Last Month In Digital Health (January)

CONTENTS:?1) ??Pharma Digital Health 2) ?? Artificial Intelligence 3)??Digital Therapeutics 4)??Health Tech 5)??Wearables & Sensors 6)??Telehealth 7)??Funding & Finance?

1) ??Pharma Digital Health

Roche, Genentech line up with Artificial Intelligence powered drug designer Recursion for a multibillion-dollar AI drug discovery deal. The deal allows for up to 40 individual projects in neurology and cancer over the next decade

Roche and Microsoft, in Egypt, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve patient healthcare outcomes using AI and cloud technology.

An Amgen and Owkin study shows cardiac-predicting AI outperforms traditional clinical methods in predicting a person’s chances of developing severe cardiovascular disease.

Biogen has made a $15M investment in digital health company TheraPanacea, which will go towards a project to find digital health tools aimed at neurological diseases

Pfizer are partnering with mental health app ThoughtFull, Pfizer leveraging partnership to expand access to biopsychosocial care in Singapore. ThoughtFull is giving free three-month access to counsellor or psychologist support via its mobile app

2) ?? Artificial Intelligence

A Mount Sinai pilot study suggests that machine learning algorithms which fuse electrocardiogram and electronic health record data may help doctors screen for Pulmonary Embolisms

Artificial intelligence is shown to accurately predict who will develop dementia in two years

Researchers have revealed AI chatbots could be used to get people to open up about sensitive health conditions, in comparison to discussing them with healthcare professionals.

An Israeli startup unveils AI device for measuring eye fluid pressure in glaucoma treatment

Using artificial intelligence, a team of researchers has developed a novel system that models the progression of chronic diseases as patients age?

3)??Digital Therapeutics?

HelloBetter therapy course for diabetes and depression now available on prescription, as Germany adds another online psychology course to its DiGA directory that complements available mental health tools

And Germany’s “DiGA” Digital Health Fast Track Process is modeling a new way to regulate Market Access and Reimbursement

Jolly Good are to study Virtual Reality therapy for chronic pain in Japan. The research targets people with complex regional pain syndrome, post-stroke pain, and other pain-induced conditions

The FDA clears MetaMe’s digital therapeutic for abdominal pain from IBS

Pear Therapeutics is looking to enter the depression space with the acquisition of fellow digital-therapeutic company Waypoint Health Innovations’ assets, as well as researcher's assets

4)??Health Tech?

FDA grants breakthrough designation to a device that may assess autism risk via a hair strand

And Movia rolls out new robot assistants for children with autism. The company also launched a tracker that can gather data about a child's progress

Care robots are being deployed in South Korea's Chungnam Province for suicide prevention. They can analyse people's voices and movements and notify guardians of abnormal activities

A vibrating glove shows promise for calming Parkinson’s symptoms. And can selfie software predict if you will develop Parkinson's?

Scientists are developing video games to diagnose and monitor depression. The platform, called Thymia, will remove the subjectivity of mental health questionnaires - the platform which use neuropsychology, linguistics and machine learning

Amazon partners for fall-detection tech on newly released Alexa Together service

A digital pill from EtectRx tracks HIV PrEP adherence with 98% accuracy

And Singapore researchers develop a smart bandage that monitors chronic wounds with a sensor. It will save time for health care professionals and means patients won't have to make multiple trips to clinics

5)??Wearables & Sensors

The FDA has published draft guidance on how digital health technologies (DHTs) like smart and wearable devices can be used to capture data remotely from patients in clinical trials

Washable and flexible batteries for wearable medical devices could mean fully machine washable wearables and smart clothing

Google likely to release its own smartwatch this year. The tech giant is planning its own smartwatch with health- and fitness-tracking tools that will live outside the Fitbit brand, according to reporting by Insider

Is miniaturization the next trend in remote patient monitoring? A smart ring-type heart-monitoring device is targeting the global market

And Levels Health are offering real-time glucose tracking to athletes for fitness-based purposes?

6)??Telehealth

A Rock Health Survey shows telehealth users skew young, wealthy?

Telemedicine robots are helping to ease pressure on hospitals during Covid-19

Truepill builds COVID-19 virtual care platform with antiviral delivery and telehealth consults

7)??Funding & Finance

Check out The Top 10 healthcare M&A deals of 2021

Oracle takes a big move toward health with a deal to buy Electronic Records giant Cerner for $28.3B

Digital health firm Pear Therapeutics goes public , raising $175M

Remote Patient Monitoring company Cadence scores $100M, boosting valuation to $1B

Reveleer raises $65M for payer-focused data analytics platform, eyes acquisitions in interoperability, NLP tools

Voice-based physician assistant Suki lands $55M. This new round of funding brings the company's total raise to roughly $95M

Ophelia, provider of opioid recovery tool, scores $50M

Garner Health raises $45M Series B for ‘totally objective’ doctor review service

SafelyYou scores $30M for AI-enabled fall detection and prevention

Mightier lands $17M for video games teaching emotional regulation to kids. The games are geared toward children who need help with anxiety, tantrums or anger, but also those with diagnoses like ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder and autism spectrum disorder.

Limbix raises $15M for adolescent mental healthcare. The company’s digital therapeutic aimed at treating depression in teens, SparkRx, was launched last October.

At-home fertility testing company Proov scoops up $9.7M

Mental health startup UpLift raises $8M to add psychiatry services and support geo-expansion

Lifelight lands $8M to turn devices in self-monitoring platforms

HelloHero raises $7.7M seed round for an online ‘healthcare system’ for kids’ therapy

Digital health firm ChronWell nets $6M for liver disease toolkit

Digital health startup Vinehealth lands $5.5M for oncology platform. Its app aims to improve the quality of life and survival of cancer patients

HypnoVR has raised €4.5M for its virtual reality-based medical hypnosis solution for pain and anxiety.

Therify hopes to build a more diverse and inclusive therapist network with $1.3M seed round