Consumer

A doctor synchronising a patient's smartwatch with their mobile app
By  Adam Ang 10:44 pm February 6, 2025
MediBuddy developing IoT devices with Japan's ELECOM Virtual care company MediBuddy has started collaborating with Japanese electronics maker ELECOM to develop health IoT devices.  In a media release, MediBuddy said it will develop products for daily health management and leverage the collected health and medical data to generate personalised health insights and preventive care programmes. "In...
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By  Jessica Hagen 05:48 pm February 6, 2025
The European Union has released Guidelines to provide legal clarity on the prohibited uses of AI within the EU AI Act to ensure effective, consistent and uniform application and protect European citizens' rights and safety. The EU AI Act, which outlines regulations for the development, market placement, implementation and use of artificial intelligence in the European Union, came into effect in...
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By  Jessica Hagen 04:51 pm February 5, 2025
New York-based virtual care company Teladoc Health announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire virtual preventative care company Catapult Health in an all-cash deal worth $65 million. The deal includes an additional $5 million in contingent earnout consideration, meaning Teladoc agrees to pay additional cash or provide equity interests to Catapult should certain events occur after...
Zhenya Lindgardt, CEO of Sera Prognostics
By  Jessica Hagen 11:08 am February 5, 2025
During the JPM Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Zhenya Lindgardt, CEO of Sera Prognostics, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the company’s focus on preventing preterm birth, a leading cause of neonatal mortality, by identifying protein markers that indicate risk. MobiHealthNews: How does Sera work in women's health? Zhenya Lindgardt: Sera is a unique company. Any executive dreams of...
USAID Building
By  Jessica Hagen 02:20 pm February 3, 2025
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect that Secretary of State Mario Rubio announced he will be acting administrator of USAID.  During a live session on X Spaces, previously Twitter Spaces, Elon Musk confirmed that he spoke with President Trump about the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the president "agreed that we should shut it down." USAID is an...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:35 pm January 31, 2025
Bicycle Health, a company that offers virtual opioid disorder treatment, announced it secured $16.5 million in funding. Existing Questa Capital led the round with participation from other existing investors, including Frist Cressey Ventures, SignalFire, Hustle Fund, Valeo Ventures, City Light Capital and InterAlpen Partners. New investor JSL Health also joined the round.  The Boston-based company...
Healthcare provider talking on the phone while looking at a chart
By  Anthony Vecchione 05:31 pm January 30, 2025
NeuroFlow, a behavioral health technology and analytics company, announced it acquired virtual mental and behavioral health platform Quartet Health in a deal that is expected to close at the end of January. NeuroFlow’s technology and analytics platform combines behavioral health into physical health workflows while focusing on the "enablement of care delivery and visibility into quality and risk...
Two healthcare professionals looking at diagnostic images
By  Jessica Hagen 12:59 pm January 30, 2025
California-based Rad AI, a generative AI radiology workflow company, has secured $60 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round, which brings the company's total raise to more than $140 million and bumps up its valuation to $525 million. Transformation Capital led the round with participation from existing investors Cone Health, World Innovation Lab, Khosla Ventures, Kickstart Fund,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 03:01 pm January 29, 2025
SafelyYou, maker of AI-enabled technology for fall detection and prevention, closed a $43 million Series C funding round led by Touring Capital, bringing its total raise to more than $100 million.  Samsung Next, Omega Healthcare Investors, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Cross Creek and Qualcomm Ventures participated in the round.  The San Francisco-based company offers ambient AI technology...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 12:18 pm January 29, 2025
The Helper Bees, an independent technology platform focusing on how older adults live and age, announced it has raised $35 in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Centana Growth Partners, with support from Silverton Partners, Impact Engine, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and Alumni Ventures.  WHAT IT DOES The Helper Bees is an independent aging platform that aims to help insurers...