Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) announced today that it entered into a collaboration with Aetion to integrate its Darwin data platform with the Aetion Evidence platform to try and advance the efficiency of real-world evidence. The collaboration between the two companies will set out to facilitate regulatory-grade studies with deep transparency while opening access to new real-world data, according […]
Digital therapeutics company Jogo Health raises $2 million
Jogo Health (Bridgewater, N.J.) — a startup with a prescription digital therapeutics approach to train the brain to restore muscle function — has raised more than $2 million. The company has raised about $2.1 million of the $2.5 million it sought in the offering, with 26 investors involved, according to a Form D filed with […]
Fresenius Medical Care North America launches connected health platform
Fresenius (NYSE:FMS) recently announced that its Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) business has launched a connected health platform called TheHub. TheHub includes three integrated applications meant to enable people on dialysis, their care teams, and health providers to better collaborate. Fresenius officials see the system enhancing remote monitoring for people on home dialysis. The Trump administration […]
Google to pay more than $2B for Fitbit
Fitbit (NYSE:FIT) today confirmed the rumor of an acquisition by Google parent Alphabet (NSDQ:GOOG), revealing that it accepted a $7.35-per-share cash offer worth about $2.1 billion. “More than 12 years ago, we set an audacious company vision – to make everyone in the world healthier. Today, I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved towards reaching that goal. We […]
Partners Healthcare launches $80m life science funds
Partners HealthCare said yesterday that it launched two new investment funds with $80 million geared toward advancing therapeutics and digital solutions. The Boston-based company said the funds address the lack of funding in pre-clinical life sciences, artificial intelligence and digital technology development. Partners added that the funds can support the development of new drugs and […]
How Medtronic could help change healthcare for the better
Medtronic officials want the world’s largest medtech company to do more than just make medical devices: They want to help manage chronic diseases. Here are thoughts from the VP helping to lead the shift. Medtronic executive Sheri Dodd had a cousin — one of only four — die from Type 2 diabetes complications at the age […]
HHS proposes regulatory changes to promote value-based payment arrangements
UPDATED Oct. 9, 2019, with comments from press briefing in Minneapolis. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today proposed what it’s describing as a modernization of the physician self-referral law in order to promote value-based healthcare. The proposed regulatory changes, which are heading into a 75-day public comment period, say the physician self-referral […]
Livongo jumps on federal employee benefits deal
Livongo Health (NSDQ:LVGO) shares jumped yesterday after the company landed a two-year deal with the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program that could add as much as $30 million a year to its top line. Mountain View, Calif.-based Livongo developed a digital health platform to manage chronic diseases, selecting diabetes as its first target. Yesterday the […]
FDA approves Abbott’s recharge-free spinal cord stimulator
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced today that the FDA has approved its low-dose, recharge-free spinal cord stimulation system with up to 10-year battery life for people in chronic pain. The Proclaim XR neurostimulation system couples low-energy therapy with a low-dosing protocol to provide pain relief and preserve its battery. Abbott said its BurstDR stimulation waveform was designed to […]
Fitbit adds FibriCheck afib detector
Fitbit (NYSE:FIT) and FibriCheck said yesterday that they inked a deal to enable European users to monitor their heart rhythm for irregularities directly from a Fitbit smartwatch. Users in Belgium, Holland, Ireland and the U.K. are affected by the partnership, which combines the CE-marked FibriCheck software with the Fitbit smartwatch technology to check for irregularities such […]
MedTech Innovator announces five finalists in competition
MedTech Innovator last week announced the five finalists for its $500,000 competition. The organization will award more than $500,000 in prizes to the finalists with first place taking $350,000 and the four remaining finalists taking $25,000. Five finalists will have seven minutes to pitch their technologies to a panel of four judges. The audience will […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 58
- Next Page »
MassDevice Network
@MassDevice
LinkedIn
YouTube