According to recent numbers, 50% of all Americans are prescribed approximately one pill per day. That’s a lot of people, a lot of pills, and undoubtedly many, many missed doses. These days, remembering to take your pills is often even more difficult than getting them, especially for senior citizens.
Massachusetts-based Vitality, Inc. has [...]
Last week, trial-matching platform developer Healogica announced the availability of a new iPhone app that allows potential patients to search for clinical trials via the mobile web. Only $.99 to download, Clinical Trials 2.0 is an extension of Healogica’s current website, which provides a database for patients to search and connect with trials based [...]
We’ve seen a lot of ink dedicated to cloud computing in the life sciences press over the past six months, so it seems like it is past time to acknowledge the buzz and take a closer look at some of the issues surrounding this latest movement. Genome Technology’s overview of the trend, published today [...]
Arizona-based MedApps late last week announced FDA approval of its HealthPAL wireless remote monitoring system. Designed to link patients with their doctors more efficiently through convenient and timely transmission of personal health data, HealthPAL is a portable personal health device that collects readings from glucose meters, blood pressure monitors, weight scales and pulse oximeters, and [...]
Newton, MA-based Life Image Inc. landed in the news this week for a $2.2 million round of funding as reported by Mass High Tech. The company calls itself the “Universal Imaging Inbox” on its website, and it certainly doesn’t look too hard to understand the value of its technology. The startup’s web-based applications and services [...]
Yesterday, we announced $500,000 in seed funding for new medical software startup RxVantage. The company is growing fast (a 90% acceptance rate of its signature application among early adopters has accelerated outreach), and the investment, which the company hopes will be a part of a much larger ($6-8 million) round within the next few months, [...]
Bio Equity Risk Management, LLC, which is billing itself as a “boutique healthcare investment firm focused on special situation investments” opened today in Boston, and it looks like the firm will be tackling the biotech, medical device and healthcare IT sectors. Given the near plethora of high-profile mergers and acquisitions in public pharma last year, [...]