Medable

Person on mobile device
By  Jessica Hagen 06:47 pm September 20, 2022
Decentralized clinical trial company Curebase is partnering with Meru Health on a three-year clinical trial to study the effectiveness of Meru's 12-week treatment program aimed at reducing depression among primary care patients.  Meru Health's smartphone-based, therapist-guided treatment program targets depression, burnout and anxiety, while Curebase provides a decentralized clinical trial...
Withings' Body Pro smart scale and its BPM Connect Pro blood pressure monitor
By  Emily Olsen 10:54 am July 21, 2022
Medable is partnering with Withings Health Solutions to use the company's connected devices for decentralized clinical trials.  The collaboration will allow Withings' tools for remote monitoring, like connected scales, blood pressure monitors and sleep-tracking mats, to collect patient data and integrate with Medable's clinical trial platform.  "As the industry leader in plug-and-play connected...
Doctor talks to patient
By  Laura Lovett 02:26 pm February 7, 2022
Retail giant CVS is teaming up with unicorn digital clinical trial company Medable on a new initiative to grow clinical trial engagement at the former's CVS MinuteClinics.  The new effort will be run by the recently launched CVS Health Clinical Trial Services, and use Medable's platform to help enroll patients and conduct clinical trials. The pair are pitching this program as a way to help boost...
By  Laura Lovett 11:07 am February 2, 2022
Digital clinical trial platform Medable has snapped up LEO Innovation Lab's dermatology-focused platform Omhu A/S for an undisclosed sum.  This news comes just months after Medable announced a whopping $304 million in Series D funding, which brought the company's total valuation to $2.1 billion.  Copenhagen, Denmark-based Omhu has several offerings, including an app called Imagine, which helps...
Piggy bank
By  Laura Lovett 01:44 pm October 26, 2021
Digital clinical trial platform Medable landed a whopping $304 million in a Series D funding round led by Blackstone Growth, Tiger Global and GSR ventures. Sapphire Ventures and WTI also participated. This news comes less than a year after the company announced a $78 million extension to its $91 million Series C funding round. The investment brings the company’s valuation to $2.1 billion, and its...
Hires
By  Laura Lovett 02:40 pm September 7, 2021
This morning decentralized clinical trial company Medable named Dr. MaryAnne Rizk as its new chief strategy officer. A trained engineer, Rizk has previously worked at Oracle, Medidata, Merck and IQVIA.  Her main role at the Palo Alto, Calif.-startup will be expanding the company’s global strategic partnerships.  “We’re excited to pursue a series of distinct and complementary partnerships across a...
Also: Fern Health gets a new CEO, SonderMind grows executive leadership team by two and Twentyeight Health names new hires.
By  Mallory Hackett 12:43 pm February 1, 2021
Maven, a virtual clinic for women’s and family health, has announced the four physicians who will make up its Scientific Advisory Board: Dr. Mary E. D’Alton, Dr. Brian Levine, Dr. Laura Riley and Dr. Neel Shah. The board will work with the Maven leadership team to grow and improve the platform’s clinical programming across fertility, maternity, and parenting and pediatrics. Maven’s Scientific...
By  Dave Muoio 03:15 pm May 28, 2020
Clinical lab and drug development giant LabCorp announced this morning a new deal that will streamline its adoption of virtual clinical trials. The company's drug-development-focused contract research organization (CRO), Covance, will use digital clinical trial software-maker Medable's platform to fuel its patient and site interface. This will allow participants easy access to clinical trial apps...
By  Laura Lovett 03:35 pm May 4, 2020
This morning Palo Alto, California-based startup Medable announced a $25 million funding round for its platform that uses digital to help facilitate the clinical trial process. GSR Ventures led the round with participation from PPD Inc. As part of this deal Dr. Sunny Kumar, a partner at GSR Ventures, joined the Medable board.  This brings the company’s total funding pot to $45 million, according...
By  Jonah Comstock 03:08 pm August 8, 2017
Jonathan Linkous, who has led the American Telemedicine Association as CEO for 24 years, has abruptly stepped down, with the ATA citing "personal reasons" and no statement so far from Linkous himself. “Jon was integral in the formation of the ATA and the telehealth industry,” Dr. Peter Yellowlee, ATA’s current board president, said in a statement. “We thank Jon for his many years of service and...