chronic disease management

Four people standing a room with two of them shaking hands
By  Jessica Hagen 10:25 pm October 11, 2024
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...
[Left] KT Corp. SVP Lim Seung-hyeok and [Right] HurayPositive CEO Choi Doo-ah
By  Adam Ang 10:19 pm May 12, 2022
South Korean telecommunication giant KT Corporation has partnered with health tech company HurayPositive to develop and launch a telemedicine service for managing chronic diseases in Vietnam. According to a press statement, the telemedicine platform is targeted to be launched within the year and will start by offering virtual services for diabetic patients before gradually offering support for...
The Health2Sync app integrates with the NovoPen 6 and NovoPen Echo Plus to view dose logs.
By  Adam Ang 03:40 am March 14, 2022
Taiwanese chronic disease management company Health2Sync has entered into a partnership with Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk to help patients undergoing insulin therapy wirelessly transfer dose logs to a mobile health app.  The Health2Sync mobile app is now able to sync patients' dose logs, including time and dosage per injection, from the newly released NovoPen 6 and NovoPen Echo Plus...
HeartVoice's recent acquisition i-Wellness is now i-Wellness@HeartVoice
By  Adam Ang 02:59 am October 25, 2021
HeartVoice, a health tech startup in Singapore, has acquired Integrated Wellness Clinic in Novena Specialist Centre and formed a new entity offering preventive healthcare solutions. A joint venture between Japanese medical device maker OMRON Healthcare and Singapore-based financial medical technology firm iAPPS Health Group, HeartVoice offers a range of medical technology solutions for healthcare...
By  Adam Ang 04:32 am July 23, 2021
Queensland-based digital health firm Cardihab and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, a medical research organisation in Melbourne, have signed a five-year agreement to jointly conduct clinical trials and cohort studies to deliver evidence of the effectiveness of digital approaches to cardiovascular disease management, rehabilitation, prevention and treatment. The research programme will see wide...
By  Adam Ang 02:22 am July 8, 2021
India-based digital chronic disease management platform BeatO has raised $5.7 million in a funding round led by W Health Ventures, an American venture capital firm. The investing round was also participated by Threpsi Solutions' e-pharmacy unicorn PharmEasy, Merisis VP and previous investors. The digital health startup has raked in over $10 million in investor funds since last year. WHAT IT DOES...
NuvoAir, Series A funding, chronic disease management , spirometer
By  Tammy Lovell 03:06 am June 23, 2021
Stockholm-based digital health company NuvoAir has raised $12 million (€10M) to expand its chronic disease management and clinical trial platforms. The Series A funding round was led by AlbionVC and comes off the back of a record 500% growth for NuvoAir in the first quarter of 2021. KAYA (formerly Enern), Amino Collective and existing shareholders Spiltan, Industrifonden and Novartis Pharma AG (...
Images of the Glooko app and a family
By  Dave Muoio 03:04 pm March 16, 2021
Glooko, the maker of a digital platform for managing diabetes and other chronic diseases, announced today a $30 million Series D funding round led by Health Catalyst Capital. Canaan Partners, Georgian, Novo Nordisk, Insulet and Mayo Clinic also played a part in the raise. WHAT IT DOES The Palo Alto startup's app-based platform acts as a central hub for connected monitoring devices and other...
By  Dave Muoio 12:27 pm March 2, 2021
In December, Highmark Health announced a six-year collaboration with Google Cloud that the companies said would lay down the infrastructure of the integrated delivery network's data-driven Living Health Dynamic Platform. Today, the organizations unveiled plans to get Verily and its Onduo chronic care subsidiary in on the action as well. Through another six-year partnership, the partners will work...
A product shot of Upright's digital MSK offering.
By  Dave Muoio 02:01 pm January 27, 2021
DarioHealth announced today that it is expanding its digital chronic-disease-management business beyond diabetes and hypertension with the purchase of Upright Technologies, a musculoskeletal (MSK) health company that specializes in connected posture correction devices and digital coaching. The deal is expected to close on or around February 7, and will run DarioHealth $31 million to complete the...