Last Month In Digital Health (September)

CONTENTS:?1) ??Pharma Digital Health. 2) ??Covid Tech 3) ?? Artificial Intelligence 4) ??Female Health 5)??Digital Therapeutics 6)??Health Tech 7)??Wearables & Sensors. 8)??Telehealth 9)??Funding Update

1. ??Pharma Digital Health

A lot of Big Healthcare (Pharma, Device & Consumer) and Tech, Digital Health Partnership developments happened last month:

Bristol Myers' $1.2B discovery pact with Artificial-intelligence-powered drug miner Exscientia strikes gold as first drug candidate selected

LifeScan and Fitbit announce collaboration to deliver behavior change in diabetes management, via blood glucose monitoring & wearables?

Pfizer joins digital health platform BookDoc on mental health campaign in Malaysia??

GSK and R/GA Ventures are launching a health studio for startups >

Johnson & Johnson partners with Digital Health Start-Up Optellum?Applying AI To Transform Early Lung Cancer Treatment

J&J also unveils 3-year plan to develop eye health ecosystem in Singapore. It will implement digital initiatives such as telehealth and an AI-powered eye care service

Bayer Middle East launches Alleye Home Monitoring Sponsorship Program to help ophthalmologists observe their retinal disease patients’ conditions, disease progress more closely ?

Bayer Healthcare deepens partnership with 111, Inc. in China, focused on commercialization of innovative drugs & healthcare products for chronic disease management + providing digital resources for patient education

Baxter extends Amazon Web Services collaboration to support new digital health, data management projects

Janssen and ConcertAI expand collaboration to improve study design and increase diversity in clinical trials

2. ??Covid Tech?

An inexpensive 3D-printed microscope can spot coronavirus in blood. The digital holographic machine, faster than a PCR test, relies on deep learning.

Researchers in India, Australia develop a rapid algorithm based screening method to predict COVID-19 severity

Facebook purges accounts, groups related to the 'disinformation dozen' and physicians who post COVID-19 vaccine misinformation may lose license, medical panel says?

3. ?? Artificial Intelligence

UK - Barts Health NHS Trust deploys Clinithink AI to help early intervention in diabetic patients with feet issues with the goal of preventing amputation?

South Korea clears VUNO's AI cardiac arrest prediction device for use. The device predicts cardiac arrests using four primary vital signs

An AI based blood testing technology is being developed to detect lung cancers

A device to spot Alzheimer’s onset in adults gains FDA recognition

4. ??Female Health?

L’Oréal partners with digital female health start up Clue, to align skin wellness with the menstrual cycle

South African start-up Zoie Health Technologies has launched a digital women’s health and wellness clinic, which allow users to get healthcare advice from professionals

The Pregnancy After Loss app lets users get pregnancy progress updates, learn coping skills and connect with others who are pregnant again after a miscarriage.

Labcorp acquires digital health platform Ovia Health to expand women’s health capabilities

5. ??Digital Therapeutics

Digital Therapeutics are continuing to flourish and expand across a wide range of therapy areas:

Mahana Therapeutics is gearing up to launch what it says will be the first prescription digital therapeutic (DTx) for Irritable Bowel Syndrome ?

Mind Cure Health begins North American release of digital therapeutic to support Mental Health patients going through psychedelic therapy ?

AppliedVR will test its virtual-reality-based digital therapeutics for Chronic Pain across five studies using the decentralized clinical trials software from Curebase ?

Swing Therapeutics has been granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its smartphone-administered Fibromyalgia management program >?

Wise Therapeutics' game-based app reduces Anxiety in Multiple Sclerosis patients, according to study

HealthJoy an employee benefits start up moves to focus on delivering a virtual therapeutic in the Musculoskeletal market

Regimen launches world’s first personalized digital therapy for Erectile Dysfunction, gains CE-Certification as a Medical Device, uses AI to personalize treatments inc pelvic floor exercises, cardiovascular training, mindfulness, education

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6. ??Health Tech

FDA clears 3D hologram tech for 'science-fiction' surgical planning. From a projector suspended over a surgeon's head, the Holoscope-i conjures an image of a patient's anatomy based on CT and ultrasound scans, and allows the surgeon to inspect it using their bare hands

A new digital tool uses sound and word patterns to reveal stress level. Cigna International and Ellipsis Health have joined hands to develop the free AI-powered tool.

Miiskin makes use of augmented reality for new mole sizing feature

Sleep devicemaker ResMed releases newest connected CPAP machine includes algorithms that deliver personalized breath-by-breath therapy adjustments and remote patient monitoring?

7. ??Wearables & Sensors

Amazfit Happy Duck is a fitness focused smartwatch just for kids

AirPods can measure respiratory rate just by listening to you breathe, study finds

Fitbit adds ECG and stress-level scanning to its Charge fitness tracker

Samsung inks deal with nutrition app Lifesum on new Galaxy Watch4. The new collaboration will let users track food and water intake, and monitor their activity.

FORM AR goggles guide swimmers through workouts in the water. Swimmers can purchase a subscription to access a library of workouts that focus on endurance, power, sprinting, recovering and other techniques

8. ??Telehealth?

Verizon’s BlueJeans Telehealth subsidiary has announced a new integration with Apple Health

Aetna, CVS Health enter into virtual primary care space. Members will be able to access a panel of board-certified physicians and coordinated care from a consistent team of specialists

Lucid Lane aim to treating people with medication dependency via TeleHealth?

Health systems see telehealth dip, but the tech is here to stay

9. ??Funding Update

Olive raked in $400M in fresh capital to build out its enterprise AI for hospitals

Women's health platform Maven Clinic bags $110M in Series D

Calibrate scores $100M following company's one year anniversary

Health and wellness apps maker Palta raises $100M Series B?

Carrot banks $75M to expand fertility benefits to more employers, health plans

Rare disease data-focused AllStripes raises $50M to enhance medical record mining

Better Therapeutics adds $50M in push to advance digital therapies for type 2 diabetes

BrainQ raises $40M to transform stroke patient rehabilitation with its home therapy device

ClosedLoop raises $34M to infuse data science into healthcare

Ultromics Raises $33M in Series B Funding to Help Transform Cardiac Disease Treatment with AI enabled imaging?

b.well nabs $32M to build out healthcare's digital front door; Olive rakes in $400M

Clinical pathology startup Techcyte lands $21M for company growth

Ultrahuman raises $17.5M, touting a wearable blood glucose tracker

Verifiable secures $17M for its API that manages healthcare provider information

Accel leads Lucid Lane’s $16M round aimed at treating people with medication dependency via TeleHealth?

Digital Population Health Co. Recuro Health Announces Its $15M Series A

Israel’s DiA gets $14M to expand AI-driven ultrasound analysis

Medicare navigation company Connie Health takes home $13M

Antidote Health raises $12M to set up the first virtual HMO in the United States

Rey Brings in $10M to Expand Mental Health Through VR, Teletherapy

After raising $10M, Breeze breathes fresh air into a stagnant disability insurance market

India’s Breathe Well-being raises $5.5M for diabetes reversal app

MiSalud Raises $5M To Launch a Personalized Digital Health and Wellness Platform for the Underserved US Hispanic Community

Elektra Health funnels new $3.75M round into helping women navigate menopause

Heal Founders Raise $3.8M for New Digital Health Venture - HeyRenee

Patchwork Health raises ￡3.5M for expansion plans

Maternal health platform Cayaba Care launches with $3.2M in seed funding - aims to meet the full scope of maternal health needs by providing home-based and technology-enabled care

Cardiomatics bags $3.2M for its ECG-reading AI

Digital Health startup Clinify Health lands $3.1M to bring better health care to underserved communities

UK-based digital health startup Feel gets ￡3M boost from ITV

Rezilient Health Raises $2.5M to Open Virtual Primary Care CloudClinics

Humanity launches ‘slow your aging’ app in the UK and raises $2.5M more from health investors

Mental health startup Intellect gets $2.2M to expand across Asia

Revery gets $2M to improve mental health with mobile gaming techniques

Digital Healthcare Platform HUED Lands $1.6M in Funding from Serena Williams and others with goal of connecting patients with Black and Latinx healthcare provider

Kuwait’s Sihaty raises $1.3M to expand its online healthcare platform

Healthcare Scheduling Platform Gray Oncology Draws $1.25 Million

Pakistani digital health startup Marham nets $1M in seed round

Corporate mental health platform MindFi bags $750,000 in pre-seed round - aims to accelerate product development and localisation for key Asian markets.

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