Disease management

Feyi Ayodele, founder and CEO at CancerIQ
By  Jessica Hagen 12:22 pm January 26, 2024
Between 30% to 50% of cancer cases are preventable, according to the World Health Organization. Precluding the advancement of cancer can save patients and payers money and lead to a better quality of life.  Feyi Ayodele, founder and CEO at CancerIQ, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss CancerIQ's offerings and how healthcare organizations use its technology to detect and thwart the...
A signboard of a CureBay e-clinic in rural India
By  Adam Ang 04:16 am January 26, 2024
Rural-focused e-clinics chain CureBay scored another Rs 620 million ($7.5 million) in funding as part of a Series A round led by Elevar Equity. This comes on top of the first $6 million it raised in 2022. According to their press release, the additional funds will be used to invest in their membership programme by hiring over 200 data scientists and experts in pharmacy and diagnostics. It will...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:26 pm January 24, 2024
Elephas, an oncology-focused diagnostics platform, announced it secured $55 million in Series C funding, bringing its total raise to $116.5 million.  Venture Investors Health Fund and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) led the round.  Existing investors Northpond Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, WARF Ventures, Tao Invest, Sands Capital and ARCH Ventures also participated in the...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:00 pm January 23, 2024
Tech-enabled heart disease detection company CardioSignal announced it secured $10 million in Series A funding, bringing its total raise to $23 million.  DigiTx Partners led the round. Sandwater also participated, alongside existing investor Maki.vc.  Dr. David J. Kim., managing director of DigiTx, will join CardioSignal's board of directors.  WHAT IT DOES CardioSignal uses gyroscope and...
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By  Adam Ang 10:25 am January 22, 2024
A government-funded initiative to seamlessly connect hospitals, government, insurers, and medical device manufacturers in the whole care process based on digital therapeutics and big data has commenced at Yonsei University Health System.  Yonsei's Severance Hospital recently started prescribing the insomnia DTx Somzz through the integrated platform called Connect-DTx. HOW IT WORKS Connect-DTx can...
Radiologists checking an X-ray analysis from Lunit INSIGHT CXR
By  Adam Ang 02:38 am January 19, 2024
Samsung to integrate Lunit's AI in premium X-ray devices South Korean medical AI provider Lunit has signed a three-year supply contract with Samsung Electronics.  The deal is for the integration of Lunit's two chest X-ray AI solutions – Lunit INSIGHT CXR and Lunit INSIGHT CXR Triage – into Samsung's line of premium X-ray devices.  According to a press release, the AI-integrated X-ray devices will...
A person wearing a CGM patch is checking their blood glucose level on a mobile app
By  Adam Ang 01:53 am January 13, 2024
New player in digital diabetes management  Diabetes app Smit.fit from India and Qatar-based digital therapeutics (DTx) company Droobi Health have announced their merger.  The combined entity called DroobiSmit, headquartered in Singapore, aims to be a leading diabetes solution provider in the Middle East and South Asia regions. It will offer personalised solutions for people with pre-diabetes,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:16 pm January 4, 2024
Pharma giant Lilly announced the launch of a digital health experience dubbed LillyDirect, which offers patients with diabetes, obesity and migraines access to healthcare providers, educational information and a digital pharmacy for select Lilly medicines. The platform includes LillyDirect Pharmacy Solutions, which allows patients to order Lilly's drugs via a third-party online pharmacy...
Medications tracking feature now live on Samsung Health app
By  Adam Ang 10:48 pm December 28, 2023
Meds tracking live on Samsung Health  Samsung Electronics has started rolling out a new Medications tracking feature on the Samsung Health app to help users manage their medications and improve adherence. The feature helps users keep track of their prescription and over-the-counter medications. It also provides users detailed information about their medications, including potential side effects...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:01 pm December 28, 2023
Boston-based Heranova Lifesciences, a women's healthcare company focusing on reproductive health, pregnancy and menopause, announced its launch with $13.5 million in seed and seed+ funding. Emerging Technology Partners, Pivotal bioVenture Partners China, Sinovation Ventures and Triwise Capital participated in the round.  WHAT IT DOES The company, which also has a presence in China, offers...