two years. Using the company’s technology, the state was able to evaluate bids from competing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Truveris’ technology allows health plan sponsors to conduct reverse...
Matternet Tests Longest Drone Delivery Route Between Hospitals and Labs in Switzerland
Matternet has begun test operations on a 5-kilometer (3-mile) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone delivery route over Zurich, Switzerland. This is the longest urban drone delivery route ever, and it still takes only seven minutes for drones to go from one facility to the other—a much shorter time than it would...
Matternet Set to Produce M2 Delivery Drones in the US After Receiving FAA Greenlight
Matternet’s groundbreaking FAA Type Certification for its M2 drone in September of 2022 was followed quickly by being granted a Production Certificate for the craft by the US Federal Aviation Administration. With the Production Certificate, Matternet can now begin mass production of its M2 drone at its factory in...
Running Through Walls: Thinking Long Term is the Greatest Gift
In a recent Venrock podcast, Aledade Founder and CEO Farzad Mostashari spoke about how to heighten the efficiency and effectiveness of patient care, specifically preventative care. He discusses how Aledade is working to help patients when average primary care practices can’t and the new launch of Aledade Care...
Reimagine Care and The Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders Announce Partnership
Reimagine Care announced that it has partnered with The Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders (CCBD), one of the country’s most respected cancer centers, to offer its home-based supportive care and symptom management program to patients in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Thousands of CCBD patients will have access to...
Carrum Health, GRAIL strike up partnership to offer cancer test to employers
Cancer has managed to be the most expensive condition increasing employers’ costs. Seeing this issue as an opportunity to collaborate Carrum Health and GRAIL have teamed up to create a solution. Carrum Health is a value-based platform that helps employers and employees find easy access to Centers of Excellence. The...
How The Healthcare Ecosystem Can Remove Barriers to Precision Health
CancerIQ CEO and Founder Feyi Ayodele recently shared some ideas about how to bring equity to precision health. “We are living in an era of tremendous progress against cancer,” Ayodele writes. Tools such as immunotherapy and multicancer early detection tests have given doctors the best tools to fight disease since...
Patients With Alzheimer Disease Negatively Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this interview, the second of a two-part series, Tabby Khan, MD, MPH, medical director at Komodo Health, discusses the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). She also talks about how telehealth helped AD patients get care during the pandemic and about current research in...
Press Releases
RxLightning Closes $17.5M Series A to Accelerate Growth and Remove Barriers to Essential Specialty Medications
McKesson Ventures has participated in a $17.5 million Series A round for RxLightning, a platform for streamlining access and affordability for specialty medications. This brings the total the company has raised since its inception to $20.5 million. With RxLightning,...
Aster Insights Announces that The University of Kansas Cancer Center will join the Oncology Research Information Network (ORIEN)
Aster Insights, a provider of technology-enabled data and analytics solutions for oncology discovery, has announced that The University of Kansas Cancer Center will join its Oncology Research Information Exchange Network (ORIEN). The KU Cancer Center is the latest...
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...
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...
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...