Cardinal Health entered into a definitive agreement with GI Alliance (GIA) and Advanced Diabetes Supply Group (ADSG) with the aim of advancing its presence in the multispecialty GI and at-home diabetes spaces.
The company will acquire a majority stake in GIA for $2.8 billion giving it 71% ownership. For its part, GIA will operate as a platform within Cardinal Health's pharmaceutical and specialty...
Fitterfly, an India-based digital therapeutics company, announced it is launching an AI feature dubbed Fitterfly Klik in partnership with Google Cloud, which allows individuals with diabetes to track their meals using computer vision powered by Gemini 1.5 Flash on Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform.
Through Fitterfly Klik, people with diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases can take or upload a...
Researchers from Singapore have recently introduced a mobile application that teaches diabetes patients about diabetic foot ulcers and self foot care.
WHAT IT DOES
Developed in consultation with clinicians from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and National Healthcare Group, the app called WellFeet delivers comprehensive patient education through animations in multiple languages, including English,...
An over-the-counter continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) solution developed by Dexcom called Stelo has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Available without the need for a prescription, the wearable biosensor boasts a battery life of up to two weeks and adheres to the back of the upper arm.
The patch aids in the detection of normal (euglycemic) as well as low or high (...
Singaporean startup Mesh Bio has raised $3.5 million in a Series A funding round led by East Ventures. The round was also participated by Elev8, Seed Capitals, and its other shareholders.
WHAT IT'S FOR
In a statement, the company said it will use its fresh funds to scale the deployment of its solutions, particularly its flagship digital twin offering, across Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
The...
Pharma giant Lilly announced the launch of a digital health experience dubbed LillyDirect, which offers patients with diabetes, obesity and migraines access to healthcare providers, educational information and a digital pharmacy for select Lilly medicines.
The platform includes LillyDirect Pharmacy Solutions, which allows patients to order Lilly's drugs via a third-party online pharmacy...
Kakao Healthcare, the digital healthcare business of South Korean internet company Kakao Corporation, has partnered with Novo Nordisk to further develop its diabetes management service powered by mobile and AI technologies.
The two organisations recently signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a smart healthcare service to support patients with diabetes. According to a press release, Kakao...
The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved the first locally-developed continuous glucose monitoring device.
The CareSens Air, developed by blood glucose device maker i-SENS, is touted to be the smallest and lightest CGM device available in South Korea. It can also be used for 15 days straight and features a calibration mechanism to make readings more reliable.
Following this...
The digital healthcare business of South Korean internet company Kakao Corporation has entered into a collaboration agreement with Dexcom to set up a global digital diabetes management service.
According to a press statement, the deal combines Kakao Healthcare's capabilities in AI and software technology with Dexcom's continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices, Dexcom G6 and G7, which the...
A team of researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and California-based medical research institute Sanford Burnham Prebys has come up with a new computational model to predict whether a patient with Type 2 diabetes will develop kidney disease.
The said model, according to a press statement, measures markers of DNA methylation – a process that occurs when subtle changes accumulate in...
