Last Month In Digital Health (January)

CONTENTS: 1)Digital Pharma. 2)Digital Therapeutics. 3)Wearables 4) COVID Tech 5) Investments & Finance.

1. Digital Pharma

• Amazon, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Merck to build $10M Digital Health Innovation Lab in Israel
• Neuroglee gets $2.3M from Eisai Co. to develop digital therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases
• A GSK Consumer Healthcare report shows poor health literacy is a major challenge to self-care. Only 2 in 10 Europeans feel very confident in managing their own health. Although Pharma don't really help apparently, with an advocacy network saying the Apps they provide are just mediocre.

2. Digital Therapeutics 

• Bold Health's CBT app for IBS goes head-to-head with Headspace. The London-based company is backing a 300-person UPenn study comparing its digital therapeutic to the consumer wellness app. And Mahana Therapeutics' Parallel, CBT digital therapeutic IBS app receives FDA De Novo clearance
• The iRhythm digital heart monitoring service is backed by NICE
• Automated AI measurement of abdominal fat predicts major cardiovascular events
• Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership's dementia programme, Dementia United, has created a new app for people living with dementia
• Kaiser Permanente physicians can order digital health apps for patients through EHR

3. Wearables

• Amazon’s body-scanning Halo fitness band is now available to everyone in the US
• Europe clears Google-Fitbit acquisition but with a ten-year ban on using health data for ads
• Swedish startup Flow sees 247% boost in sales of brain stimulation headsets during pandemic
• Oh and in case you missed it Apple Fitness+ launched last month on December 14

4. COVID Tech

• Abbott scores Emergency Use Authorization for its at-home COVID-19 antigen testing kit. Patients are virtually guided through the steps of sample collection and testing. And the LabCorp COVID-19 test kit has been approved for sale over-the-counter
• IBM partners with Salesforce For COVID-19 health screening App

5. Investments & Finance

Olive attracts additional $225.5M investment to fast-track AI workforce for healthcare

Everlywell raises $175M to expand virtual care options and scale its at-home health testing

Mental wellness platform Lyra Health is raising up to $175M at a $2.25B valuation

Health insurer Oscar adds another $140M in what’s likely a pre-IPO round

23andMe raises $82.5M in new funding

Pear Therapeutics homes in on reimbursement coverage with $80M Series D

Calm raises $75M more at $2B valuation

Virta becomes the next digital health unicorn, adding $65M in Series D funding

H1’s LinkedIn for the healthcare industry raises $58M

Doctor Care Anywhere raises ￡55.7M to continue expansion

Modern Health's digital mental health tools for employees collect $51M Series C 

Well Dot, an AI startup that uses data and behavioral economics to provide daily health recommendations, has closed a $40M Series A

Elation Health, the maker of a software platform for independent primary care practices, closed $40M in Series C financing

ChiliSleep’s parent company raises $37M and merges with Ebb Therapeutics

Centivo raises $34M in Series B round to help employers deliver affordable healthcare to their employees

Digital primary care company Curai Health scored $27.5M in Series B

Computational pathology company Proscia lands $23M in Series B funding

WithMe Health, a personalized medication guidance company, has raised $20M

Mexico City-based health tech startup Sofía recently announced its Series A funding round worth $19M

Data focused digital health company Diameter scores $18M in funding

Kayentis raises $8.3M for its digital platform to expand clinical trials globally

ONC. AI raises $6M in Financing

Wellory raises $4.5M for its ‘anti-diet’ nutrition app

MedArrive, seeking to bridge the gap between telehealth and in-person care scores $4.5M funding

London-based healthtech startup uMed bags ￡3.7M to expand its clinical research platform

Austin-based ReturnSafe raises $3.25M for its employee health management tools

ōmcare 'medication adherence tech' raises $2.5M for commercialization

Polish mobile clinic startup Jutro Medical collects €1.4M in pre-seed funding

HealNow raises $1.3M to bring online payments to pharmacies