Neurophet sets up China JV
Medical imaging AI company Neurophet from South Korea has established a joint venture in China.
It recently signed an exclusive deal with LADO, one of the leading medical software providers in China, to market its AI-based software for quantifying levels of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in PET images.
The deal, which also establishes a joint venture with LADO, aims...
Qure.ai nets $65M for foundational AI
Qure.ai has raised $65 million in a Series D funding round led by Lightspeed and 360 ONE Asset.
The company said it will use its fresh funds to invest more in foundational AI models, as well as acquire complementary startups in medical technology. It will also be used to accelerate its expansion in the United States and other markets.
Early this year, the...
Huawei has announced the launch of its new health monitoring system for its wearable products.
In an event in China, the Chinese IT giant said that the TruSense system offers "comprehensive and accurate" monitoring capabilities, measuring over 60 health and fitness indicators.
It runs on a proprietary algorithm that can assess these indicators, including emotional well-being and stress levels...
Latest Zepp OS runs on ChatGPT-4o
China-based connected health technology firm Zepp Health has released the newest version of its smartwatch operating system, Zepp OS, which now runs on OpenAI's latest GPT model.
Integrated with ChatGPT-4o, Zepp OS introduces an upgraded Zepp Flow voice assistant, which allows users to control their devices through voice commands without using specific keywords...
Alyve Health to enhance AI with $6M Series A funding
Alyve Health, an Indian startup offering personalised digital health plans for corporates, has raked in $5.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Axilor Ventures. The round was also participated by 1Crowd Fund, InHealth Ventures, and Trifecta Capital.
Founded in 2020, the startup offers tailored comprehensive health plans, ranging from...
Hong Kong-based Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), one of China's national research institutes, has developed a large language model-based chatbot to assist doctors in making medical diagnoses and treatments.
HOW IT WORKS
The chatbot, CARES Copilot 1.0, is built based on Meta's Llama 2 LLM. Trained using 100 GPUs from Huawei and...
Jolly Good developing CBT VR for Apple Vision Pro
Japanese medical VR provider Jolly Good has announced that it is developing a virtual reality-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) programme for the spatial computer Apple Vision Pro.
The CBT VR on the Apple Vision Pro is intended to complement chronic pain treatment using opioids or serve as an alternative non-drug therapy. Similar VR-based...
Nesa obtains US FDA 510(k) for fibroid mapping tech
Indian femtech Nesa Medtech has received the United States Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its fibroid mapping tool.
Its Fibroid Mapping Reviewer Application assists in the diagnosis and planning of interventional procedures for patients with uterine fibroids. It generates a 3D model of the uterus from ultrasound images where...
Digital dentistry solutions provider Chamlion scores $34M in Series B funding
Chamlion, a Chinese company focused on dentistry digitalisation, has obtained 236 million yuan ($34.3 million) in a Series B funding round led by 3H Health. The round was also participated by Vertex Ventures China and Zhencheng Capital.
The company is building an end-to-end digital service platform for dentistry. It...
Latest research finds major shifts in investment strategies in Asia-Pacific vis-a-vis the global digital health scene.
Digital health-focused market intelligence provider Galen Growth and PR firm FINN Partners shared some findings from their upcoming report on digital health venture capital funding trends in the region, drawing inputs from 250 million data points and more than 14,000 digital...
