Category: digital health

GV, formerly known as Google Ventures, led a series A $35 million funding round for a digital health pharmaceutical company Waltz Health.

Digital therapeutics and virtual care provider Biofourmis surpassed a $1 billion valuation when it closed a $300 million series D funding round April 26.

The Defense Health Agency’s branch for connected health developed a framework to evaluate the thousands of health apps available. 

Artificial intelligence in healthcare “doesn’t really exist right now,” even though it should, according to Aike Ho, a partner at venture capital firm Acme Capital. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is collaborating on a mobile platform to find nurses on demand.

Fitbit on April 11 received FDA clearance for its new photoplethysmography algorithm to identify atrial fibrillation. Here are three things to know:

Franklin, Tenn.-based Tivity Health has agreed to be acquired and taken private by Stone Point Capital, a private equity firm. 

Algorithms used to estimate risk of heart problems are performing poorly when applied to new populations, resulting in substantial risk of harm, according to a study published in Circulation April 5.

U.S. digital health funding reached $6 billion across 183 deals in the first quarter of 2022, falling behind the $7.3 billion raised in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Rock Health’s quarterly report.

Anthem, Biogen, Eli Lilly, Evidation, Janssen, Merck, Pfizer and Savvy Co-op partnered with a nonprofit organization to develop a toolkit to support reimbursement for new drugs developed using digital endpoints.