Press Releases
Augmedix Launches Tech-Enabled Service Within Emergency Departments to Provide Real-Time Support and Optimize Clinician Workflows
Augmedix, a provider of remote medical documentation and live clinical support, is announcing a rollout of a tech-enabled medical documentation service powered by virtual scribes and created specifically for busy Emergency Department (ED) environments, Augmedix trains remotely located scribes in emergency medicine...
Accolade to Acquire 2nd.MD
Accolade, a company that provides personalized solutions that help people better understand, navigate, and use the healthcare system and their workplace benefits, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Innovation Specialists, LLC (d/b/a 2nd.MD), a leading expert medical opinion and decision support company....
GRAIL Announces Collaborations with Amgen, AstraZeneca, and Bristol Myers Squibb to Evaluate Cancer Early Detection Technology for Minimal Residual Disease
GRAIL today announced a collaboration with global biopharmaceutical companies Amgen, AstraZeneca, and Bristol Myers Squibb to evaluate GRAIL’s methylation-based technology for the detection of minimal residual disease (MRD). Cancer MRD testing is used in clinical and research applications to detect the presence or...
GRAIL Confirms Q2 2021 Introduction of Galleri, First-of-Kind Multi-Cancer Early Detection Blood Test
GRAIL has confirmed that it expects to introduce Galleri™, its multi-cancer early detection blood test, in the second quarter of 2021. In December 2020, GRAIL completed the enrollment of PATHFINDER, a prospective, 6,600-participant multi-site interventional study conducted under a U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
McKesson Ventures Expands Portfolio Development Team and Invests in Market Research
McKesson Ventures has added Lizzie Lee as its newest team member. She joins the firm as senior director, leading its portfolio development and market research efforts. With a decade of healthcare experience, Lee is well-positioned to help McKesson Ventures’ portfolio companies scale by developing and facilitating...
Aspen RxHealth Raises $23M Series B Funding Round Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Aspen RxHealth, developer of a first-of-its-kind clinical pharmacy model developed by pharmacists for pharmacists that delivers value for health plans and risk-bearing providers, today announced the closure of a $23 million Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from other...
McKesson Launches Ontada, an Oncology Technology and Insights Business Dedicated to Help Advance Cancer Research and Care
McKesson Corporation today announced the launch of Ontada, an oncology technology and insights business designed to support innovation, acceleration, and evidence generation to drive better outcomes for patients with cancer. Building on McKesson’s long history in community oncology, Ontada combines its real-world...
McKesson Ventures Invests as Clinical Ink Debuts Lunexis™ ePRO+ Solution
Clinical Ink, a global clinical trial technology company, today announced an investment from McKesson Ventures, along with its significantly enhanced electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) module. “McKesson Ventures is excited to invest in Clinical Ink, a market leader in clinical trial enablement technology,”...
Michelle Snyder, Digital Health Veteran, Joins McKesson Ventures
McKesson Ventures has hired Michelle Snyder as its newest investment partner. Snyder, a mobile health pioneer, is known for her leadership and guidance in building Epocrates, one of the healthcare industry’s first successful mobile health companies. She brings more than 25 years of healthcare experience to the...
Baptist Health Engages Kyruus to Enable Next-Generation Online Patient Access Experience
Kyruus announced that Baptist Health, the largest nonprofit health system in Kentucky, has engaged the company to help elevate its digital access experience for consumers. The health system will collaborate with Kyruus to modernize the care search experience for consumers on the Baptist Health website and enable them...
Other News
Merck taps Evidation to use apps, wearables to detect early stages of Alzheimer’s
Merck has tapped McKesson Ventures portfolio company Evidation Health to explore whether data collected from wearables and smartphone apps can help to detect Alzheimer’s disease before visible changes in cognition take place. The companies are partnering to research...
Advantages of moving to a virtual hybrid model
In a recent episode of the Virtual Care Paradigm, McKesson Ventures Partner Michelle Snyder discussed how a virtual-first approach to healthcare could become the new norm. Snyder started off by discussing the growing interest in investing in primary care. “I remember...
Accolade, Inc. (ACCD) Q1 2022 Earnings Call
On July 8, 2021, Accolade made its Q1 2022 (quarter ended May 31, 2021) earnings call. The call began with Accolade CEO Rajeev Singh, who began by sharing some of the latest news. The company is one month past the close of the PlushCare acquisition and is well...
Health Tech Faves & Investment Trends from Innovation Insiders
McKesson Ventures Partner Michelle Snyder was one of the speakers at a recent HLTH webinar on investment trends in the health tech field. The webinar, held June 24, 2021, also featured Keith Figloli, general partner at LVRHealth; and Anne Wellington, managing director...
Data Mining will Become Essential to Reduce the Disease Burden and Empower Healthcare Stakeholders
An increasing number of people, from patients to payers to biotech companies to providers, are playing a role in medical decision-making, and pharmaceutical companies are looking for more effective ways to communicate the value of innovative treatments they offer. One...