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An obstetrician-gynaecologist reading an automated report by Sonio Detect
By  Adam Ang 08:40 pm May 14, 2024
Seoul-based medical equipment maker Samsung Medison has recently agreed to fully purchase Sonio, a foetal ultrasound AI company in France, for 126 billion won ($92 million).  The four-year-old French startup has been developing IT solutions for obstetrics and gynaecology ultrasound, assisting medical professionals in documenting and evaluating ultrasound examinations.  Last year, it obtained the...
Dr. Brigitte Séroussi
By  Laura Lovett 02:44 pm March 16, 2022
With a plethora of stakeholders in the healthcare space and an expanding list of digital tools, it can be a challenge to find a starting place for a national digital health strategy. France decided to put ethics at the center of its approach to creating digital health services.  "In France we have a patient-centered approach … We want the patients to be full members of their healthcare team. So...
digital health innovators, Europe
By  Sara Mageit 06:44 am March 9, 2021
An initial investment of €24 million has been made by Sanofi, Capgemini, Generali and Orange to create a platform that accelerates the development of digital healthcare solutions in Europe. The project aims to bring together scientific and technological expertise across the region and to strengthen France's position in the health technology sector, as part of the Campus PariSanté initiative. The...
By  Laura Lovett 02:16 pm May 4, 2020
This month has kicked off with a slew of announcements about tracing efforts. From India’s new policy requiring all workers to download its government app to China’s new fever-senseing glasses, governments are looking for ways to keep tabs on the virus.  As of today, all Indian employers are responsible for making sure their domestic employees – in both the public and private sector, download a...
By  Leontina Postelnicu 11:26 am December 4, 2019
Grenoble, France-based startup Diabeloop has secured €31m in a Series B funding round led by Cemag Invest, with ADAG, Odyssée Venture, previous backers Supernova Invest, Air Liquide Venture Capital and others also participating. WHAT THEY DO Founded in 2015 out of a medical research project, the company’s primary product is what is referred to as a hybrid closed-loop system for management of Type...
By  Tammy Lovell 09:16 am October 15, 2019
French health tech startup Primaa has raised €2m to accelerate the development and the international marketing of its automated diagnostic products. The Paris-based firm, founded in 2018, develops software tools which use artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning to assist anatomical pathologists with cancer and other diagnoses. It is currently in the process of finalising its first tool...
By  Laura Lovett 03:32 pm July 12, 2018
This morning, Doctolib announced that it acquired fellow online medical appointment booking and management company MonDocteur.  “Our missions have been the same since day one: making our healthcare system more human, efficient, and connected and building a company of several thousand people sharing the same humanist values,” Stanislas Niox-Chateau, Doctolib cofounder and CEO, said in a statement...
By  Laura Lovett 10:19 am May 31, 2018
It's official — Eric Carreel, cofounder of French health tech company Withings, has bought back Nokia’s digital health division two years after it was sold to the Finnish tech giant. Carreel plans to relaunch the Withings brand by the end of 2018, according to a statement. “I am delighted to start working again with the brilliant teams that made the brand such a great success,” Carreel said in a...
By  Laura Lovett 11:41 am May 2, 2018
Almost exactly two years after Nokia acquired French health technology company Withings, it has announced that it is in negations to sell its digital health division back to Withings cofounder Éric Carreel. The deal is expected to close in late Q2.   "Nokia and Éric Carreel recognize that as an original Co-Founder of Withings, he is best positioned to carry the company forward into its next phase...
By  Laura Lovett 02:08 pm April 16, 2018
Less than two years after Nokia ventured into digital health territory with its acquisition of French health tech company Withings, the Finnish company could be on the verge of selling off its digital health division, according to reports from a French publication, Les Echos.  Nest, the Alphabet subsidiary focused on smart home devices, is chief among those most interested in making the purchase...