Last Month In Digital Health (November 2022)

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

1) ??Pharma Digital Health

Neuraxpharm?partners with?mjn-neuro?on epilepsy wearable designed to warn a person with epilepsy about an impending seizure

Sanofi?partners with?TrialSpark?to find, license new drugs, and accelerate drug development?

Vicore Pharma's digital therapeutic for IPF patients shows nearly 50% anxiety reduction in pilot study, in partnership with?Alex Therapeutics?

Chiesi Group?joins with?Aptar Pharma?on digital platform for respiratory patients

Roche?partner with?TestCard.com?to improve both speed and accuracy of rapid testing

BMS sees potential for ConcertAI's digital trial service to become 'gold standard' for oncology trials

2)??Digital Therapeutics?

Highmark ?a provider-payer organization in the US steps up coverage of prescription digital therapies as companies see momentum in the payer market, further clearing the path for DTx reimbursement.

Published data backs digital therapeutic for diabetes from Better Therapeutics

And as above Vicores Dtx for IPF shows ~50% anxiety reduction in pilot study

3)?? Health Tech

The hypersensitive nose of a “Supersmeller”?has picked up a chemical signature of Parkinson’s disease that has been used to develop a skin-swab diagnostic

A wireless implant could help remove deadly brain tumors, non-invasively and without pain?

And researchers have now found a way for magnetic bacteria to effectively cross blood vessel walls potentially delivering anti cancer medicine to fight tumors

Scientists manipulate dreams with sound during REM sleep to help Nightmare sufferers

A new algorithm measures gait quality via a watch’s in-built accelerometer. It measures aspects of an individual's manner of walking, such as posture, cadence, speed and length of stride - which could help prevent falls and injuries and measure decline or improvement in functioning?

4)??Wearables & Sensors?

A wearable EEG Patch measures Brain Activity potentially letting clinicians monitor conditions such as depression or dementia

A Smart Mouthguard uses bite to control all kinds of devices, translating complex bite patterns accurately and quickly into instructions to control various electronic gadgets, valuable for those with disabilities or paralysis?

Fitbit Health Solutions?integrates new technology linking people in recovering from drug addiction to their caregivers

A wearable soft robot can alleviate the pain and fear of the wearer, by providing the wearer the feeling of being clenched?

Sensor breakthroughs seem to be bringing us closer to non invasive blood glucose monitoring via wearables.?Using light and lasers to detect glucose levels through the skin?

5) ?? Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence has been used in a range of healthcare uses and therapy areas from exploratory to commercial

A deep learning model has been studied for the detection of Alzheimer's disease based on retinal photographs?

AI combined with retinal imaging could accurately predict a future fatal Heart Attack

AI predicts Autism in children based on analysis of health claims data?

Alife has launched AI technology to advance IVF treatment outcomes and lower costs

A blood test uses artificial intelligence and biomarkers to prenatally detect fetal Congenital Heart Defects

AI spots signs of Mental Health issues in text messages on par with human psychiatrists according to a study?

A new AI model can accurately predict human response to novel drug compounds - potentially accelerating drug discovery & development process?

And in medical imaging. GE Healthcare has gained FDA clearance for deep-learning software to enhance medical images. FDA clears Philips AI for making CT-like images from head and neck MRI scans

6) ?? Telehealth

This month saw the continued expansion of telemedicine and remote care. But studies highlight continued inequity or even iniquity!

Samsung?partners with?HealthTap?to bring virtual primary care to smart TVs

Brave Health?is scaling up its virtual mental health services for?Medicaid members in the US?

Signify Health?expands in-home diagnostics and preventative services, with a focus on home spirometer for COPD evaluation?

According to a?Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?report, urban adults and women more likely to use telehealth with considerable disparities based on race, education and income?

And according to another study, poor broadband speed is linked to lower video telemedicine use among army veterans

7)??Funding & Finance?

Digital health financing drops again, but includes some “standout” activity, including Amazon’s $3.9B deal to buy One Medical, CVS’ $8B play for Signify Health, and Akili’s public exit via a SPAC

Mental health startup Grow Therapy scores $75M in Series B funding

Viome who offer consumer gut microbiome tests and nutritional recommendations raises $67M

HealthJoy raises $60M to make benefits easier to navigate

Telehealth company Electronic Caregiver raises $42.5M

Brave Health nabs $40M to scale up virtual mental health services for Medicaid members

Eyenuk raises $26M for diabetic retinopathy screening AI

NeuroFlow raises $25M to scale behavioral health integration tech

Genomic testing company?Variantyx?brought in $20M in debt financing

Optellum, AI Lung Cancer diagnosis innovator, secures $14M Series A Funding to Accelerate Expansion

Limber Health, a company that merges a digital approach with in-person musculoskeletal care, raised $11M in Series A

Digital health startup, Feel, secures a ￡10M investment to continue growth in the wellness market

In-person and virtual mental health provider Mindful Care scooped up $7M in a Series B round

Rhino Health, which offers a data platform for researchers and healthcare AI developers to collaborate around diverse datasets, announced a $6.7M seed extension

Telemedicine abortion clinic Hey Jane raised $6.1M in funding, bringing its total raise to $9.7M

Digital language and speech therapy platform Noala announced its receipt of $4M in seed funding

BlueSkeye AI raises ￡3.4M to transform mental health diagnoses

Elion, a digital health technology marketplace, received $3.3M in a seed funding round

Kyros, a platform that connects patients with substance use disorder with providers and other resources, raised another $2.4M in seed funding

Upheal, a platform that helps mental health professionals with note-taking and documentation via its digital therapy tool, secured $1.05M in pre-seed funding