Press Releases
CancerIQ Raises $14M Series B Funding to Improve Access to Innovations in Cancer Early Detection and Prevention
CancerIQ, a platform powering early cancer detection and prevention across broad patient populations, has closed a $14 million Series B financing round co-led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI) and Amgen Ventures. Other investors participating in the round were McKesson Ventures; OSF HealthCare; a...
IVX Health to Open Three New Infusion Centers in Southwest Florida to Care for Patients Living with Complex Chronic Conditions
IVX Health recently announced the opening of three new centers in Florida’s Southwest in the spring. The centers will be located in the communities of Fort Myers, Naples, and Estero. The company is known as a nationwide provider of injection and infusion therapy focused on treating patients with complex chronic...
Koneksa Raises $45M Series C Financing to Accelerate Expansion of Digital Biomarker Platform
Digital biomarker design and validation company Koneksa recently announced that it had completed a Series C funding round in which it raised $45 million. The funding round was led by AyurMaya, with Velosity Capital and Takeda Ventures participating as well. Existing investors McKesson Ventures, Waterline Ventures,...
Reimagine Care Secures $25 Million in Series A Funding to Drive Commercialization of Home-Centered, Value-Based Cancer Care
Technology-enabled service provider Reimagine Care is a leader in promoting support for oncologists by delivering valuable, home-centered cancer care. It recently announced that a $25 million capital raise has been completed. Led by LRVHealth, Santé Ventures, and Martin Ventures, the funding will be utilized to...
Hims & Hers and Walmart Collaborate To Expand Availability Of Hair Care Offerings To 1,400+ Stores Nationwide and Online
Personal telehealth company Hims & Hers recently announced an expansion to its multi-specialty platform: it has partnered with Walmart to make its products available in certain stores across the country and on the Walmart website. Hims & Hers Chief Operating Officer Melissa Baird shared enthusiasm about the...
M2GEN Expands Leadership Team, Appointing Daniel Elgorth, Ph.D. as Chief Data and Analytics Officer and May Yoon as Chief People Officer
Bioinformatics company M2GEN is known for its constant push to further oncology research discoveries through analytics and data. It recently announced an expansion of its executive team, appointing two new members: May Yoon has joined as chief people officer and Daniel Elgort, Ph.D., has been appointed chief data and...
MVP Health Care and Galileo Launch First Virtual Primary and Specialty Care Solution for Medicaid Members in New York
Galileo and MVP Health Care recently announced a partnership with a goal of giving MVP Medicaid members in New York primary and specialty care that is virtual and all-inclusive. This partnership is unlike any previous health care offering because of the two companies’ ability to provide digital healthcare access to...
Atlantic Health System Takes Consumer Convenience to the Next Level with Online Scheduling from Kyruus
Health system scheduling solution and provider search platform developer Kyruus recently announced that New Jersey-based Atlantic Health System has increased its use of the Kyruus ProviderMatch® platform. Within the first five months of the system going live Atlantic Health has seen thousands of appointments booked...
State of Minnesota Selects Truveris to Help Optimize Its Pharmacy Benefits Program
Program performance and pharmacy cost containment manager Truveris recently announced that the company has been selected as the exclusive oversight and procurement partner for the State of Minnesota. Together they will conduct a full reverse-auction process to guarantee the state’s pharmacy benefit needs are given...
Aetion Acquires Synthetic Data Trailblazer Replica Analytics
Regulatory-grade real-world evidence technology provider Aetion recently announced its acquisition of Replica Analytics. Replica Analytics is well known for creating synthetic health data through artificial intelligence programs. Replica will be able to help Aetion through its ability to preserve the utility of...
Other News
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...
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...
Kyruus targets medical group market with acquisition of Epion Health
Kyruus is acquiring patient engagement platform Epion Health. The two companies will reach more than 500 health systems and medical groups, giving them access to provider search, patient check-in, payment collection, scheduling, and more. “Epion Health is a trusted...
Matternet M2 first delivery drone to receive FAA design safety approval
Matternet’s M2 drone delivery system has achieved type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. This is the first time the FAA has approved the design of a drone specifically for package delivery. Until this point, all other drones that have...
Investor in Action: 5 Questions for Andrew Dudum of Hims & Hers
Wharton’s Global Youth program allows high school students to meet Wharton School graduates working in a variety of industries. Recently, Wharton Global Youth student Marissa Sawicki was able to have a chat with Hims & Hers Founder and CEO Andrew Dudum (Wharton...