Last Month In Digital Health (November)
CONTENTS: 1)Digital Pharma. 2)Provider & Tech Collaborations. 3)FemTech. 4)Digital Mental Health. 5) Other Innovations. 6) COVID Tech. 7) Investments & Finance.
1. Digital Pharma
Boehringer and Yale University trial Digital Tech in Heart Failure includes, smart bathroom scale device & cardiac monitoring (Bodyport), patient diet & lifestyle app (Noom) & digital assistant (Conversa)
Takeda to partner on patient-centric data with Seqster
Novartis launches digital health hub in Canada
Almirall launches its second innovation initiative for dermatology-focused digital health start-ups
Bayer pays up to $4B For NC-Based Gene Therapy firm AskBio
Otsuka takes to YouTube, film and more to tackle the emerging mental health pandemic
2. Provider & Tech Collaborations
Mayo Clinic & Google to create artificial intelligence for cancer care. The research partnership will aim to develop artificial intelligence tools that can improve the efficiency of radiotherapy and cancer care.
LifeScan partners with Truepill™ to offer wellness solutions to people with diabetes and other health conditions
Digital health unicorns Lyra Health and Calm are teaming up to meet growing telemental health demand
Epic (health records software) partners with Lyft
3. FemTech
Holistic pregnancy health platform Mommymoon launches with online service portfolio
Kegg, a connected fertility tracker and Kegel trainer for women, launches out of beta
Twentyeight Health is a telemedicine company expanding access to women’s health and reproductive care
The women’s digital health platform Maven has expanded into a broader family-care space with the release of its parenting and pediatrics product. Maven now has services ranging from family planning all the way to support tools for parenting adolescents.
4. Digital Mental Health
Headspace and Snap Inc. team up for World Mental Health Day, launch new Headspace mini content to support Snapchatters’ rising stress levels
Mental health app MeToo shows positive results at NHS Trust
Digital health tool launched by SilverCloud aids teenagers to combat depression
Limbix digital therapeutic for adolescent mental health finds niche amid Covid-19 pandemic
5. Other Innovations
NHSX launches assessment criteria for digital health tools
Thirona obtains AI software patent for treatment of cystic fibrosis in children, with a quantitative method for the analysis of chest CT scans.
Rosita Longevity wants to teach seniors how to live long, healthy lives
Bupa UK launches remote skin assessment service to help detect skin cancer from home
6. Covid Tech
WHO, Wikipedia expands public access to trusted information about COVID-19
Mayo Clinic links COVID-19 outbreaks to search terms. Those such as "face mask," "Lysol" and "COVID stimulus check" had the strongest correlations across the U.S.-
7. Investments and Finance
With more than $4.6B in fundings, Q3 2020 was an unprecedented showing from digital health investors
MA startup Clover Health goes public in blank check deal valuing it at $3.7B
Eargo, aiming to modernize hearing aids nabs an outsized IPO, raising $141M
Virtual primary care startup 98point6 raises $118M as pandemic sparks demand for digital health tech
Combining machine learning tools for medical imaging with genetic sequencing nets Sophia Genetics $110M
Bind raises $105M in Series B funding 'Health Insurance Innovation'
Chinese exercise startup Fiture lands $65M; and other digital health fundings
Datavant raises $40M in Series B financing to expand open health data ecosystem
Digital mental health subscription service Cerebral lands $35M
YOUR. MD has secured $30M in a Series A round investment led by the consumer health giant Reckitt Benckiser (RB) to expand self-care app Healthily
ScriptDrop a startup that works with pharmacies to deliver on-demand prescriptions scores $27M
Future raises $24M Series B for its $150/mo workout coaching app amid at-home fitness boom
Sidekick Health scores $20M for its gamified digital care platform
Human API raises $20M so you can share your health data with institutions you trust, spurring innovation
Nym Health raises $16.5M for its auditable machine learning tools for automating hospital billing
Spain’s Savana Medica raises $15M to bring to the US its AI toolkit turning clinical notes into care insights
Men’s health subscription startup Numan closes £10M Series A funding round
Navina completes Seed investment round of $7M to solve the healthcare crisis using Artificial Intelligence, starting with primary care
NeoLight’s jaundice treatment catches another $7M to bring neonatal light therapy to the home
Nutrium app, which links dietitians and patients, raises $4.9M led by Indico Capital
MediBookr [population health as a service] closes bridge round to accelerate growth, bringing the company's total funding to $3.3M
CoreCare raises $3M for managing billing and payments from public health benefit providers
Austin-based Verifiable raises $3M for its API toolkit to verify healthcare credentials
Caliber, with $2.2M in seed funding, launches a fitness coaching platform
Healthtech company Psyomics raises £1.5M for mental health diagnosis
MindLabs raises £1.4M for its new platform, a ‘Peloton for mental health’
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