oncology

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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:07 pm April 29, 2025
Atropos Health, a company that translates real-world clinical data (RWD) into real-world evidence, announced a strategic partnership with Ontada, a McKesson business involved in community oncology. Ontada is connected to The US Oncology Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of McKesson, which delivers real-time data, insights and research on how cancer is treated in a community. The collaboration...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:46 pm April 23, 2025
Healthcare data company ConcertAI announced a multi-year agreement with pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant Bayer to utilize ConcertAI's Translational360 and AI SaaS offerings. The offerings use AI- and machine learning-acquired insights to speed up clinical development in precision oncology. The agreement aims to utilize ConcertAI's Translational360 offering, an integrated research-level...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 04:21 pm March 19, 2025
Healthtech company Flatiron Health is collaborating with NRG Oncology, a clinical research consortium in the National Cancer Institute's National Clinical Trials Network with more than 1,300 worldwide research sites, to deploy Flatiron Clinical Pipe in a multicenter NRG clinical trial. Flatiron Clinical Pipe is an electronic health record (EHR) to electronic data capture (EDC) connector that aims...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 02:11 pm January 24, 2025
DeepScribe, an AI-enabled clinical documentation tool for healthcare providers, is partnering with oncology-focused digital health company Flatiron Health to bring DeepScribe's AI documentation to clinicians that use Flatiron's OncoEMR, cloud-based electronic medical record platform. According to the company, DeepScribe's ambient AI is "optimized for oncology by comprehending the workflow,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 03:00 pm June 3, 2024
Oncology-focused digital therapeutics company Mika Health and global nonprofit Cancer Support Community (CSC) announced the pair will provide an AI-enabled oncology-focused digital therapeutic for U.S.-based cancer patients and their caregivers to access mental health and other support services free of charge.  Mika Health provides cancer patients with an app where they can access psychological...
Feyi Ayodele, founder and CEO at CancerIQ
By  Jessica Hagen 12:22 pm January 26, 2024
Between 30% to 50% of cancer cases are preventable, according to the World Health Organization. Precluding the advancement of cancer can save patients and payers money and lead to a better quality of life.  Feyi Ayodele, founder and CEO at CancerIQ, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss CancerIQ's offerings and how healthcare organizations use its technology to detect and thwart the...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:26 pm January 24, 2024
Elephas, an oncology-focused diagnostics platform, announced it secured $55 million in Series C funding, bringing its total raise to $116.5 million.  Venture Investors Health Fund and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) led the round.  Existing investors Northpond Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, WARF Ventures, Tao Invest, Sands Capital and ARCH Ventures also participated in the...
Panelists in the Constellation Forum 2023
By  Nathan Eddy 03:25 pm October 10, 2023
Artificial intelligence could have profound implications for the field of oncology, concluded panelists speaking to journalist and moderator Katie Couric at the Constellation Forum 2023 at Northwell Health last week. Dr. Richard Barakat, physician in chief and executive director of cancer services and research division at Northwell Health, noted that using AI in imaging will help radiologists and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 11:33 am September 26, 2023
Cancer detection technology startup Adela announced it secured $48 million in funding, bringing its total raise to $108 million.   Labcorp joined the round as a new investor alongside existing investors OrbiMed, Decheng Capital, F-Prime Capital, Deerfield Management and RA Capital Management.  Adela also named Lisa Alderson as its interim CEO. Alderson has served on the company's board of...
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By  Jessica Hagen 09:07 am September 19, 2023
Employer-focused cancer startup AccessHope announced it is adding Johns Hopkins Medicine's Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Care Center to its network of National Cancer Institute-designated organizational partners.  AccessHope connects employers offering self-funded health plans and employees' treating physicians with cancer-focused expertise from NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers...