Category: technology

Digital Health Startup Transcarent Just Raised $200 Million To Grow Its Concierge Medical Business

The company, helmed by former Livongo CEO Glen Tullman, just raised a series C round at a $1.6 billion valuation.

The Five Biggest Healthcare Tech Trends In 2022

The healthcare sector is under enormous pressure at the moment, and technology adoption has been accelerating to help deliver better, cheaper, and more personalized healthcare to people. Here we look at the top healthcare tech trends in 2022.

This Startup Raised Over $500 Million To Find Better Drugs With Nobel Prize-Winning Microscopes

Eikon Therapeutics uses high-resolution microscopes that view cell activity in real time, with an eye to using that data to accelerate drug discovery.

InnovationRx: Treating ‘Undruggable’ Diseases; Plus, Omicron In Europe

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New Data Confirms Covid Antiviral Drug 89% Effective At Preventing Hospitalizations And Death, Pfizer Says

The pharmaceutical giant says new data from its Phase 2/3 studies a previous analysis of the drug’s effectiveness.

FDA Greenlights Booster Shots Of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid Vaccine For 16 And 17-Year-Olds

Pfizer and BioNTech will also apply to the FDA to expand the approval of their companies’ vaccine to include the third dose.

This Biotech Company Raised $40 Million To Develop Treatments For ‘Undruggable’ Diseases

Totus Medicines’ has come out of stealth with a technology that could enable it to treat cancers with known targets but no specific drugs—and it’s going into clinical trials next year.

The 5 Biggest Biotech Trends In 2022

Biotech is evolving rapidly and is becoming one of today’s most important technology areas. In 2022, we will see many new developments and advances. Here are some of the trends that will reshape the Biotech space over the next year.

2022 Franklin Institute Awards Announced: Covid Vaccine CEOs Honored For Business Leadership

The CEOs of Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson were honored with the Bower Award for their work in developing vaccines to combat the pandemic.

Rally Health Founder’s New Startup Is Focused On Artificial Intelligence

Grant Verstandig’s newest company, ZephyrAI, aims to use AI for better drug discovery and personalized health.