WellDoc

Malinda Peeples, VP of clinical services, programs and research at WellDoc, muses on how technology adoption is revamping health education and support.

The pharmacy benefit manager has vetted 15 programs from Livongo, Propeller Health, Omada Health and others to help clients choose effective digital health management tools.

Astellas will be paying Welldoc $15 million up front for certain rights to the diabetes digital therapeutic, and will also be on the hook for milestones and royalty payments.

Forest Devices' system, which employs disposable EEG caps and AI to streamline stroke care, was highlighted by judges and audience members over the cardiac offerings of fellow finalists Welldoc, PhysIQ, Happify Health, Qura and VUNO.

This is the seventh FDA clearance for the longstanding mobile diabetes management platform.

Also: Microsoft and Imprivata developing healthcare access management platform; SyncThink pairs with QuesGen Systems.

Also in hires: Voice assistant AI startup Notable appoints VC partner Annie Lamont to its board, and DarioHealth taps Olivier Jarry as its next CCO and president.