COVID-19 accelerates healthtech adoption
Cost pressures in US healthcare exacerbated by COVID-19 have accelerated adoption of tech to better serve patients and improve margins.
WHO launches COVID-19 open tech initiative
The WHO today announces the launch of the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), a global open collaboration in the fight against COVID-19 to make vaccines, drugs and other health technologies against COVID-19 accessible to all.
Medopad makes AI acquisitions, rebrands to Huma
Huma is the new name for Medopad as it makes acquisitions in its quest to make preventative healthcare a reality.
C-19: symptom reporting app launched by King’s College London
King’s College London has launched a COVID-19 symptom-tracking app in the UK. The aim is to help slow the outbreak by tracking in real time: How fast the virus is spreading geographically High-risk areas in the UK Who is most at risk, by better understanding symptoms linked to underlying health conditions The app is free to […]
NHS England selects vendors for future healthcare
Electronic health record solutions must be interoperable and modular.
Digital transformation threatens data security at US healthcare organisations
Criminals target sensitive data left unencrypted after digital transformation initiatives
Recursion Pharmaceuticals $121 million Series C for AI drug discovery
Recursion Pharmceuticals has closed a $121 million Series C funding round, led by Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, with participation from new and all prior institutional investors. The funds will be invested to continue building Recursion’s AI-enabled drug discovery platform, as well as to develop capabilities to accelerate new chemical entity chemistry and predict safety pharmacology. Recursion […]
BioPharma Ledger brings blockchain to clinical trials
ALTEN Calsoft Labs launches blockchain clinical trial platform in partnership with clinical research organisation Clinlogix
Belong.Life raises $14 million B round to build out C word solution
The social network for cancer will use the funds to expand its service and enter new markets through its patient engagement platform
CogX 19: health tech in the NHS
AI is being deployed in the NHS to improve healthcare delivery across a broad range of activities