The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has launched a medical drone delivery service in partnership with healthcare logistics firm Apian and Alphabet's drone-delivery company Wing to provide on-demand aerial transport of blood samples.
The initial service will run for six months between Guy’s Hospital and the lab at St. Thomas’ Hospital to enable quicker analysis and more timely...
Sidekick Health and Lilly collaborate to support breast cancer patients
Digital therapeutics (DTx) startup Sidekick Health has announced an integrated solution in conjunction with pharma firm Eli Lilly and Company for patients with breast cancer.
Through Sidekick’s platform, patients will be given access to a tailored digital treatment plan to promote behaviour modification and overcome barriers...
Women’s health startup Inne raises $10M
Berlin-based healthtech startup Inne has raised an additional $10 million (€9.3M) in funding led by DSM Venturing.
Borski Fund and Calm Storm Ventures also participated in the round, along with angels Taavet Hinrikus (Wise), Dr Fiona Pathiraja and Rolf Schromgens (Trivago).
Inne will use the investment to continue to develop its mini lab and platform to...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the Sleepio app as an effective alternative to sleeping pills.
In its guidance, NICE states the app, created by digital therapeutics (DTx) firm Big Health, is a safe and effective treatment for people suffering from insomnia.
It adds that the app could save the NHS money and reduce prescriptions of medicines such as...
Free mental health app available to 1 million South Yorkshire NHS users
An emotional wellness app is being offered to over 16s in the UK's South Yorkshire for free, to help manage low moods, reduce stress and improve sleep.
The myStrength app has been commissioned by the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) and is being delivered by Consultant Connect, part of the Teladoc Group.
Users are...
AI tool receives UK regulatory approval to support urgent skin cancer cases
Artificial intelligence (AI) dermatology firm Skin Analytics has received Class IIA status under the UK Medical Device Regulations 2002 for its device, DERM.
DERM uses machine learning to support clinicians in recognising the most common malignant, pre-malignant and benign skin lesions.
James Hamlyn, quality assurance...
Inhealthcare wins NHS Scotland contract for remote patient monitoring
UK digital health firm Inhealthcare has been announced as the successful bidder for an NHS Scotland contract to support the scaling up and mainstreaming of remote monitoring services across Scotland.
Under the three-year contract, the firm will provide the technology to enable citizens to record relevant information in their...
Automata, an automation company helping life sciences innovate, diagnose and discover at scale, today announced a $50 million (£36.8M) raise in Series B funding.
The round was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from returning investors Hummingbird, Latitude Ventures, ABB Technology Ventures, Isomer Capital as well as strategic investors including In-Q-Tel.
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Healthtech startup Lottie raises £2.5M for social care platform
British healthtech startup Lottie has announced £2.5 million funding from Kindred Capital VC bringing the company's valuation to £28 million.
Lottie’s website collects data and insights to help users find the most appropriate care homes in the UK at a fair price.
The new funding will go towards improving the firm’s digital platform...
Dublin-based medical adherence firm HealthBeacon to go public
Irish medtech firm HealthBeacon has announced plans to raise up to €25 million with an initial public offering (IPO) on Euronext Dublin’s growth market.
The company, which offers adherence solutions for injectable medications, will have a market value of around €100 million at the time of its planned flotation next month.
It expects...
