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StartUp Health Gains a New Investor and Adds a University [Sponsored]
StartUp Health, a 12-year old network of startups working in collaboration with healthcare stakeholders to develop solutions to some of the greatest challenges in healthcare, has some exciting developments planned for ViVE, the healthcare industry’s newest...
FDA Warning Letter Issued to Website Purveying Ivermectin Pills for Covid-19
A website that markets ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment has run afoul of the FDA. The agency issued a warning letter notifying the site that it is selling unapproved and misbranded products over the internet to consumers in the U.S. The warning letter, dated...
Nvidia, Medtronic Partner to Create AI Platform for Medical Devices
On Tuesday, Nvidia and Medtronic announced a collaboration focused on embedding AI into medical devices. Nvidia, an AI development powerhouse, and Medtronic, a world leader in medical technology, came together because they share a vision of creating a common AI...
Allermi Raises $3.5M in Seed Funding To Grow DTC Allergy Relief Platform
Shani Bocian, co-founder and CEO of allergy telehealth company Allermi, is a “lifelong allergy sufferer.” “I’ve had allergies since I was a little baby … I’ve always had nasal issues and nasal congestion and eczema and asthma and the whole gamut,” Bocian said...
Feds, states end fight over $13B UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare deal
The Justice Department and two states have ended their legal effort to block UnitedHealth Group’s $13 billion purchase of technology company Change Healthcare. The agency and attorneys general in New York and Minnesota on Monday filed paperwork in the Court of...
Sobi and Selecta Bio Gout Drug Hits Phase 3 Goals, Paving Way for FDA Submission
A gout drug that Swedish Orphan Biovitrim picked up in a $100 million deal has achieved the main goal in two Phase 3 studies, showing statistically significant reductions blood levels of the protein associated with the inflammatory condition. Based on those...
Pharmacists Are Essential to Rural Access to Healthcare
The state of healthcare in America may be best described as uncertain. Nearly every news report points to burnout as a significant factor causing healthcare professionals to leave their field. According to a 2021 study, 1 in 5 physicians and 2 in 5 nurses...
Health systems bet on employee mental health initiatives
Healthcare providers such as Advocate Health, Ochsner Health and Inspira Health are turning their focus to long-term, creative and cost-effective investments to support employee mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic heightened existing challenges surrounding...
Outcome Health investor lost 90% when company fell
The Outcome Health case is now entering its eighth week, and prosecutors expect to rest their case this week. The trial comes more than five years after Outcome Health, then one of Chicago’s hottest and fastest-growing companies, tumbled spectacularly and...
BioNTech Puts Up $200M to Partner With OncoC4 in Cancer Immunotherapy
BioNTech’s messenger RNA technology led to a successful Covid-19 vaccine that provides it with plenty of cash for pipeline expansion. The company is deploying some of that capital in a new partnership that gives it a share of OncoC4’s lead drug candidate, an...
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