Last Month In Digital Health (March)

CONTENTS:?1) ??Pharma Digital Health 2)??Health Tech 3)??Wearables & Sensors 4) ?? Artificial Intelligence 5)?? Female Health 6)??Digital Therapeutics 7)??Telehealth 8)??Funding & Finance?

1) ??Pharma Digital Health

Otsuka and Jolly Good sign $40M deal for behavioural therapy Virtual Reality. The use of social skill training VR facilitates the social rehabilitation of patients with mental disorders.

Boehringer Ingelheim and Brainomix initiate new partnership to develop AI-Powered radiomic software for automated assessment of solid tumor cancer

Bayer launches KSA’s first digital platform for pulmonary hypertension management

UCB announce launch of Digital Care Transformation (DCTx) Innovation Incubator - partnering with startups & entrepreneurs to tackle healthcare challenges

GE Healthcare and Baheya Foundation explores AI to predict response to breast cancer treatment

Roche and genomic profiling company Foundation Medicine leads the latest group of FDA breakthrough designations, securing the regulatory privileges for an assay designed to detect circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in plasma

2)?? Health Tech

Some big developments in 3D printing. A research team has successfully fabricated working livers using a newly developed ultrafast volumetric 3D bioprinting method. Trestle Biotherapeutics has gained a license for a new 3D bioprinting technology that enables the fabrication of functional human kidney tissues. A life-saving surgery has made use of a 3D printed titanium implant to reconstruct a cancer patient’s entire chest bone and ribs. And volumetric 3D printing speeds up on-demand pharmaceutical drug production.

Magnetic seeds used to heat and kill cancer >> Scientists at UCL have developed a novel cancer therapy that uses an MRI scanner to guide a magnetic seed through the brain to heat and destroy tumours

A revolutionary “Bionic” pacemaker has shown promise in reversing Heart Failure by mimicking the natural variation between heart beats.

New virtual reality technology could help repair hearts. Researchers hope using VR to plan and practice procedures will shorten operating times and reduce the need for multiple surgeries.

A new test can determine how well blood will clot using only a single drop of blood and a smartphone vibration motor and camera?

A funky helmet enhances MRI brain scans, using 'magnetic resonators' that significantly boost MRI performance, resulting in crisper images obtained at twice the speed of a normal scan.

An Eye Implant may restore some vision for Macular Degeneration patients. Patients fitted with a chip in their eye are able to integrate what the chip “sees” with objects their natural peripheral vision detects?

Egyptian researcher has developed a brainwave-controlled wheelchair for those with paralysis

3)??Wearables & Sensors

An Apple Watch detected a user's Thyroid problem months before diagnosis

Could a wearable biosensor prevent drug overdose deaths by collecting breathing data from patients at risk of respiratory depression?

Senseonics scores FDA approval for its implantable continuous glucose monitoring system can be used to measure glucose levels in adults with diabetes for up to six months

The Pentagon is developing 'predictive bio-wearables' to detect COVID-19 and a smart watch detects heat strain in military trainees

4) ?? Artificial Intelligence

Viz.ai has landed FDA clearance for its new algorithm designed to detect cerebral aneurysms, pinpointing the condition from CT scans

An AI-powered stethoscope from Eko detects heart failure in seconds

And Digital stethoscope maker Tyto Care gets European approval for its lung sound-identifying AI to help clinicians remotely diagnose respiratory conditions

Paraplegics walk, cycle and swim again with aid of AI-driven nerve stimulation implant

A UK hospital trials AI Skin Cancer diagnostic tool, DERM uses AI algorithms to analyse specialist magnified images of skin lesions so that patients can be assessed quickly and receive life-saving treatment promptly if required.

An AI platform can identify Thyroid Cancer ‘With High Accuracy’

AI can also identify genetic disorders in embryo with simple blood test, technology could also be used to identify early markers of cancer

AI could be used to analyze a short voice sample to help diagnose Alzheimers

The UK is to pilot world-leading approach to improve ethical adoption of AI in healthcare

5)?? Female Health

Bia Care starts NHS trial of its digital menopause platform. They have been awarded additional NHS funding to extend the rollout of its virtual clinic providing remote care for women going through the menopause

Founder of She Matters developed an app for Black Women with Postpartum Depression

The diabetes management app,?Quin, has launched a new feature that tracks the menstrual cycle of users to deliver diabetes education and support depending on where they are in the cycle

Apple, Harvard research highlights relationship between Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), heart health and other diseases. Preliminary data from the women's health study shows individuals with PCOS are more likely to have Type 2 diabetes and obesity than those without the condition

6)??Digital Therapeutics?

Report names Europe’s digital health app reimbursement leaders and laggards. Germany, Belgium and France are trailblazers.

Computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy improved depression symptoms in primary care patients compared with just treatment as usual, according to JAMA study

And a mobile digital Cognitive Behavioral Intervention app shown to be beneficial for Anxiety and Depression in patients with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Digital therapeutic firm Click Therapeutics has tapped AI-backed neurological disease diagnostic Altoida in to help it incorporate more sensitive measures of cognition into their DTx research.

7)??Telehealth

Amazon expands its telehealth service nationwide. Amazon Care’s virtual health services are now available nationwide across the US, and its in-person services will be rolled out in more than 20 new cities in 2022

Telemedicine leaves behind non-English speakers, study shows. The rapid transition to virtual care during the pandemic exacerbated disparities

New in Portugal: You can now order a Doctor on Uber Eats

Cigna study: Virtual care can reduce unnecessary ER, urgent care visits by 19%

Virtual care giant Teladoc Health is diving into chronic condition management with the launch of its own program, Chronic Care Complete

And Biofourmis launches virtual chronic condition management and monitoring service, Biofourmis Care currently includes programs for heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, lipid management and atrial fibrillation.

8)??Funding & Finance?

Kallyope which offers a drug-discovery platform focused on developing therapies involving the gut-brain axis, announced it had raised $236M in a Series D?

Omada Health raises $192M to expand Digital Therapeutics for Chronic Disease

Direct-to-consumer virtual care company?Ro scored $150M in funding

Remote Patient Monitoring startup Athelas raises $132M

India-based virtual health company MediBuddy nabs $125M in Series C. The company offers telehealth services and at-home lab testing.

Ada Health closes Series B funding round at $120M. Berlin-based digital health company plans to expand in the US market

Swiss digital health company MindMaze has raised $105M to help take its digital therapeutics (DTx) for neurological diseases like stroke onto the global stage

ConcertoCare snags $105M. The company created a data analytics and decision support tool?designed to help guide patient care

League gets $95M for 'digital front door' consumer-centric healthcare platform

Equip scores $58M for eating disorder recovery platform

Secureframe secures $56M for a platform that automates an enterprise’s compliance with standards like HIPAA and SOC 2\

Health tech startup Goqii raises $50M to expand offerings, go global

Operations AI startup Qventus scores $50M

Digital biomarker startup Koneksa scores $45M in Series C funding

Variantyx nabs $41.1M for tech-backed genomic analysis. The company plans to use the funds to focus on the oncology space.

Fitness app FitOn raises $40M, acquires corporate wellness platform Peerfit

Nigerian healthtech startup Reliance Health raises $40M led by General Atlantic

HealthCare.com scores additional $31.5M

Digital psychiatry startup Minded grabs $25M to boost access to mental health medications

Digital prior authorization startup PriorAuthNow lands $25M

Virtual specialty care company Story Health announced a $22.6M Series A funding round focused on expanding its reach into the cardiology space

College-geared digital mental health provider Mantra Health clinches $22M, launches referral program for postgraduate students

Vocal biomarker company Kintsugi raises $20M

Dutch raises $20M to scale its telemedicine platform for pets

Digital men’s health firm Numan raises $20M to fuel expansion

EarliTec Dx scores $19.5M for autism diagnostic. The Atlanta-based startup uses digital biomarkers to help detect for developmental disorders.

Expressable rakes in $15M for digital speech therapy

Epitel, a digital health company developing a wearable, wireless EEG monitoring platform for seizure detection, has closed a $12.5M Series A

Epicore Biosystems picks up $10M for its hydration wearable.

HerMD raises $10M to expand women’s sexual health, menopause services, including virtual care

VR startup XRHealth scoops up $10M

Balanced scores $6.5M for digital fitness focused on older adults

Proactive For Her, a digital clinic for women’s outpatient healthcare, has raised $5.5M in Series A

Health tech startup MiyaHealth secures $5M funding for Indonesia, Malaysia rollout

Munich-based digital platform Climedo scoops up €5M to make clinical trials hassle-free

Qure.ai scores ￡3.2M for AI-aided cancer detection

Indonesian weight loss app Sirka closes $2.6M seed funding. It is working to enhance its health programmes by conducting more research and establishing partnerships

Startup Lover looks to help folks curb sexual dysfunction with an app, recently landing $2M

Spoke launches music therapy app for Gen Z, raises $1.5M round