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By  Anthony Vecchione 09:56 am September 20, 2024
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC), a chemical and life sciences technology firm, is partnering with Alerje, an emergency medicine and food allergy management company, to transform allergy diagnosis and treatment worldwide. The alliance aims to create an all-inclusive, personalized allergy care strategy with better patient outcomes and quality of life. Key elements of the partnership include a...
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By  Jessica Hagen 08:41 am September 20, 2024
Midlife women’s health clinic Midi Health announced it has added a group of female investors to its oversubscribed $63 million Series B round via a $5 million Special Purpose Vehicle.  New investors include actors and producers Amy Schumer and Connie Britton, soccer star Brandi Chastain, fashion designer/entrepreneur Tory Burch, Phenomenal Media’s Meena Harris, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners...
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By  Jessica Hagen 08:10 am September 20, 2024
LG NOVA announced the launch of the Partner Alliance Program, a new endeavor to further innovation through cross-sector collaboration among industries to cocreate ventures and help startups scale. The program, spearheaded by LG NOVA, LG Electronics North America Innovation Center, will focus on bringing together organizations to work with LG NOVA and its startup ecosystem to explore new concepts...
Healthcare professionals reviewing and discussing clinical data
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:07 pm September 19, 2024
Healthcare technology and enablement company Fabric announced it has acquired virtual care provider TeamHealth VirtualCare, a virtual care provider that is part of physician practice group TeamHealth.  Fabric is a care-enablement company that uses conversational AI to help identify patients' symptoms, then navigate them to the ideal care setting, such as urgent or virtual care and helping...
Blind person standing on a train station platform
By  Jessica Hagen 11:41 am September 19, 2024
Elon Musk's brain-computer interface implant startup Neuralink has received FDA breakthrough device designation for Blindsight, an implant that aims to restore vision in individuals who are blind. Blindsight implants a microelectrode array into the visual cortex of a person’s brain. The array then activates neurons, which then provide the individual with a visual image. According to Musk, the...
Health care clinician consulting with staff
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:03 pm September 18, 2024
Amino Health, a healthcare navigation platform, and Motive Practicing Wisely Solutions, a provider of analytics solutions for the healthcare industry, unveiled this week Amino Motivate, an accountable care organization (ACO) optimization solution that integrates data-driven physician performance analytics and consulting services. The aim of Amino Motivate is to provide detailed analysis that...
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By  Jessica Hagen 08:54 am September 18, 2024
Venture capital firm General Catalyst announced the formation of the General Catalyst Institute, an organization that will work with governments and public policy leaders globally to facilitate the adoption of new technologies to create global resilience. "We believe humanity is entering an era where instability will be the new normal. This will manifest itself acutely in our supply chains,...
SmartRobin AI interface
By  Adam Ang 08:28 pm September 17, 2024
About a million possible cases of atrial fibrillation, a known risk for stroke, go undetected in Japan. A local startup is introducing an innovative AI targeting this growing danger. Founded in 2019, Cardio Intelligence develops a range of AI-powered solutions for continuous heart monitoring called SmartRobin AI.  The SmartRobin AI series is based on "explainable AI," which processes a huge...
A doctor on the phone with a patient while checking their medical record on a laptop computer
By  Adam Ang 06:47 pm September 17, 2024
After opening up its specialty database to researchers globally, the Australian not-for-profit organisation Crohn’s Colitis Cure is now working to reach more people by developing and implementing a mobile application for individuals dealing with inflammatory bowel disease.  Early this year, CCCure launched subscription-based access to its IBD database – said to be one of the largest in the world...
Dr. Jenna Glover, chief clinical officer at Headspace
By  Jessica Hagen 02:51 pm September 17, 2024
Digital mental health company Headspace announced last month that it was partnering with Spring Fertility, a network of fertility clinics, to create “Support For Your Fertility Journey,” content collection features that provide guided meditations and mindfulness exercises to individuals navigating the fertility journey as well as audio conversations and a docu-style video series.  Dr. Jenna...