60 LabCorp's latest deal hones in on digital clinical trials for drug development
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MAY 28, 2020
The company's drug development CRO, Covance, will integrate Medable's software to expand its decentralized trial capabilities
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Valo Health’s Opal Computational Platform uses machine learning, cloud computing and real-world data to assist in the drug discovery and development process
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Optum: Why COVID-19 could significantly change the drug development pipeline
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Optum: Why COVID-19 could significantly change the drug development pipeline. pminemyer. Fri, 12/11/2020 - 12:12
Optum: Why payers should be watching flurry of drug development activity around eczema
FierceHealthIT
MAY 3, 2021
Optum: Why payers should be watching flurry of drug development activity around eczema. pminemyer. Mon, 05/03/2021 - 15:53
Clover Health launches drug development subsidiary
FierceHealthIT
JULY 11, 2019
Startup Medicare Advantage insurer Clover Health has launched a new drug development subsidiary called Clover Therapeutics.
Curebase Unlocks Drug Development with Remote Clinical Trials; Raises $15m Led by GGV Capital
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 25, 2021
Curebase today announced $15M in Series A funding to continue developing its decentralized clinical trial software platform and virtual research site capabilities, powering research where any patient, anywhere, can be part of clinical trials at home and with their own doctor.
Clover Health's new subsidiary will rely on members, machine learning to fuel drug development
Mobi Health News
JULY 10, 2019
Dubbed Clover Therapeutics, the unit's first project will be a partnership with Genentech targeting ocular diseases among senior populations
Enriching RWE with Novel Data Sets: How Medical Imaging Data Can Accelerate Drug Development
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
MAY 16, 2019
Real-world evidence has the potential to be especially valuable in a number of healthcare use cases
Health IT Leaders Expect To Make Broad Use Of AI and Machine Learning Technology
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
New healthcare AI and Machine Learning research conducted by Healthcare IT Today suggests that many industry leaders are serious about adopting healthcare AI and machine learning tools and what’s more, that these technologies are being used as part of mission-critical efforts rather than one-off pilot tests.
#099: Dr. David Fajgenbaum on Chasing a Cure for Rare Disease
Digital Health Today
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
He’s also a pioneer in changing the way we go about developing drugs to treat people with rare diseases, and, in so doing, he’s managed to put his own condition into remission, and help many others as well. Podcast business of health drug development drug discovery rare diseases USA
Verily’s Deep-Learning Model Accurately Characterizes Proteins
MedTech Boston
MAY 30, 2019
Companies News deep learning drug development protein characterization verily deepmassVerily’s DeepMass, a deep-learning application for mass spectrometry, is highly accurate at predicting peptide mass spectra, according to a manuscript. The post Verily’s Deep-Learning Model Accurately Characterizes Proteins appeared first on MedTech Boston.
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Questions prompt potential privacy expansion in interop rule
Morning eHealth
JANUARY 22, 2020
AI and drug developmentWhere’s the telehealth rule? —
Truveta welcomes new health system members and raises $95M; YuLife scores $70M to transform life insurance and more digital health fundings
Mobi Health News
JULY 15, 2021
Also: Entos works to improve drug development after closing its Series A round and Castor plans to build out its decentralized clinical trial platform with a $45 million investment.
How telemedicine is increasing diversity in clinical trials
KevinMD
MARCH 14, 2019
An important part of advancing medical research and drug development is making participation in clinical trials easier and more inclusive. To develop treatments that work on men, women, and children of all ages and different ethnicities we need to have clinical trial data that represents our diverse population.
Machine Learning in Pharma: Mindbreeze InSpire
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The companies are evolving in many ways, including stepping outside drug development to tryout digital treatments and using lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to rethink production and clinical trials. Where are pharma companies investing their windfall profits?
Ben-Gurion University introduces AI platform for monitoring and predicting ALS progression
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University (BGU), today unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for monitoring and predicting the progression of neurodegenerative diseases for the purpose of identifying markers for personalised patient care and improved drug development
The Impact of Agile In The Pharmaceutical Industry
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
As many know, the pharmaceutical industry is heavily regulated and specialized, with slow drug-development timelines, strict processes and quality requirements, and rigid silos. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.
BenevolentAI gets $115M to harness AI for new drug discovery
Mobi Health News
APRIL 20, 2018
BenevolentAI, a UK company using artificial intelligence for drug development, has raised $115 million in new funding, mostly from undisclosed investors in the United States. Existing backer Woodford Investment Management also participated in the round, which brings the company’s total funds raised to over $200 million
Cost of antibiotic-resistant infections in U.S. tops $2B per year
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 22, 2018
The study’s authors urge policymakers to support the development of new strategies to prevent infections and to support innovative antibiotic drug development A new study finds that antibiotic resistance adds more than $1,000 to the cost of treatment for a single patient. Multiply that by the estimated number of antibiotic-resistant infections, and costs run well over $2 billion per year.
Moving the Needle with Real World Data: How Oncology is Leading the Way
GNS Healthcare
AUGUST 1, 2019
The thought of gathering massive amounts of data, from claims to EHR to molecular and making it easily accessible for drug development research once seemed impossible, as did getting at previously 'undruggable' pathways that defied the effects of even the most innovative drugs. Now, with the advent of immuno-oncology, the oncology field is poised to take advantage of these advances to enable the development of precise therapies that match the right drug to the right patient.
MedTech’s Role in Fighting the Opioid Epidemic
Duane Boise
JANUARY 24, 2018
Of the 50,000 drug overdose deaths that occurred in 2015, roughly 33,000 of them were caused by opioids. One of the more widely accepted solutions to this epidemic is providing access to alternate forms of pain management, which is where MMJ BioScience’s innovative new FDA cannabis drug development comes into play. The current state of America’s opioid crisis is one of uncertainty and peril if we are to not make a change sooner than later.
Health Consumers Are Now Amazon-Primed for Healthcare – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 2
Health Populi
APRIL 29, 2019
As patients now assume the role of health consumer, they rationally expect retail-level experiences with greater first-dollar payment for health insurance, health care services and medical products like prescription drugs. In the past couple of months, Amazon announced many health-related plans and developments, including: Accepting medical and health savings accounts (HSAs) to pay for consumer health products like over-the-counter drugs.
First Steps with Oracle Health Sciences Clinical One Cloud Service
Perficient
JUNE 22, 2020
The Clinical One platform enables data to be shared across phases and the various functions involved in drug development, as data can be entered once for use in multiple areas, including: Randomization and Supplies Management.
COVID-19 has accelerated adoption of non-contact patient monitoring technology, says Frost & Sullivan analysis
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 29, 2020
“These technologies can also be leveraged by pharmaceutical companies to monitor the results of the drugs developed by them," said Ashish Kaul, technical insights senior research analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?
The Digital Health Corner
MARCH 26, 2018
Blockchain was first developed as a means of transaction for the digital currency Bitcoin. Blockchain technology’s potential impact on the life sciences industry (drug development, distribution and prescribing) is significant. It can impact the opioid crisis and improve tracking drugs in the supply chain. One can envision how blockchain might also stop drug counterfeiting thereby improving patient safety.
Pharmacokinetics Advancing the Efficiency of Clinical Studies Across Life Sciences Industry
Perficient
OCTOBER 18, 2021
The rigorous process for developing new drugs and therapies is rigorous, and only one out of every 10 medicines makes it through to the regulatory submission and approval. Non-compartmental analysis (NCA) is an essential activity within the drug development process.
Coronavirus: Don’t Panic, Get Informed
American Well
JANUARY 29, 2020
For example, it’s unclear whether the disease can spread before a person develops symptoms or whether people who never become symptomatic can still spread the disease. Around the world, the newest coronavirus outbreak has millions of people concerned about their health.
The rise of mHealth and the convergence of medicine with AI and Big Data
Lloyd Price
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Interestingly, the future of DTx may lie in cooperation rather than in competition with Big Pharma and drug development.
#091: Francesca Wuttke on Digital Transformation, Startups and Corporate Relationships
Digital Health Today
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Francesca is responsible for developing and executing an end-to-end company-wide digital transformation. Francesca has over 20 years of drug development and healthcare expertise in both the US and Europe, and most recently, she led European investments as Managing Director for the MSD Global Health Innovation Fund and previously held roles at Novartis and Mount Sinai school of medicine, just to name a few.
FDA Rejects SGLT Drug Zynquista for T1D Use
Insulin Nation
MARCH 24, 2019
The FDA declined to approve Zynquista a drug developed by Sanofi SA and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals intended for use with insulin in patients with Type 1 Diabetes. The generic name of the drug is sotagliflozin. The decision comes about two months after an FDA advisory panel divided over whether the once-daily oral drug should be approved as an add-on to insulin therapy. The post FDA Rejects SGLT Drug Zynquista for T1D Use appeared first on Insulin Nation.
Coronavirus: Don’t Panic, Get Informed
American Well
JANUARY 29, 2020
For example, it’s unclear whether the disease can spread before a person develops symptoms or whether people who never become symptomatic can still spread the disease. Around the world, the newest coronavirus outbreak has millions of people concerned about their health.
Lilly Acquires Rights to Nasal Glucagon
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 16, 2015
has acquired the worldwide rights to a nasal glucagon product being developed by Locemia Solutions, according to a recent press release. The acquisition is an attempt by Lilly to bolster its troubled drug pipeline. In October, FierceBiotech reported that the company pulled the plug on the development of evacetrapib, a drug meant to ward off heart attacks and strokes, after investing $90 million in costly clinical trials.
AI and Data Analytics to Combat Health Pandemic
New Age Healthcare
MAY 1, 2020
Countries such as India, Singapore, China, Korea, Spain and Israel have successfully developed and deployed indigenous mobile apps to provide instant notifications if an exposure to a covid infected person has occurred. Artificial Intelligence for Monitoring and Drug Development. AI and cloud computing are being used extensively to identify potential drugs and augment the research for coronavirus vaccine development.
Auxulin: Hyperglycemic Innovation Driven by Need
Insulin Nation
MAY 16, 2019
We spoke with Tommy Ritz, MBA, and Dr. Jason McDevitt, William & Mary’s Tech Transfer Director about Auxulin – [link] – the company they founded to market a new drug that alleviates hyperglycemic episodes. . patents to drugs in the development pipeline. The solution they found is a variation of a prescription drug that is off-patent and not widely used. Technically, this is a new use of an old drug,” McDevitt said. “We’re
Healthcare AI investment will shift to these 5 areas in the next 2 years: survey
Henry Kotula
MARCH 10, 2021
continues to navigate the pandemic, life sciences business leaders are overwhelmingly confident in AI’s ability to monitor the spread of COVID-19 cases (94%), help with vaccine development (90%) and aid vaccine distribution (90%). [link].
Leveraging T2D Drugs to improve T1D Therapy
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
In his studies, Type 1 diabetic patients have significantly benefited when their daily insulin regimen is supplemented with drugs developed to treat Type 2 diabetes. This was the first research ( release ) on using this Type 2 approved drug for T1D treatment and there were larger confirmatory studies ( release ) in 2016 and 2018. The study will supplement insulin therapy with these two drugs designed to treat Type 2 Diabetes or with semaglutide alone. “
AI and Data Analytics to Combat Health Pandemic
New Age Healthcare
MAY 1, 2020
Countries such as India, Singapore, China, Korea, Spain and Israel have successfully developed and deployed indigenous mobile apps to provide instant notifications if an exposure to a covid infected person has occurred. Artificial Intelligence for Monitoring and Drug Development. AI and cloud computing are being used extensively to identify potential drugs and augment the research for coronavirus vaccine development.
AI and Data Analytics to Combat Health Pandemic
New Age Healthcare
MAY 1, 2020
Countries such as India, Singapore, China, Korea, Spain and Israel have successfully developed and deployed indigenous mobile apps to provide instant notifications if an exposure to a covid infected person has occurred. Artificial Intelligence for Monitoring and Drug Development. AI and cloud computing are being used extensively to identify potential drugs and augment the research for coronavirus vaccine development.
FemTech: The rise of Female Health innovation
Lloyd Price
JUNE 4, 2018
CVC’s recent acquisition of the women’s health division of the Israeli drug developer Teva for $800m created a company dedicated to contraception, fertility, menopause and osteoporosis. Silicon Valley Bank, Zinc.vc and The Up Group recently hosted a breakfast on ‘Female Health Innovation’, often known as FemTech. The event brought together the ecosystem of founders, investors, scaled organisations and advisors and was chaired by Nooman Haque, MD at Silicon Valley Bank.
Novartis CEO Is Going All in With Some Big Bets on R&D
Lloyd Price
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Narasimhan pointed to some of the investments the company has made into the cutting-edge areas of drug development, such as gene therapy and radiopharmaceuticals. Food and Drug Administration for Kymriah, a genetically-modified autologous T-cell immunotherapy. The deal for AveXis followed a licensing and supply deal with Spark Therapeutics to develop and commercialize Spark’s gene therapy Luxturna outside the U.S.
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