IQVIA, a global provider of advanced analytics, clinical research services and technology solutions, announced it has expanded its partnership with tech company Salesforce to help expand its customer-engagement platform for the life sciences industry.
The companies will utilize IQVIA's Orchestrated Customer Engagement Platform, including its data and analytics, and Salesforce's CRM to develop...
French startup Bioptimus, which aims to create an AI foundation model for biology to drive research and innovation, announced its launch with $35 million in seed funding.
Sofinnova Partners led the round, with support from Bpifrance Large Venture, Frst and multistage VC Cathay Innovation.
Hummingbird, Headline, Owkin, NJF Capital, Top Harvest Capital, and tech entrepreneur Xavier Niel also...
Holmusk signs tech use with US-based mental healthcare provider
US-based Metrocare Services has signed an agreement with Holmusk, a behavioural health tech provider from Singapore, to use its real-world data platform in enhancing mental health care.
Metrocare is a leading provider of mental health and developmental disability services in Texas.
The deal is for the use of NeuroBlu, a data...
PharmStars, a digital health accelerator focused on forging relationships between digital health companies and the life science world, has announced the culmination of its first 10-week program focused on clinical trial innovation.
Founded by digital health vet Naomi Fried and pharmaceutical exec Laura Gunn in 2021, the program is focused on educating health tech companies and pharma on working...
A total of nine companies have been accepted into Bayer’s Digital Health Partnership Program, as annouced on the EU Startups website recently.
In 2021, the pharmaceutical company was specifically looking for young companies with expertise in the focus areas of mental health, cardiometabolic and reneal diseases, radiology and women’s health across Europe.
WHAT’S THE IMPACT
The finalists were...
Flipkart to enter healthcare space via SastaSundar acquisition
One of India's leading e-commerce platforms, Flipkart, has signed definitive agreements to buy a majority stake at online pharmacy startup SastaSundar.
The Kolkota-based startup works with over 490 pharmacies to deliver healthcare products across the country. It also uses AI and data analytics to offer counselling services via its...
Indian wellness startup K&L Wellness Technology scores $4M in seed funding
K&L Wellness Technology, a health technology startup in India, has bagged Rs 30 crore ($4 million) from angel investors to launch its wellness app.
According to a news report, the company seeks to redefine wellness through science-based personalised solutions.
K&L Wellness, also known as RESET Tech, provides...
Lithuanian data science startup Turing College has been selected for the W21 batch of the Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley accelerator programme.
Turing College is a data science and AI edtech startup that enables students to learn at their own pace on a peer-driven remote learning platform. With demand for data scientists ballooning, the Vilnius-based company hopes to solve recruitment issues by...
The UCL Technology Fund (UCLTF) has announced first close of a £100 million target Fund 2, to take academic research all the way from proof of concept to commercialisation.
The new fund, which is managed by AlbionVC in collaboration with UCL Business Ltd (UCLB), will support University College London (UCL) in achieving the full potential of innovations that have prospects for outstanding societal...
Munich-based venture capital firm Wellington Partners has closed its largest life sciences fund to date, at €210m, it was announced last week.
German insurance company Talanx, KfW Capital, a subsidiary of KfW Group bringing together 20 VC experts, and the University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Company participated in the fund, along with the European Investment Fund and European Investment...
