Tag: medical device
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Life Science Investors Raise $1.1B for New Fund
A venture capital company specializing in health and life sciences start-up enterprises is raising $1.1 billion for a new investment fund.
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Mobile Therapy Shown to Cut Opioid Hospital Care
An analysis of insurance claims shows patients using a mobile therapy app for opioid addiction use fewer hospital services than similar individuals without the app.
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Companies Partner on Optimal Parkinson’s Drug Delivery
Two companies are developing a system to identify optimal times for people with Parkinson’s disease to take their symptom-reducing medications.
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Sites Revealed for Lung Cancer Precision Diagnostic Trial
The first sites are selected for a study testing people with suspected lung tumors for cancer-causing mutations, to help decide on personalized treatments for their disease.
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Challenge Seeks Tech, Models to Reduce Stillbirths
A research competition is seeking better technologies to measure gestational development and predict outcomes to reduce the number of stillbirths by half.
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Biobank Study to Assess Obesity Types, Genetics
A study is now enrolling individuals to better understand different types of obesity, as well as genetics and other factors behind various obesity conditions.
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High Speed Genetics Tech Start-Up Raises $15M
A start-up enterprise developing a high-performance genomic screening and detection technology is raising $15 million in early financing.
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Addiction Therapy, VR Companies Partner on Veteran PTSD
A developer of addiction therapies and virtual reality software company are collaborating on help for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Companies Partner on Implanted Diabetes Beta Cell Device
A company developing implants that release cell therapies is collaborating with a producer of regenerative stem cells to dispense insulin for people with diabetes.
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Roche, Global Fund to Build Local Diagnostic Processes
The medical products company Roche is partnering with the Global Fund to develop systems and processes for disease diagnostics in low-resource regions.