Roivant to buy Silicon for computational drug discovery capabilities
The Swiss firm will integrate VantAI and Silicon’s computational physics platform
Health
IBM reportedly considering sale of Watson Health business
22 Feb 21Watson Health, which generates nearly $1bn in annual revenue, has not been profitable for the US tech major
Laipac launches AI-powered LooK SPOT rapid Covid-19 antigen test system
22 Feb 21The European CE-IVD approved device is claimed to generate real-time test results in 5-8 minutes
Digital health company Sharecare to merge with Falcon in $3.9bn deal
15 Feb 21The merger is expected to enable the new entity to get listed on NASDAQ
B-Secur secures FDA 510(K) clearance for HeartKey EKG/ECG algorithms
08 Feb 21The company gets clearance for the Signal Conditioning, Heart Rate, and Arrhythmia Analysis algorithms
Samsung collaborates up with GetWellNetwork to improve patient care
04 Feb 21As part of the collaboration, GetWellNetwork’s technology will be integrated with Samsung healthcare-grade smart HTVs to provide better…
Hologic, Google Cloud collaborate to improve cervical cancer screening
02 Feb 21The collaboration is aimed at advancing AI and ML technologies to help screen and fast-track the eradication of…
GigCapital2 raises $285m for proposed merger with UpHealth and Cloudbreak
25 Jan 21The funding through a mix of equity and convertible debt will provide the enlarged UpHealth with the capital…
Could a pain-free vaccine patch be used to immunise people against Covid-19?
21 Oct 20Vaccine patch technology works by delivering hundreds of microneedles to the skin, and may provide a more convenient…
Senior UK health leader on why ‘creating health’ must be top of agenda post-coronavirus
09 Jul 20The former senior civil servant believes a decade of austerity has cut through health and social infrastructure, with…