Chatter about a possible spinout for Siemens Healthcare (NYSE:SI) ramped up yesterday on a report from "2 people familiar with the plans" who said the German conglomerate is actively investigating a possible sale of its hospital database and IT business.
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BioVentrix raises $12M for heart attack treatment | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — BioVentrix reported a $12.4 million funding round for its Revivent heart failure treatment.
San Ramon, Calif.-based BioVentrix said in an equity filing that the equity round, involving 195 unnamed investors, began Jan. 24 and closed today.
Valeant, hedge fund look to oust Allergan board members | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Valeant Pharmaceuticals and its hedge fund partner, Pershing Square Capital Management, asked Allergan (NYSE:AGN) shareholders today to oust Allergan’s board and replace it with a slate of its own directors.
Digital health startups already raked in $2.3B this year | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Digital health startups in the 1st 7 months of 2014 have already raised more than they did in all of 2013 combined, according to a report from Rock Health.
Health and fitness tech companies have raised $2.3 billion so far this year, compared to $1.97 billion in 2013, a 12-month record at the time. Individual deal sizes also grew 56% to $15.6 million for the 143 companies included in the report.
What can brain scans tell us about baseball? | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Researchers at Colombia University are using a technique to test an old theory that baseball is a mental game as much or more than it’s a physical one.
With the help of the "NeuroScout" system, developed by a postdoctoral research scientist at Colombia’s Laboratory for Intelligent Imaging and Neural Computing, researchers are working in identifying signatures of baseball-playing aptitude that may one day be used to help players better train their minds or scouts pick the strongest players.
Bay State gets $1M for Haemonetics’ layoffs | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Workers displaced by Haemonetics’ (NYSE:HAE) shift overseas will get a little extra relief after federal labor regulators awarded Massachusetts $1 million for retraining services.
Report: Wearable health market to hit $47B by 2019 | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Wearable health and fitness trackers are set to boom over the next 5 years, with an estimated 700 devices to ship worldwide, according to a report from ON World.
The study, based on interviews with consumers, manufacturers, developers and suppliers, suggests that "fashionable devices" with sensing capabilities will create a market worth nearly $50 billion by 2019.
Healthcare’s ‘sloppy’ with security, hacker says | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Tasked with evaluating various hospitals’ digital defenses, security expert and professional hacker Scott Erven found that sensitive networks are rife with vulnerabilities that could leave the entire system exposed.
GPO Premier launches real-time medtech pricing app | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Medical device group purchasing giant Premier Inc. announced the launch of its PremierConnect Price Connect smartphone app, connecting healthcare providers with pricing on thousands of medical devices and supplies in real time.