The direct to consumer (DTC) model is changing the way we get our goods and services across everything from makeup to meal kits. And it is upending healthcare too, perhaps most visibly in pharmaceuticals, where we can get our meds mailed, on autopilot. But drill...
After the pandemic, will the healthcare system get back to normal? The stupendous growth of Japan’s M3 Inc. indicates some changes made during the crisis are here to stay. M3, which has been largely backed by Sony, helps pharmaceutical companies, doctors and their patients access information online,...
Verily, an Alphabet company, is creating a new subsidiary, Coefficient Insurance Co., that will be backed by reinsurer Swiss Re Group, according to a Tuesday (Aug. 25) press release. The announcement said the partnership will take aim at controlling healthcare costs for self-insured employers. The partnership’s commercial,...
Many U.S. parents are working overtime this summer to try to get their kids off the couch and out from behind their video games for fear that spending too much time navigating virtual worlds will come at the expense of learning how to navigate the...
Healthcare company Infermedica has raised $10.25 million in a venture funding round involving two new investors, EBRD and Heal Capital, along with existing investors Karma Ventures, Inovo Venture Partners and DreamIT Ventures. “The new funds will help us grow into the next stage of our evolution, focused on...
Telemedicine and virtual healthcare company Teladoc Health and California-based Livongo Health Inc., which provides digital health management for chronic conditions, have agreed to merge, the companies announced Wednesday (Aug. 5). Under the terms of the $18.5 billion agreement, each share of Livongo will be exchanged...
Alibaba Health Information Technology plans to pump the $1.3 billion it raised in a secondary offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange to expand its eCommerce pharmaceutical business as it rides a wave of growth amid the coronavirus. Alibaba Health, a subsidiary of Chinese online...
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new executive order improving telehealth and general care for rural areas that don’t have as much access, Politico reported. In the more rural areas of the country, hospitals have been struggling to keep up with the...
“There’s got to be a better way.” That single phrase has started plenty of innovative companies when uttered by frustrated entrepreneurs who find themselves running headlong into something that should be easy but isn’t. Nick Desai, co-founder and CEO of medical disruptor Heal, found himself...
