DarioHealth announced that it will acquire digital health company PsyInnovations for up to $30 million. PsyInnovations develops the wayForward behavioral digital health platform with AI-enabled screening to triage and navigate members to specific interventions, digital cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), self-directed care, coaching and access to in-person and telehealth provider visits, according to a news release. […]
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Google set to launch its first medical device
Google has unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered tool designed to identify dermatologic issues. In a news release, the technology giant cited billions of yearly Google searches related skin, nail and hair issues as a reason for developing the technology. The company plans to launch the web-based application as a pilot later on this year. Once they […]
Cue Health raises $235M to support its over-the-counter, home-use diagnostics
Healthcare technology company Cue Health announced that it closed a private financing round worth $235 million. Existing investors Johnson & Johnson Innovation — JJDC, Decheng Capital, CAVU Ventures, ACME Capital and more contributed to the financing, as did new investors Perceptive Advisors, MSD Capital and Koch Strategic Platforms, according to a news release. Morgan Stanley […]
FDA warns about consumer electronics and implanted devices
The FDA is advising the public that certain consumer devices have high-field strength-magnets that can send medical devices into “magnet mode.” Magnets of this nature can affect the normal operations of implanted medical devices until the magnetic field is moved, according to the FDA news release. Get the full story at our sister site, Medical […]
How PhysIQ is advancing digital therapeutics through its partnership with Janssen
A partnership with J&J’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals is helping PhysIQ advance with its device-agnostic clinical data collection and analysis platform. Over the course of the last year and some change, the impact of digital health and the need for it has increased by an immeasurable amount. Virtual care became the norm after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, […]
Avenda Health wins FDA breakthrough nod for AI-based prostate cancer treatment
Avenda Health announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its AI-based male “lumpectomy” product. Santa Monica. Calif.-based Avenda designed its lumpectomy product to treat prostate cancer in-office while preserving the quality of life through AI and minimally invasive technologies, according to a news release. The Avenda Health focal therapy system spares healthy […]
Most pharma executives see digital drug delivery as important, Molex says
A survey conducted by Molex and its Phillips-Medisize medical device delivery division highlights the importance of digitized drug delivery. Lisle, Ill.-based Molex and Phillips-Medisize commissioned Dimensional Research to poll 215 qualified pharmaceutical professionals who are stakeholders in a range of digital drug delivery devices, according to a news release. Get the full story at our sister site, […]
Alife raises $9.5M seed financing
Alife Health announced today that it raised $9.5 million in seed financing for its technology designed to improve fertility care. San Francisco-based Alife’s AI-based technology aims to offer personalized treatment recommendations to help clinicians improve a patient’s chances of success with in vitro fertilization (IVF) with lower costs and fewer accessibility barriers, according to a […]
Apple Watch may someday detect blood sugar, blood pressure levels
Rockley Photonics indicated in an SEC filing that it may work with Apple in the future to introduce new monitoring functions to the Apple Watch. The Telegraph first reported on the filing, which indicated that the company’s operating financial results will depend on revenue that is attributable to a few of its large customers, including […]
DTW Podcast: Can Proximie bring safer surgery to the wider world?
In this week’s podcast, senior executives from Getinge and Proximie – two very different sized companies – explain how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated their business. In the opening keynote conversation, Eric Honroth, president, Getinge North America, explained how the company more than doubled its production of ventilators in 2020. He also discusses recent FDA clearances […]
Timberlake appointed as Berkshire Biomedical CEO
Berkshire Biomedical announced today that it appointed John E. Timberlake as its new president and CEO. Dallas-based Berkshire Biomedical, which develops a virtual care prescription drug delivery and management system, also added Timberlake to its advisory board, according to a news release. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.