Life Sciences

A discreet sexual health package by Quinn in Singapore
By  Adam Ang 08:29 pm November 19, 2024
Singapore may be technologically advanced in healthcare, however, there may be sections in the health system that have yet to catch up – including sexual health. In this small island nation-state of nearly six million people, sexual and reproductive health remains a topic too sensitive and intimate to be discussed in the open.  Access to the internet and the general acceptability of telemedicine...
SpaceGut founder and his partners during their launch in Malaysia
By  Adam Ang 07:41 pm November 19, 2024
A new company under financial investment firm SOL Partnership has launched what could be the first at-home gut health test service powered by AI in Malaysia. SpaceGut offers an at-home gut microbiome kit and a laboratory service that provides personalised recommendations for an individual's gut health. Leveraging a proprietary AI, its laboratory evaluates samples compared against a database of...
Clinical reviewing medical records
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:02 pm November 19, 2024
DigitalOwl, a company that uses natural language processing to help analyze and summarize EHRs, announced it is collaborating with ExamOne, a Quest Diagnostics company, to improve efficiency of record retrieval and analysis through DigitalOwl’s View product.  ExamOne provides risk-assessment tools for the life insurance industry with a suite of services aimed at streamlining the underwriting...
A stained slide being prepared for AI-powered analysis
By  Adam Ang 04:22 am November 19, 2024
Lunit collabs with AstraZeneca, secures major deal in France  Lunit and AstraZeneca have partnered to develop new AI-powered digital pathology solutions that predict non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).  Based on a media release, their collaboration aims to accelerate the time-consuming process of genomic testing as part of NSCLC identification and diagnosis by leveraging Lunit's AI. The latter's...
Scientist in a laboratory
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:46 pm November 18, 2024
Pharmaceutical powerhouse Lilly Digital Health and Lilly Centre for Clinical Pharmacology (LCCP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, announced the creation of a SGD$42 million digital health innovation hub in Singapore. The aim of the hub is to increase the research and development of AI-powered digital health technologies, and is part of a five-year plan, supported by the...
Two researchers in a laboratory using a digital tablet
By  Adam Ang 12:31 am November 18, 2024
A consortium of research institutes in South Korea has been formed to promote the utilisation of AI and national supercomputers in discovering novel drugs for treating lung cancer. According to a press statement, the following organisations will collaborate to develop and test AI for identifying novel drug candidates and predicting its efficacy:  DAAN Cancer Research Institute under Yonsei...
Healthcare practitioners administering injection to patient
By  Anthony Vecchione 11:58 am November 14, 2024
HealthTap, a virtual primary care provider, is partnering with AeroFlow, a company that delivers medical products and services, to enter the durable medical equipment market (DME), allowing patients to more easily access primary care and DME services. HealthTap provides virtual primary care, including mental health, urgent care, sexual health and wellness, and lifestyle services. Consumers can...
Executives discussing business deal
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:38 pm November 13, 2024
Cardinal Health entered into a definitive agreement with GI Alliance (GIA) and Advanced Diabetes Supply Group (ADSG) with the aim of advancing its presence in the multispecialty GI and at-home diabetes spaces. The company will acquire a majority stake in GIA for $2.8 billion giving it 71% ownership. For its part, GIA will operate as a platform within Cardinal Health's pharmaceutical and specialty...
Person on a computer talking and wearing glasses
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:14 pm November 12, 2024
Digital biology company Optic is collaborating with early-stage oncology therapeutics venture, Vindur Tx, to use Optics proprietary generative AI platform to find novel highly selective kinase inhibitors and develop more effective cancer treatments.  Vindur Tx agreed to pay Optic as much as $17.5 million for its proprietary technology to search for new ways of addressing what the company called...
Healthcare professional reviewing imaging results
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:34 pm November 11, 2024
GE HealthCare and DeepHealth, a subsidiary of RadNet, announced they are collaborating on new AI imaging technology to further innovation, commercialization and adoption of AI in imaging. The companies will codevelop SmartTechnology, solutions that employ the power of AI to tackle key obstacles across the imaging value chain, such as helping increase the efficiency of imaging interpretation and...