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Startup targeting at seniors and caregivers launches an online expert tool to help navigate their care

By Emma Bardin Tuesday, April 26, 2022 5:58 PM

Earlier this month Honor launched its Honor Expert platform, an online tool for seniors, caregivers and family to ask questions and get answers about aging-related matters. The platform can also connect specialists to users and get them educational resources.

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Cancer biotech Pheast unveils $76M to expand immunotherapy's menu to new targets

By Frank Vinluan Tuesday, April 26, 2022 5:34 PM

Biotech startup Pheast Therapeutics is out of stealth taking a tack similar to that of cancer immunotherapy company Forty Seven, also a spinout from the Stanford University lab of Irving Weissman. While both companies get immune cells to eat tumors, Pheast's technology has the potential to take the approach to a broader range of cancer types including those that have historically resisted immunotherapy.

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Targeted drug combinations are the next big advance in cancer treatment

By Robert Nagourney Tuesday, April 26, 2022 3:46 PM

Drugs that work for one patient may not work for another, even if both patients have the same diagnosis. This is why each patient should be tested to select the most effective and least toxic drug regimen for that individual before initiating treatment.

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How hospitals can overcome tech challenges to provide clinical testing for community physicians

By Mark Dorner Tuesday, April 26, 2022 2:16 PM

To maximize productivity, hospitals must connect with community providers to transmit electronic orders and results back and forth. An integrated laboratory testing platform can support this and improve the patient experience.

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Former OptumRx CEO launches startup Waltz Health with $35M, promising to lower drug costs

By Michael Schroeder Tuesday, April 26, 2022 1:01 PM

Pharmacy benefit managers have been widely criticized for opaque drug pricing practices. But Waltz Health, which was co-founded by former PBM executive Mark Thierer, aims to use insider knowledge and tech solutions to lower drug costs.

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Judges: Joint winners at INVEST Pitch Perfect's RPM track address large unmet need, have clear reimbursement path

By Arundhati Parmar Tuesday, April 26, 2022 12:45 PM

San Francisco-based Blumio and Saint Paul, Minnesota-based NxGenPort tied for the top prize in the Remote Patient Monitoring and Smart Devices track of INVEST Pitch Perfect, the startup competition integral to MedCity News' INVEST conference. Here is an in-depth look at each company.

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Biofourmis adds $300M to ramp up in virtual care, digital therapy clinical trials

By Frank Vinluan Tuesday, April 26, 2022 11:32 AM

The Series D round of funding makes Biofourmis a unicorn valued at $1.3 billion. CEO and founder Kuldeep Singh Rajput said that the new capital will be used to expand his company's remote-monitoring technologies and continue development of digital therapeutics, both as companions to traditional drugs and as monotherapies.

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INVEST Digital Health combines consumer and employer perspectives in healthcare

By Stephanie Baum Tuesday, April 26, 2022 11:25 AM

The MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference in Dallas, scheduled for September 28, will zero in on digital health topics and trends in the context of employer and employee healthcare concerns.

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