Glooko, the maker of a digital platform for managing diabetes and other chronic diseases, has secured $100 million in Series F funding and announced Mike Alvarez as the company's newly appointed CEO.
Georgian led the round with participation from Canaan, Health Catalyst Capital, and other investors and business partners.
Alvarez formerly held the CEO role at Qardio, a remote patient monitoring...
The Tandem Diabetes Care t:slim X2 Insulin Pump, which is compatible with glucose monitoring specialist Dexcom's G7 and G6 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems, has been cleared for sale by Health Canada, the department within the government of Canada responsible for national health policy.
t:slim, which holds up to 300 units of insulin, boasts a color touchscreen, a rechargeable battery...
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,...
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...
Taiwan-based digital health startup Health2Sync and French multinational pharmaceutical firm Sanofi have signed another partnership to bring digital solutions for insulin management to Japan.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
According to a press statement, both companies will jointly develop digitised features on insulin in Japan, including connected caps for insulin and titration alerts.
Health2Sync has a mobile...
A team-based digital approach to care could be key for treating patients with diabetic kidney disease (DKD), according to results of a new study in JAMA.
Researchers found that patients enrolled in the Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation (JADE) web portal who received a team-based empowered-care program met more of their treatment targets than the participants enrolled in standard of care or a...
Digital diabetes and chronic condition management company Glooko announced Monday it had acquired Berlin-based xbird, maker of AI-based diabetes care tools.
xbird monitors patients' activity with sensors and wearables, using artificial intelligence and machine learning to find potential problems and alert users to take action, like a nudge to check blood glucose levels.
"xbird and Glooko are a...
