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FirstWord HealthTech provides timely news updates and analyses of key developments shaping the digital healthcare landscape.
Joined December 2011
WELLSTAR banks $45M before public debut next year #WELLHealth #seriesB #fundingnews
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Canadian healthtech platform WELLSTAR Technologies has raised CAD $62 million ($45 million) in new funding as it prepares to go public in 2026.The series B round is bac...
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Thermo Fisher inks $8.9B for Clario to up its clinical trial data game $TMO @thermofisher #acquisition
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Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to acquire Clario Holdings for nearly $8.9 billion in cash, a move that brings advanced clinical trial data tools into its growing research services b...
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Samsung's health app will offer virtual doc visits via HealthTap integration @SamsungHealth @HealthTap #virtualcare #telehealth #primarycare
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Virtual care provider HealthTap said Tuesday it will make its primary and urgent...
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OpenAI lands new pharma deals with Thermo Fisher and Lundbeck @OpenAI @thermofisher @LundbeckUS $TMO $HLBBF #ChatGPT #genAI
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OpenAI announced new collaborations with Thermo Fisher Scientific and Lundbeck on Monday, extending its reach into drug development. The announcements mark one of OpenAI’s broadest steps...
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NeurAxis nerve stimulator gets FDA nod for adult abdominal pain relief @NeurAxisInc $NRXS #dyspepsia #pain
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NeurAxis announced Friday that the FDA granted 510(k) clearance for IB-Stim, its percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation (PENFS) device, to treat abdominal pain and nausea linked...
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Epic Systems to retire its 'Workshop' programme as AI scribes move from pilot to practice #AI #EHRs #HealthIT
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Epic Systems is phasing out its Workshop programme, the framework it has used to co-develop and test new technologies with outside vendors, including Abridge, which helped pilot Epic’s e...
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Microsoft teams up with Pangaea Data to decode doctor-patient dialogue with AI @Microsoft $MSFT @PangaeaDataAI #AI #genAI
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Pangaea Data announced Thursday a partnership with Microsoft to optimise electronic health record (EHR) workflows with AI. The collaboration will unite the capabilities of Microsoft's Dr...
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LillyDirect taps Isaac Health for faster dementia diagnoses, treatment @EliLillyandCo $LLY @IsaacHealth #dementia #AI #Alzheimers
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Virtual memory clinic Isaac Health announced Wednesday that it has partnered with Eli Lilly's direct-to-consumer platform, LillyDirect, to expand access to its Alzheimer's disease servic...
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Chemify snags $50M to bring automation to drug design, manufacturing @ChemifyX @Wing_VC @insightpartners #VentureCapital #LifeSciencesScotland
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Chemify has raised more than $50 million in series B funding to bring automation and computation to the front line of chemistry, with one of its aims being to industrialise how small mol...
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ESMO25: ctDNA-guided chemotherapy shows promise in colon cancer trial #esmo2025 #ESMO25 #coloncancer #chemotherapy @NatureMedicine
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Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA)-guided chemotherapy de-escalation is feasible and may significantly reduce oxaliplatin exposure and related adverse events without compromising outcomes, a...
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Neuralink rival CoMind raises $60M to bring brain monitoring to the ICU @CoMind_ #neurology #intensivecare #neurotech
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UK-based brain monitoring firm CoMind announced Monday the closing of a $60-million funding round, which will support regulatory approval efforts for its flagship device, CoMind One; exp...
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Samsung backs GRAIL in $110M deal to bring early cancer detection to Asia @Samsung @GrailBio $GRAL #Galleri #CancerScreening
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Samsung is making a major push into precision oncology through a new $110 millio...
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AstraZeneca expands Immunai collaboration to tackle inflammatory bowel disease $AZN #IBD #AI
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AstraZeneca is extending its AI-driven discovery work beyond oncology, signing a deal worth up to $85 million with Immunai to develop a novel inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) target iden...
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Bexorg wins $23M to end CNS drug trial failures using AI — and human brains #AI #neurology #DrugDiscovery
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Yale University spin-out Bexorg on Wednesday closed a $23-million series A to en...
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Hims & Hers Health enters menopause market in $1B revenue push @wearehims @wearehers #menopause $HIMS
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Hims & Hers Health is expanding its platform to include specialised menopause an...
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ŌURA Health raises $900M to power AI-backed preventive health push @ouraring #wearables #digitalhealth #OuraRing #AI #Funding
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ŌURA announced on Tuesday that it has raised more than $900 million to speed up product development and global expansion as the smart ring maker doubles down on preventive health.
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Boehringer Ingelheim, Click Therapeutics say schizophrenia PDT improves symptoms significantly @Boehringer @Click_Tx #schizophrenia #digitaltherapeutics #ECNP2025
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Boehringer Ingelheim and Click Therapeutics shared new data on Monday from the P...
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FDA clears Roche's blood test to rule out Alzheimer's in primary care @RocheDiaUSA $RHHBY #dementia #AlzheimersDisease
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Roche announc...
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