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Teladoc Livongo merger: what went wrong with the 'one-stop shop for virtual care' strategy?

Lloyd Price

Billed as the first and largest telemedicine company in the United States, Teladoc Health was launched in 2002 and has acquired companies such as BetterHelp in 2015, Best Doctors in 2017, and Advance Medical in 2018. Teladoc was founded in 2002 in Dallas, Texas by G. Byron Brooks EE MD and Michael Gorton.

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Virtual Care – negotiating barriers to adoption offers glimpses of an exciting future

Lloyd Price

It may be a good while before we reach pre-cognitive techniques to ward off disease and accidents, but virtual reality is forging radical recalibrations of everything from drug discovery to bedside care in both the home and the hospital setting. Some of the recent deals underscore the importance of virtual care in the pharmaceutical industry.’

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AngelEye Health Announces Series B Funding to Support Company’s Rapid Growth

Healthcare IT Today

Founded in 2002, MGP has invested in more than 50 companies in these sectors. Technology investments focus on business and healthcare technology, targeting those ideas with quantifiable development risk and a rapid path to market. Within Life Sciences, the firm focuses on MedTech, Diagnostics, and Opportunistic Drug Development.