Biotech IPOs continues to be almost non-existent, but Acelyrin wants to see if the public markets have an appetite for its lead drug candidate. The small protein drug could match up favorably against blockbuster biologics and it has reached pivotal testing in three inflammatory disorders.
Scene Health's $17.7 million Series B funding round was led by ABS Capital Partners and includes participation from Claritas Health Ventures, PTX Capital, Kapor Capital and Healthworx, the investment arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Since Scene Health was founded in 2014, it has raised more than $25 million total.
Ada Health recently announced that Jefferson Health is deploying its technology across its entire enterprise as part of a digital front door initiative. The Berlin-based company's AI-powered symptom assessment and care navigation tools helps health systems achieve a robust digital front door, which means staff members don't have to spend as much time triaging patients or helping them navigate the process of finding care.
The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living reported in June that nearly half of the nation's 14,000 nursing homes are facing severe labor shortages, and 73 percent of those facilities are concerned about closing.
Ambient AI promises a second coming for technology at the point of care enabling EHR systems to elegantly work for providers in the background, in natural workflows and "in conversation," versus requiring the provider and patients to step aside, waste time, and "feed the beasts" of legacy transactional systems.
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