The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the Digital transformation handbook for primary health care, a roadmap to help countries digitize their health information to improve how health services are delivered.
The 98-page roadmap was codeveloped through years of collaboration with the Human Reproduction Program and the Department of Digital Health and Innovation.
It was written with the...
Health Catalyst, a U.S.-based provider of healthcare data and analytics for care organizations, signed a definitive agreement to acquire all equity interests of cybersecurity provider Intraprise Health for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $43 million.
Intraprise offers an end-to-end cybersecurity risk management and services platform, while Health Catalyst's healthcare data and...
Therapeutic extended reality platform XRHealth announced it acquired cognitive training VR platform NeuroReality and its assets, including its main product, Koji's Quest.
Boston-based XRHealth offers a catalog of immersive medical extended reality (XR) experiences focused on the physical and cognitive space, including symptom management, meditation exercises, upper extremity rehabilitation,...
AI startup Research Grid, which helps medical research institutions automate administrative tasks for clinical trials, announced it raised $6.5 million in seed funding.
Fuel Ventures led the round with participation from Ada Ventures, Arve Capital, Arāya Ventures, Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab, Plug and Play Ventures, Atomico Angels and Ascension Ventures.
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Research Grid is...
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers Health reported a 77% year-over-year increase in revenue from $226.7 million in the third quarter of 2023 to $401.6 million in Q3 2024.
The San Francisco-based company reported a net income for the third quarter of $75.6 million compared to a net loss of $7.6 million in the same period last year. It attributes the net income in Q3 to a $60....
Recovery.com, a marketplace-style platform for patients and mental health professionals, has garnered $5 million in funding from Jason Krantz, the founder and executive chairman of data analytics company Definitive Healthcare.
The recent funding brings Krantz's total investment in the company to $15 million. He will join Recovery.com's board of directors.
"Recovery.com is a company I cofounded...
Global clinical-stage biotech company HuidaGene Therapeutics has received FDA clearance to move forward with its application for its investigational drug, a CRISPR/Cas13 RNA-editing therapy to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), dubbed HG202, developed using machine learning and AI.
The company used its HG-PRECISE platform (HuidaGene – Platform for Rational Engineering of...
Movano Health, maker of the Evie Ring, says an internal investigation into apparent manipulation of its common shares following shareholder approval of a 1-for-15 reverse stock split revealed a large number of single share transactions were executed in an attempt to take advantage of the reverse split shares at the beneficial owner level.
The company said the large number of single share...
Health-tracking ring maker Oura announced it has agreed to acquire data company Sparta Science, which offers a platform that collects and analyzes health and performance information.
Oura will leverage Sparta Science’s Trinsic data platform to expand its B2B offerings. The company says the acquisition will enhance its Oura Teams platform to serve enterprise, healthcare and government customers. ...
Wearables-company Movano Health, maker of the Evie Ring, announced it has opened an investigation into apparent manipulation in trading of its common shares a week after an SEC filing shows shareholders approved a 1-for-15 reverse stock split.
"It has come to our attention that several small cap stocks have suffered similar manipulation in recent weeks following their respective reverse stock...
