Life Sciences
Insurance navigator Fair Square Medicare raises $15 million, AI-enabled prostate cancer care startup Avenda Health scores $10 million, and oncology clinical trial startup Trial Library emerges from stealth with $5 million.
Also: Decentralized clinical trial startup Curebase names vice president of clinical operations, and digital opioid use disorder-treatment company Ophelia hires a chief technology officer.
One of the projects will develop a digital navigator to support people with chronic conditions.
Also, scientists from the University of South Australia have developed tiny fibre sensors for remote patient monitoring.
Also, CureApp is getting $77 million in investment from the Sawai Group as part of their license deal.
The layoffs represent 13% of the AI-backed genomic and clinical data company's workforce.
Also: Primary care tech company Elation Health raised $50 million, and patient intake chatbot Health Note closed a $17 million Series A.
It has also entered into a collaboration with The Pharmacy Guild of Australia for health service initiatives.
HIMSS22
Precision medicine is entering the mainstream, from genetic insights informing a range of specialties to primary care using pharmacogenomics, according to Dr. Joel Diamond of 2bPrecise.
The partnership will allow Withings' connected scales, blood pressure monitors and sleep-tracking mats to integrate with Medable's trial platform.