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CitiusTech Acquires Wilco Source, Expands Specialized Salesforce Capabilities for Healthcare & Life Sciences- M&A

Healthcare IT Today

CitiusTech , a leader in healthcare technology and consulting services, today announced that it has acquired Wilco Source , one of the world’s leading providers of Salesforce consulting and implementation services for healthcare and life sciences companies. patient and provider portals) (Salesforce Communities).

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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

Tallying up the years between her working in physician practice management and the pharmaceutical sector, as well as time spent in health advocacy, “I’ve been 25 years in health care,” Stacy calculated. Parexel is a Clinical Research Organization that crafts and conducts clinical trials on behalf of life science companies.

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Will Consumers Cross the Cost-and-Trust Chasm Between Prescription Drugs and Hospitals?

Health Populi

patients’ negative views of the pharmaceutical industry in this study was the opioid epidemic. Over one-half of Americans blame pharmaceutical companies as most responsible for the opioid crisis, followed by physicians, whom 39% of health consumers blame, and patients, whom 38% of people blame. Exacerbating U.S.

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Scene Health Secures $17.7 Million Series B Financing Led by ABS Capital Partners

Healthcare IT Today

Series B funding proceeds will enable Scene to further accelerate its ability to serve Medicaid and Medicare managed care plans, pharmaceutical companies, and clinical research organizations. This financing brings the total investment in Scene to over $25 million since its founding in 2014.

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Let’s Save the Date and Make Patient Engagement Official in 2022

Society for Participatory Medicine

Healthcare stakeholders such as health systems, pharmaceutical companies, biotech and life sciences firms, and insurance companies serve patients as end users. The same definition of patient engagement applies to industry, except that the interventions lead to more human centered design and value-based care.

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Genomics Startup Human Longevity’s Valuation Falls 80% from $1.6 Billion down to $310M

Lloyd Price

Craig Venter in 2014—at around $310 million, according to a Human Longevity regulatory filing obtained by Lagniappe Labs LLC, whose Prime Unicorn Index tracks valuations of privately held companies. and pharmaceutical entrepreneur Robert Duggan. The funding round values the company—co-founded by genomics pioneer J.

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Scotland's Pioneering Spirit: A Legacy of Medical and Healthcare Innovation

Lloyd Price

It is also worth noting that Scotland's healthtech ecosystem is well-supported by a number of government and industry initiatives, such as the Scottish National Health Service (NHS) Scotland Health Innovation Hub and the Life Sciences Scotland industry body. At the top is Glasgow-based Amphista Therapeutics, which raised $50m in 2022.