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ADA HEALTH ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH AXA ONEHEALTH
Berlin-based global digital health company, Ada Health has announced a partnership with AXA OneHealth, an Egypt-based subsidiary of AXA.
Ada was selected as a partner to underpin AXA OneHealth’s digital ecosystem in the region and transform its users’ experience.
The partnership will integrate Ada’s AI-based enterprise solutions and provide AXA...
The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the ways data integration can make a significant contribution and help to increase the quality of decision-making. This is especially pertinent in healthcare where clinical decision-makers face multiple barriers and challenges along the patient pathway. This last year has seen the NHS consider the challenge of how patient pathways can be improved and...
King's College London and global pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), have formed a new five-year partnership to use AI to provide insight into why and how some patients respond to certain cancer treatments.
WHY IT MATTERS
The collaboration will use AI systems to build tools that will support clinical decision-making to help improve patient outcomes.
This move has resulted in the...
London-based health tech platform LVDNR has raised £1.5 million in seed funding to develop inclusive sexual health solutions for the LGBTQ+ community.
The round was led by Octopus Ventures, alongside Calm Storm Ventures, Soho Ventures and several angel investors.
Research by Backstage Capital estimates less than 1% of VC funding goes to LGBTQ+ founders.
WHAT IT DOES
By integrating into existing...
Healthtech investment offers the best opportunity for business growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) healthcare sector, a new report has revealed.
Released by Informa Markets – organisers of Arab Health and Medlab Middle East – and Omnia Health Insights, “Voice of the Healthcare Industry Market Outlook 2021” identified investment in healthcare technology as a key priority, with...
London-based healthcare platform accuRx today announced a £27.5 million Series B funding boost.
The round was led by Lakestar with participation from British Patient Capital, Latitude VS, Atomico, Trusted Insight and Encore Capital.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded in 2016, accuRx’s mission is to bring patients and their healthcare teams together. Its platform is used by 98% of GP practices in England and...
London-based digital health startup Numan has raised €33 million in funding, bringing the company's funding up to €44 million, following a Series A funding in October 2020.
The round was led by White Star Capital, with existing investors Novator, Vostok New Global, Anthemis Exponential and Colle Capital, and new investor Hanwha Dream Fund participating.
WHY IT MATTERS
The company offers a digital...
The NHS today announced it is launching the world’s largest trial of a blood test which can detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear.
Research has shown the Galleri test is effective at finding cancers that are typically difficult to identify early, including head and neck, bowel, lung, pancreatic, and throat cancers.
It works by finding chemical changes in fragments of genetic...
Lisbon-based digital health startup, UpHill, which develops software to guide clinical decisions, has raised €3.5 million in a seed round to scale up its product within healthcare institutions worldwide.
The seed round was led by Brighteye Ventures and MSM.
A month ago, the company also received €1 million European funding to lead an R&D project on clinical pathways implementation.
WHY IT...
A UAE healthtech startup that has been operating for less than 12 months has just raised an additional $1.6 million (€1.4M) in funding in a pre-series A round, it has emerged.
Klaim – which describes itself as an insurtech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform – secured funding in a round led by Saudi Arabia’s Mad’a Investments. Additional investors include...
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