VR maker Jolly Good and Otsuka Pharmaceutical have signed an exclusive product development and sales deal to expand the use of social skill training VR in treating mental disorders in Japan.
The deal worth 5 billion yen ($43.7 million) will see Jolly Good delivering VR goggles and tablet devices and SST VR content. Otsuka will be compensating its partner for sales made at healthcare facilities,...
Stress and wellness app Calm announced Wednesday it has acquired Ripple Health Group, a health tech company that makes apps for care coordination and condition management.
As part of the deal, Ripple CEO David Ko will join Calm as co-CEO alongside Michael Acton Smith. Calm cofounder and co-CEO Alex Tew will become executive chairman.
Ripple's current apps include CareMemo, which allows patients...
Tech-enabled psychiatric care startup Talkiatry has wrapped up its $37 million Series A financing round.
The company announced it had raised $20 million in funding in July. Left Lane Capital, which also participated last year, contributed the additional $17 million.
Other investors in the mental health startup include CityMD founder Dr. Richard Park, Sikwoo Capital Partners and Relevance Ventures...
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University have created a predictive computer programme that could be used to screen individuals for risk of depression.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The machine learning-enabled Ycogni model detects a person's risk of depression by analysing their physical activity, sleep patterns, and circadian rhythms, whose data are acquired from wearable devices measuring steps,...
A gamified app for managing anxiety in children reduced symptom severity and helped them meet treatment goals, but didn't improve functional impairments, according to a study published in JMIR.
The preliminary evaluation study was conducted through a collaboration with the app's creator.
TOP-LINE DATA
Researchers found a small to moderate effect in anxiety symptom severity on parent-rated...
Teletherapy company Talkspace is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it misled investors about the company's financials in the run-up to its merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
The suit, filed Jan. 7, alleges investors weren't informed that Talkspace was seeing significantly increased advertising costs in its direct-to-consumer business, and it was seeing lower conversion rates...
The digital health industry experienced a big growth year in 2021. According to Rock Health’s third quarter analysis of the space, funding had already reached $21.3 billion across 541 deals. The year surpassed 2020’s full-year funding total after the second quarter.
Russ Johannesson, CEO of diabetes and chronic condition management company Glooko, told MobiHealthNews the COVID-19 pandemic...
Digital mental health company Headspace Health has acquired Sayana, maker of AI-enabled mental health-tracking and sleep apps.
Sayana’s Self-Care app uses chat sessions with an AI dubbed Sayana that tracks their feelings and connects them to their experiences and actions. It also offers different content and exercises, depending on the information a user provides and their mood trends. It also...
COVID-19 changed how healthcare was delivered by accelerating the use of virtual care and telehealth.
But insurers, employers and other payers are jumping on the virtual bandwagon too, hoping to lower the cost of care by offering technology and digital solutions to their members.
More players launched virtual-first health plans, some big insurtechs hit the public markets this year, and digital...
Mental health startup UpLift announced Tuesday it had raised $8 million in a funding round led by B Capital Group.
Additional investors participating in the round include Clover Health cofounder and CEO Vivek Garipalli, Cityblock Health cofounder and head of product Bay Gross, and Thyme Care president and former Flatiron Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bobby Green, with others contributing pro...
