Pharma

Anita Mahon, executive vice president and global head of healthcare at EXL
By  Jessica Hagen 01:18 pm October 13, 2023
Varying use cases for generative AI in healthcare have emerged, from assisting providers with clinical documentation to helping researchers determine novel experimental designs.  Anita Mahon, executive vice president and global head of healthcare at EXL, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss how the global analytics and digital solutions company helps payers and providers determine which data...
Caregiver exercising a care taker
By  Jessica Hagen 01:41 pm October 5, 2023
Avanlee Care, a company focusing on elderly care coordination, announced it is integrating Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company’s (MCCPDC) offerings into its Ava app to provide affordable medications to caregivers and their loved ones.  Avanlee launched its app in 2021, which intends to improve existing eldercare technology by combining necessary tools and services in one location for unpaid family...
Healthcare provider sitting at a desk while looking at a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 04:32 pm October 3, 2023
India-based Doceree, a programmatic marketing platform for pharmaceutical and life sciences companies to reach healthcare professionals, announced it scored $35 million in Series B funding led by Creaegis. Existing investors F-Prime Capital and Eight Roads Ventures also participated in the round. The company, founded in 2019, will use the funds to expand its workforce, speed up product...
Healthcare provider speaking to a patient while smiling
By  Jessica Hagen 01:26 pm October 3, 2023
Healthcare data analytics company Komodo Health announced new hires just one week after launching a new tool dubbed MapLab, an AI-enabled offering providing information on treatment pathways, disease trends and patient populations for life sciences and healthcare companies. Julia Goebel will join the company as its new senior vice president of marketing and Brad Kelley as general manager of...
Healthcare provider walking through a hallway with two other healthcare providers standing behind them
By  Jessica Hagen 12:48 pm September 29, 2023
Multinational biotechnology company Biogen has confirmed it will shut down Biogen Digital Health, a global unit of the biotech company, and pull out of a study with Apple. Still, the company says it will continue to integrate some digital capabilities into other functions of its business.  "As our CEO Chris Viehbacher mentioned when he announced Fit for Growth, part of the initiative is removing...
Jennifer Mathieu, senior vice president of professional and government affairs at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
By  Jessica Hagen 12:37 pm September 22, 2023
The Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act, initially introduced in the U.S. Senate in 2022 and reintroduced in March of this year, aims to amend the Social Security Act to provide Medicare and Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for prescription digital therapeutics.  Jennifer Mathieu, senior vice president of professional and government affairs at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (...
A person using a digital tablet while doing inventory in the storeroom of a pharmacy
By  Jessica Hagen 02:08 pm September 6, 2023
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) is partnering with multinational pharmaceutical company Lupin Limited and the COPD Foundation to expand access to Tiotropium Bromide Inhalation Powder for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the U.S. COPD is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that obstructs airflow from the lungs and causes breathing problems. Tiotropium Bromide treats...
Person sitting in a pharmacy and getting an injection by a pharmacist
By  Jessica Hagen 01:52 pm September 5, 2023
Virtual opioid use disorder treatment company Bicycle Health is partnering with supermarket chain Albertsons to allow the telehealth company's providers to prescribe buprenorphine monthly injections for opioid use disorder that can be filled inside Albertsons pharmacies across 17 states.   Buprenorphine has been shown to reduce the risk of death after an opioid overdose.  Bicycle Health's doctors...
Healthcare provider standing in a hospital room wearing a pink stethoscope while holding a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 12:42 pm August 24, 2023
Real-world data platform Atropos Health announced it appointed a life science advisory board and moved into the life sciences sector, offering AI innovations, data evaluation, evidence generation and analytics augmentation.  Atropos' app helps physicians access real-world evidence to guide clinical decisions and research.  The California-based company also offers its Green Button for clinical...
Kakao Healthcare CEO Hwang Hee and Novo Nordisk President Sacha Semienchuk during the MOU signing
By  Adam Ang 02:51 am August 10, 2023
Kakao Healthcare, the digital healthcare business of South Korean internet company Kakao Corporation, has partnered with Novo Nordisk to further develop its diabetes management service powered by mobile and AI technologies. The two organisations recently signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a smart healthcare service to support patients with diabetes. According to a press release, Kakao...