Paige, an artificial intelligence-enabled system for high-speed, low-cost cancer diagnosis and treatment, has closed a $45 million Series B funding round, according to a Dec. 18 news release.
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Durham, N.C.-based Duke University's Office of Licensing & Ventures partnered with healthcare investment firm Deerfield Management Company to launch Four Points Innovation, a private company aiming to accelerate drug discovery and development.
All too often, seemingly innovative organizations burn bright with a cutting-edge invention for only a short period of time before fading into obscurity. Companies with sustained success, meanwhile, have mastered the art of continuous innovation.
Brad Smith has reportedly been chosen to head up the CMS Innovation Center, according to a Nashville Post report.
Thrive Earlier Detection, a startup developing a liquid biopsy test to identify early-stage cancers, was announced on Dec. 17 as the winner of the BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge.
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Trent Haywood, MD, the former CMO of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, took a new role at a company providing benefit check and prior authorization technology to clinical labs, home infusion and providers at other alternative sites.
Eleven early-stage companies developing digital solutions to address social determinants of health, prescription drug pricing and more of healthcare's most pressing issues have advanced to the final stage of the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge.
Even after securing millions to build an innovation hub, partnering with high-profile industry players to launch cutting-edge initiatives and gathering a dedicated team of innovators, a healthcare innovation program can still be easily sidelined if that team has not been…
New York City-based NYU Langone Health celebrated on Dec. 10 the grand opening of its incubator for early-stage biotechnology and life sciences companies, with nearly two dozen startups already residing in the space.
Cleveland Clinic's innovation arm and Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health are the joint winners of the Cool Idea Award: Healthcare Grant, digital manufacturer Protolabs announced Dec. 12.