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| May 18, 2023 | An Insider View Of MedTech Software Development Trends For 2023 | Andrei Kasyanau, cofounder and CEO at Glorium Technologies. Startup advisor and an expert in health and real estate tech. |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Current Trends In Stress Reduction: Tech And Strategies To Watch | Rachel Yarcony is the CEO and Founder of myAir Smart Wellness, a stress management platform of personalised smart-food and insights. |
| Nov 2, 2022 | Cresilon Closes $25 Million Series A for Biotech Hemostatic Gel That Works Instantly | 3 Mins Read Brooklyn-based Cresilon has developed an innovative hemostatic gel for wound treatment in animals. With its $25 million Series A funding, the company is working to bring the life-saving tech to humans.
Cresilon’s plant-based gel... |
| Dec 22, 2021 | SOFTWARE AS A MEDICAL DEVICE (SaMD) Часть 3: сертифицированные MedTech стартапы на основе искусственного интеллекта (AI) | SOFTWARE AS A MEDICAL DEVICE (SaMD) Часть 3: сертифицированные MedTech стартапы на основе искусственного интеллекта (AI) |
| Dec 22, 2021 | SOFTWARE AS A MEDICAL DEVICE (SaMD) Part 3: Certified AI-based MedTech Startups | SOFTWARE AS A MEDICAL DEVICE (SaMD) Part 3: Certified AI-based MedTech Startups |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Houston Exponential hires new exec to promote inclusive innovation | Houston's considered one of the most diverse cities in the country, and Houston Exponential is focused on building an innovation ecosystem that's reflective of that.
The nonprofit organization announced a new hire that will lead this initia... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Overheard: Energy transition experts weigh in at Houston climatetech conference | This week, world leaders are discussing climate change and the future of our planet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, but local leaders were also discussing much closer to home.
Greentown Labs hosted its ... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Hardworking Houston suburb tops list of biggest boomtowns in Texas | The Houston suburb of Conroe has come a long way since Civil War veteran Isaac Conroe planted roots there in October 1881 with the purchase of a tract of land and the establishment of a sawmill.
Fast forward 140 years, and Conroe now reigns... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, , and more.
3 Houston innovators to know... |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Houston expert explains health care's inequity problem | We are currently in the midst of what some have called the "wild west" of AI. Though healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated sectors, the regulation of AI in this space is still in its infancy. The rules are being written ... |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Nuro scores $600M, Houston e-commerce startup launches ESG tool, and more local innovation news | The Houston innovation ecosystem has been bursting at the seams with news from innovative tech companies and disruptive Houston startups as we fly through the final quarter of 2021.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation... |
| Nov 3, 2021 | An introduction to biosimilars: Medications that drive competition, lower costs and increase accessibility | An introduction to biosimilars: Medications that drive competition, lower costs and increase accessibility
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Biologics are the fastest growing class of drugs in the U.S.; they bring innovative, life-changing treatments to patients ... |
| Nov 1, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health tech to clean energy — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Carolyn Rodz, CEO and... |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a new partnership between The Ion and Ca... |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Houston university's MBA program claims coveted top spot of annual ranking | Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business has raked in yet another top spot on an annual list of top MBA programs.
A new ranking from Poets & Quants, which covers news about business schools, puts Rice at No. 3 among the world... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Greentown Labs hires former Houston sustainability exec | The country's largest climatetech startup incubator has made a strategic new hire.
Lara Cottingham is the new chief of staff for Greentown Labs, a Boston-area company that opened in Houston earlier this year. Cottingham previously served as... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Renewables are Houston's next chapter, says this expert | Houston has long been known as an innovative city — from medicine to technology to creative cuisines (see Viet-Cajun). I am always proud to see how cultures, education, and change come together to build the fabric of our city. As we look fo... |
| Oct 14, 2021 | PainReform : Investor Presentation – July 2021 | Investor Presentation
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| Sep 29, 2021 | Deloitte launches first-of-its-kind clean energy lab in Houston | Houston will become home to professional services giant Deloitte's largest and most technologically advanced immersive, interactive innovation hub dubbed the Deloitte Greenhouse, Powered by Energy & Industrials.
Co-located with the comp... |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Research: 5 mistakes Houston entrepreneurs should be making | We all have heard "you learn from your mistakes," so, why do a lot of startup blogs warn entrepreneurs of the mistakes they shouldn't make when starting a business, but not very many tell them what mistakes they should be making? ... |
| Sep 28, 2021 | High-tech virtual reality experience blasts into the Space City | From the earliest days of our circling the planet in a tiny NASA capsule — to Elon Musk's SpaceX current commercial journeys — Houston and space travel will be forever and inexorably linked.
Fitting, then, that an unprecedented new immersiv... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | University of Houston scores national award for championing diversity | Fresh off news of a new free health clinic for the homeless, the University of Houston is once again making headlines for its commitment to empowering the community. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has announced UH and the University of Hou... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | Real estate giant to open another downtown Houston coworking hub | A new downtown Houston skyscraper that's on the rise and expected to be completed by the end of the year will offer flexible office space.
Texas Tower will feature The Square, Hines' flexible office product, the international real estate fi... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Rice University rises with massive $100M gift for innovative new student center | Rice University's Owls are soaring of late, with the school just being named the top in Texas and No. 7 in the U.S. Now, the institution known as the "Ivy League of the South" is the recipient of a mammoth gift aimed at a game-cha... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | City launches public dashboard for tracking COVID-19 in Houston's wastewater | In 2020, a group of researchers began testing Houston's wastewater to collect data to help identify trends at the community level. Now, the team's work has been rounded up to use as an online resource.
The Houston Health Department and Rice... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | Photos: InnovationMap shares scenes from its inaugural awards celebration | Last week, the inaugural InnovationMap Awards presented by Techwave honored 28 companies across eight categories.
The hybrid event, which took place on September 8, was hosted at The Cannon West Houston as well as streamed online. The in-pe... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | University of Houston prescribes homeless relief with new free clinic | Houston is no stranger to the plague of homelessness and now, a major university has a prescription for some relief.
The University of Houston College of Nursing will open its new Nursing Health Clinic in Midtown on September 13, the school... |
| Sep 10, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap overwhelmingly included coverage of the inaigural InnovationMap Award... |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Rice University named one of the greatest schools in U.S. in prestigious new report | Just mere weeks after being named the No. 7 university in the nation, a local hall of higher learning has just landed on yet another prestigious list.
Rice University has scored high marks in the Princeton Review's annual survey on the nati... |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Watch the InnovationMap Awards livestream honoring Houston tech and innovation | Who are Houston's rising stars across energy transition, sports tech, health, and more? Watch the livestream to find out. Click play on the video above, or join the conversation on YouTube by clicking here.
We are also honoring our 2021 Tra... |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Altoida Unveils New Brand Identity with Reimagined Logo and Website | Our new identity demonstrates our commitment to innovating in Precision Neurology, adapting to the needs of our global customers, and operating with data as our guide.
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Altoida, Inc., the world’s leading... |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events in September | This month, Houstonians have yet another good batch of in-person and online innovation events, including the inaugural InnovationMap Awards, and you and your tech network need to know about them.
Here's a roundup of virtual events not to mi... |
| Aug 31, 2021 | Houston expert: Corporations can help level the playing field for BIPOC-owned businesses | There were times when I wasn't sure what to do next.
When I started Connect the Dots PR in 2012, I wrote out detailed business plans, saved startup dollars, and leaned heavily on people in the PR industry to guide me in terms of pricing and... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Houston health tech company raises $7.85M series A led by local VC | A Houston-based health tech company has scored fresh funds from a Houston venture group to fuel its growth and to expand nationally.
KARE Technologies, a digital labor marketplace for health care workers, raised a $7.85 million series A inv... |
| Aug 19, 2021 | Houston e-commerce company ranks as one of fastest-growing business in Texas, says Inc. | A Houston-based company is among the 100 fastest growing businesses in the nation.
Homestead Brands, an e-commerce business comprised of the Lori Wall Beds and Organic Swings brands, grew 3,916 percent from 2017 to 2020, according to the ne... |
| Aug 19, 2021 | InnovationMap names inaugural Trailblazer Award recipient | The inaugural InnovationMap Awards event, which is about three weeks away, was created to honor the best of Houston innovation. The Trailblazer Award in particular was established to honor a Houston innovation leader and advocate who's maki... |
| Aug 17, 2021 | Annual report ranks Houston university as the best in Texas | There's something to be said for consistency. In a new report card from Niche.com, Rice University retains its No. 7 ranking among the best colleges in the U.S. and its No. 1 ranking among the best colleges in Texas.
Niche.com, which helps ... |
| Aug 17, 2021 | Impact-driven Houston fintech startup officially launches after successful beta | Today is National Nonprofit Day, and there are a lot of ways to celebrate it — sign up to volunteer, donate to your favorite organization, and more. But Andrea Young is celebrating by officially launching her fintech startup.
After going th... |
| Aug 5, 2021 | Altoida Awarded FDA Breakthrough Designation for Development of World’s First Precision Neurology Device for Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease | Logo “This significant milestone enables Altoida to pioneer a new generation of precision neurology devices which leverage artificial intelligence for prediction of neurodegenerative disorders before onset, rather than rely on analysis of s... |
| Aug 5, 2021 | Houston research: Innovating a way out of corporate scandal | When scandal tears through an institution, it can hurt innocents in the same field. But even the darkest scandal can sometimes benefit a similar organization — if, that is, the public sees it as far more ethical, says Rice Business profess... |
| Aug 5, 2021 | Impact-driven Houston fintech startup emerges to streamline international remittance | Africans living abroad send over $40 billion back to their home country annually — yet the process continues to be expensive, fraud-ridden, and complicated. A new Houston-area startup has a solution.
AiDEMONEY, based in Katy, has launched a... |
| Aug 5, 2021 | New Pearland healthcare training center will raise the bar for nursing in Houston | As if those in the healthcare field needed another reason to relocate to Pearland: the HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement opened its doors on July 27.
Located at the Pearland Town Center at 11200 Broadway St., building 200, the ... |
| Aug 3, 2021 | Expert: How to ensure your tech is ready for a hurricane in Houston | Houstonians are no strangers to hurricanes. We've already seen some activity this summer, and we still have a few months to go. Although we can't prevent every negative situation when it comes to weather, AT&T has picked up a few tried ... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | 10 can't-miss Houston business and innovation events in August | This month, Houstonians have yet another good batch of in-person and online innovation events — from Zoom panels to conferences — and you and your tech network need to know about them.
Here's a roundup of virtual events not to miss this mon... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | Rice University bioengineers create insulin-producing medical device | A team of bioengineers at Houston's own Rice University have created an implant that can produce insulin for Type 1 diabetics. The device is being created by using 3D printing and smart biomaterials.
Omid Veiseh, an assistant professor of b... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from energy to health care — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Will Womble, CEO of Umbrage... |
| Jul 29, 2021 | Exo secures $200M toward commercializing ultrasound device | Exo, pronounced “echo,” raised a fresh cash infusion of $220 million in Series C financing aimed at commercializing its handheld ultrasound device and point-of-care workflow platform, Exo Works.
The round was led by RA Capital Management, w... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | At 9.35% CAGR, Digital PCR Market Size to hit USD 955.1 Mn by 2027, says Brandessence Market Research
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| Jul 6, 2021 | Companies in Smart Healthcare Products Market Collaborate with Health Stakeholders to Reduce Burden of Chronic Diseases, Global Valuation to Expand at 8.8% from 2019 to 2027: TMR | |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Patent Expiry of Branded Oncology Products in Gemcitabine HCL Market Turn into Copious Revenues for Generic Players, Collaborations to Enrich Value Chain, TMR | |
| Jun 18, 2021 | INNOVATION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Innovation Pharma Announces New Brilacidin Antiviral Research on Non-SARS-CoV-2 Endemic Viral Diseases to be Presented at the 2021 Military Health System Research Symposium | Presentation to be part of the “Development of New Front Line Therapies to Prevent and Treat Non-SARS-CoV-2 Endemic Viral Diseases” Breakout Session
WAKEFIELD, Mass., June 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innovation Pharmaceuticals (OTCQB:IPIX)... |
| May 27, 2021 | INNOVATION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Patient Enrollment Reaches 90 Percent in Innovation Pharmaceuticals Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Brilacidin for COVID-19 | WAKEFIELD, Mass., May 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innovation Pharmaceuticals (OTCQB:IPIX) (“the Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announces that patient enrollment in the Company’s 120-patient, Phase 2 clinical t... |
| May 3, 2021 | BioVaxys And BioElpida Sign Definitive Exclusive Agreement To Begin Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Bioproduction | |
| May 3, 2021 | BioVaxys And BioElpida Sign Definitive Exclusive Agreement To Begin Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Bioproduction | VANCOUVER, BC, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BioVaxys Technology Corp. (CSE: BIOV) (CSE: BIOV.CN) (FRA: 5LB) (OTC: BVAXF) ("BioVaxys" or "Company") announced today that it has signed the definitive exclusive bioproduction ... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | At 9% CAGR, Flow Cytometry Market is Anticipated to reach USD 10.57 Billion by 2026 | Analysis by Current Trends, Statistics Growth, Covid-19 Impact | Brandessence Market Research
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| Apr 20, 2021 | Biovaxys And The World Ovarian Cancer Coalition Join Forces For May 8th, World Ovarian Cancer Day
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| Apr 20, 2021 | Global Hospital Information System Market worth $ 48.35 Billion by 2027 At 12.65% CAGR Rate, Says Brandessence Market Research
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| Apr 7, 2021 | INNOVATION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Innovation Pharma Announces Brilacidin Abstract Accepted for Oral Presentation at the American Society for Virology's Annual Meeting | Growing body of in vitro data support Brilacidin’s potential as a broad-spectrum inhibitor of viruses
Brilacidin is currently undergoing Phase 2 clinical testing against COVID-19 in hospitalized patients
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| Mar 26, 2021 | StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups | This week, Seven Bridges announced the launch of the GRAF™ Population Solution, a set of workflows, services and population-specific graph references to enable large-scale human population studies through more accurate read alignment and va... |
| Feb 18, 2021 | BioVaxys and BioElpida Sign Term Sheet for Clinical Grade BVX-0918A Bio-production | |
| Feb 15, 2021 | Australia and New Zealand Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Market Worth USD 40.4 Million at 10.9% CAGR by 2027 Owing to Rising Geriatric Population | Pune, India, Feb. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Australia and New Zealand prothrombin complex concentrate market size is expected to experience considerable growth by reaching USD 40.4 million by 2027 while exhibiting a CAGR of 10.9% bet... |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Digestive Health Market to Reach USD 71.95 billion and Exhibit a CAGR of 7.9% by 2027; Rising Awareness about Gut Health to Intensify Market, states Fortune Business Insights™ | Pune, India, Feb. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global digestive health market size is expected to reach USD 71.95 billion by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 7.9% during the forecast period. The growing awareness regarding the prominence of d... |
| Jan 12, 2021 | At CAGR of 12.22%, Remote Patient Monitoring Market Size is Expected to Reach USD 2936.38 Million by 2025 says Brandessence Market Research
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| Dec 23, 2020 | Predictions for AI-powered digital healthcare in 2021 | Oncology
Many healthcare practices today, including cancer diagnosis, still rely heavily on manual activities and processes – and even those that do utilize digital technologies use them on an independent basis, not under one integral envir... |
| Oct 28, 2020 | This Startup Wants You To Change How You Measure Blood Pressure | getty |
| Oct 28, 2020 | Why It Is Time To Do Away With The Term Femtech | getty |
| Oct 21, 2020 | IPO Foghorn Therapeutics (FHTX). Разбор компании! | IPO Foghorn Therapeutics (FHTX)
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| Sep 24, 2020 | How The Pandemic Has Prompted A New Look At Sleep Medicine Marketing | VP Digital Marketing at Itamar-Medical | Digital Health Expert | Business Growth Mentor | mHealth Israel | G-CMO |
| Aug 31, 2020 | APTORUM GROUP LIMITED
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| Aug 20, 2020 | Exo raises $40 million to bring high-quality ultrasound to handheld devices | Exo, a medical technology startup developing a portable ultrasound device and accompanying AI-powered cloud platform, has raised $40 million in a round of funding.
Ultrasound is used in hospitals to image soft tissue, with sound waves scann... |
| Aug 20, 2020 | Exo raises $40 million to bring high-quality ultrasound to handheld devices | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Exo, a medical technology startup developing a po... |
| Jul 20, 2020 | AireHealth to Offer Patient History Feature | CEO of AireHealth, Stacie Ruth, shares how the company serves patients with respiratory illnesses with its portable nebulizer and software from BreathResearch (which it recently merged with) that tracks compliance with recommended therapies... |
| Mar 4, 2020 | The fake news ‘chemical imbalance’ narrative of mental health | Negative feelings are healthy because they teach us virtues that medications can't
[Editor's note: Future of Behavioral and Mental Health with BetterHelp, Headspace, Ginger.io, Providence Hospitals, UnitedHealthcare Optum, Khosla Ventures, ... |
| Jan 7, 2020 | Singapore startup Eko.ai raises USD 4 million from Sequoia India, EDBI, others | Singapore-based medtech startup Eko.ai announced that it has raised USD 4 million in a funding round co-led by Sequoia India and Singapore government-linked EDBI. Partech Ventures, SGInnovate, and Startup Health also participated in the rou... |
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| Sep 22, 2018 | Apple and Samsung Appear to be in a Silent Race to Deliver Advanced Sleep Monitoring Health Apps and Accessories
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| Mar 26, 2018 | Butterfly Network has developed a telemedicine consult tool for its ultrasound-on-a-chip | Although the company envisions a variety of users, particularly healthcare professionals in developing countries, rural care is one area where Butterfly’s technology would be particularly useful in which a primary care physician or healthca... |
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| May 2, 2017 | Period-tracking apps get failing grade: They’re not accurate. And they’re way too pink | A new review of the exploding market in period-tracking apps gives the technology a failing grade.
A research team at the University of Washington examined a number of the wildly popular apps — including Clue, Eve, Glow, Period Tracker, and... |
| Oct 17, 2016 | Targeting the untapped market of wearables for elder care | Rahmat Shoureshi Contributor
Rahmat Shoureshi is provost and vice president for academic affairs at New York Institute of Technology.
Today’s 20-something tech wizards might not worry about the challenges of old age — but they should.
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| Oct 11, 2016 | iBeat has Dr. Oz, but what about FDA approval for the startup’s claims? | In an email last week, Albert said he has been asked about iBeat repeatedly since the Life Monitor came out and since Oz announced his involvement. “I just had to tell about ten people today that, ‘No, the watch cannot predict cardiac arres... |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Dissolvable stent could be a boon for treating blocked heart arteries | Treating narrowed or blocked heart arteries has evolved over the past 40 years. This week, the FDA approved the latest step in that evolution — a stent that dissolves away, leaving nothing behind.
Stents are devices that prop open an artery... |
| Jun 21, 2016 | Morning Read: SCOTUS slaps down Big Pharma in upholding patent rule, VC pioneer Morgenthaler dies at 96 | While the case before the Supremes wasn’t about drugs, Big Pharma joined the challenge to the rule brought by the maker of vehicle technology. The generic drug industry and several health insurers backed the government’s case. — STAT
A pion... |
| May 5, 2016 | New robot no substitute for humans in the operating room | Can a robot operate on its own? Yes, says a team from Children’s National Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University. Their Soft Tissue Autonomous Robot stitched together pieces of pig bowel without being guided by a human surgeon.
The new... |
| Apr 8, 2016 | MedDay raises $38.5M to kick off U.S. clinical trials for multiple sclerosis | “The SPI2 study is expected to confirm, in a large North American population, the results of our prior European MS-SPI study and will further advance MedDay in the field of progressive MS worldwide,” CEO Frédéric Sedel said in a statement.
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| Dec 1, 2015 | Thrice-rejected antidepressant, decades in the making, up for FDA review (yet) again | In 2002, the Food and Drug Administration rejected an antidepressant known as gepirone. In 2004, it gave the drug the thumbs-down again. Ditto in 2007.
And yet, an FDA advisory committee will be considering the drug once more on Tuesday, ma... |
| Aug 4, 2015 | Morning Read: FDA approves the first 3D printed drug, OraSure Ebola test gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization | OraSure Technologies said it received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its OraQuick Ebola Rapid Antigen Test. The fingerstick test has not yet been cleared or approved by the FDA.
The emergency auth... |
| Jul 24, 2015 | Morning Read: First malaria vaccine gets green light from European regulators, Anthem seals the $48.4B deal with Cigna | Yesterday’s news tip is today’s official news. Anthem has agreed to acquire Cigna for $48.4 billion. Given that this is the second mega merger proposed by insurance companies after Aetna-Humana, I wonder how busy the merger arbitrageurs wil... |
| Jun 19, 2015 | #BIO2015: What life sciences sectors are ripe for M&A? | “The areas where there’s perhaps more opportunity to get assets on the cheap because there are more of them are antivirals, ophthalmology and GI,” Patel said.
It’s a little odd that antibiotics are at ground zero, given the pressing need fo... |
| Jun 4, 2015 | Medtronic highlights evolving diabetes strategy, Astellas pairs with Swiss biotech in $760M deal (Morning Read) | Japanese drugmaker Astellas and a Swiss biotech startup Anokion are teaming up to launch a joint venture promising up to $760 million with an option to buy the new company. The new venture, Kanyos Bio, will focus on autoimmune disease, usin... |
| Jun 3, 2015 | Teva Pharmaceuticals invests “tens of millions” in telemedicine startup American Well | “Teva is committed to attaining a significant presence in the rapidly growing electronic medicine field, so that it can expand its solutions beyond medication,” Vigodman told Globes. “The investment in American Well is an important mileston... |
| Jun 2, 2015 | 21st-century medicine: Gauss guns, magic bullets, and magnetic millibot surgeons | Sometime around the turn into the 20th century, medical extraordinaire Paul Ehrlich coined the word zauberkugel or “magic bullet” to describe new drugs he was working on to cure syphilis and cancer. In theory, such drugs would leave healthy... |
| Mar 31, 2015 | Mount Sinai researchers collaborate on COPD app with BioTime mHealth subsidiary | In response to emailed questions, LifeMap Solutions CEO Corey Bridges said the goals of the pilot are to develop and tweak a product so that it best fits into physician workflows.
“The pilot program’s goal is to yield the best possible prod... |
| Jan 2, 2015 | Looking ahead: Medical imaging innovation in 2015 | The year 2014 saw tremendous advances in health care, with medical imaging filling gaps in medical knowledge and enhancing patient care. Looking ahead, innovation in imaging technology will continue to improve patient care through even more... |
| Sep 23, 2014 | Alere unveils $3.82B privatization plan | MassDevice.com On Call | MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Diagnostics giant Alere (NYSE:ALR) has seen some major Wall Street action since news broke that former CEO Ron Zwanziger is looking to take the company private in a deal valued at $3.82 billion.
The offer has gotten the... |
| Sep 8, 2014 | Healthcare groups demand more medtech registries | MassDevice.com On Call | MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Some major healthcare industry players are looking to the FDA to provide more robust surveillance of medical devices on the U.S. market.
The group asked the FDA to look over a handful of recommendations for boosting med... |
| Sep 4, 2014 | Hackers turn up the heat on hospitals | MassDevice.com On Call | MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Cyber-attacks on healthcare systems have grown at an "unprecedented" rate over the last year, according to security experts.
Healthcare data systems have long been a security concern, especially because person... |
| Aug 19, 2014 | Sunshine Act follies spark more concern | MassDevice.com On Call | MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Physicians’ groups are up in arms about the looming launch of the a public database of industry-doctor relationships, citing concerns about errors in reporting and security breaches that appear to muddle the program’s c... |
| Aug 11, 2014 | Smiths Medical adds jobs amid expansion in Connecticut | MassDevice.com On Call | MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Smiths Medical is looking to expand its workforce by up to 35 employees as it fills out its expanding facility in Connecticut.
The device maker dedicated $1 million to adding a 20,000 square-foot facility to its existin... |
