VMocion, a technology company focused on allowing users to "feel" the motion they see in extended reality (XR) experiences, announced it secured $3 million in seed funding.
AZ Crown and Mayo Clinic participated in the round.
Eric Crown of Insight Enterprises will join the company's board of directors.
WHAT IT DOES
VMocion's 3V technologies provide users with a sense of physical motion while in...
Pharma giant Lilly announced the launch of a digital health experience dubbed LillyDirect, which offers patients with diabetes, obesity and migraines access to healthcare providers, educational information and a digital pharmacy for select Lilly medicines.
The platform includes LillyDirect Pharmacy Solutions, which allows patients to order Lilly's drugs via a third-party online pharmacy...
Veradigm, a data-driven healthcare technology company, announced it acquired revenue cycle optimization platform Koha Health the same day law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announced it filed a class action lawsuit against the health technology company on behalf of its investors.
The class action lawsuit was filed against Veradigm on behalf of purchasers of the company's common stock...
Tech-enabled Medicare Advantage company Devoted Health announced it scored $175 million in Series E funding at the end of 2023.
Venture capital companies Fearless Ventures, Highbury Holdings, Stardust Equity, GIC, Maverick Ventures and The Space Between led the round.
Andreessen Horowitz, Emerson Collective, Socium Ventures, The Private Shares Fund, and affiliated funds, General Catalyst, F-Prime...
Diagnostics company LumiraDx announced it signed an agreement to sell its point-of-care technology to pharma giant Roche for $295 million, with an additional payment of $55 million to fund the platform until the acquisition closes.
LumiraDx developed a diagnostic testing system that uses a small, portable instrument and microfluidic test strips to perform multiple lab-quality tests via a single...
Meds tracking live on Samsung Health
Samsung Electronics has started rolling out a new Medications tracking feature on the Samsung Health app to help users manage their medications and improve adherence.
The feature helps users keep track of their prescription and over-the-counter medications. It also provides users detailed information about their medications, including potential side effects...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has temporarily paused the International Trade Commission's exclusion order banning sales and imports of Apple's Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in the U.S. following an appeal by the tech giant.
Suspension of the order allows Apple to resume selling its smartwatches in the U.S. with the disputed blood oxygen feature. Apple said in a statement...
Boston-based Heranova Lifesciences, a women's healthcare company focusing on reproductive health, pregnancy and menopause, announced its launch with $13.5 million in seed and seed+ funding.
Emerging Technology Partners, Pivotal bioVenture Partners China, Sinovation Ventures and Triwise Capital participated in the round.
WHAT IT DOES
The company, which also has a presence in China, offers...
Executives in the digital health space shared with MobiHealthNews the most notable events in healthcare in 2023, including generative AI moving into the mainstream, the rise of ChatGPT, the fall of Silicon Valley Bank and Medicaid disenrollment.
Matthew Stoudt, cofounder and CEO of AppliedVR
"Silicon Valley Bank was the clear Black Swan event of 2023 and sent a shockwave through the entire system...
Apple can no longer sell its newest smartwatches, the Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2, in the U.S. after President Biden declined to veto a product ban implemented by the International Trade Commission (ITC) that cited patent infringement.
The ban, which came into effect this week, was implemented by the ITC in October to protect medtech company Masimo, which sued Apple in 2020 for...
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