Eisai

A person sporting a smartwatch while on a run
By  Adam Ang 04:02 am January 10, 2024
Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai, together with Oita University in Japan, has built what could be the world's first AI model that uses data from wearable devices to predict Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. Their research team embarked on a study to create a cost-effective, practical tool to pre-screen people suspected of developing the disease. Their findings were...
A senior patient and a caregiver looking out the window
By  Adam Ang 04:11 am September 14, 2023
Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai has established a new digital health business targeting dementia.  WHY IT MATTERS Eisai's newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary, Theoria Technologies Co., seeks to "accelerate the development of a dementia ecosystem." This ecosystem, according to a press release, will empower people with dementia to "live their fullest lives." Commencing business in April 2024...
Two elderly persons using a tablet computer
By  Adam Ang 02:11 am January 13, 2022
A digital brain assessment tool by ASX-listed neuroscience tech company Cogstate is coming to Taiwan and Hong Kong.  On Thursday, the Cogstate announced that CogMate, the global multilingual version of its NouKNOW digital tool for self-assessment of brain performance, will be distributed by pharmaceutical firm Eisai in the two Asian markets. WHAT IT DOES Accessible via web and mobile devices,...
With the creation of digital twins in studies, Unlearn generates an intelligent control arm that can reduce the sample size and decrease the number of participants given the placebo.
By  Mallory Hackett 12:13 pm November 5, 2020
Unlearn, a startup creating digital twins used in the control arm of clinical trials, announced today an extension to its Series A funding round, bringing the total amount raised to $15 million. New investors Eisai, Epic Ventures and Alumni Ventures Group contributed to the oversubscribed round. They join 8VC, DCVC, DCVC Bio and Mubadala Capital Ventures, which contributed to Unlearn’s original...