Sara Mageit

By  Sara Mageit 07:18 am September 24, 2021
ADA HEALTH ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH AXA ONEHEALTH Berlin-based global digital health company, Ada Health has announced a partnership with AXA OneHealth, an Egypt-based subsidiary of AXA. Ada was selected as a partner to underpin AXA OneHealth’s digital ecosystem in the region and transform its users’ experience. The partnership will integrate Ada’s AI-based enterprise solutions and provide AXA...
HIMSS, data use
By  Sara Mageit 03:38 am September 24, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the ways data integration can make a significant contribution and help to increase the quality of decision-making. This is especially pertinent in healthcare where clinical decision-makers face multiple barriers and challenges along the patient pathway. This last year has seen the NHS consider the challenge of how patient pathways can be improved and...
King's College London, GSK, oncology, cancer research
By  Sara Mageit 09:41 am September 23, 2021
King's College London and global pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), have formed a new five-year partnership to use AI to provide insight into why and how some patients respond to certain cancer treatments. WHY IT MATTERS The collaboration will use AI systems to build tools that will support clinical decision-making to help improve patient outcomes. This move has resulted in the...
accuRx, Series B round, vaccine booking system, Abtrace
By  Sara Mageit 02:58 am September 15, 2021
London-based healthcare platform accuRx today announced a £27.5 million Series B funding boost. The round was led by Lakestar with participation from British Patient Capital, Latitude VS, Atomico, Trusted Insight and Encore Capital.  WHAT IT DOES Founded in 2016, accuRx’s mission is to bring patients and their healthcare teams together. Its platform is used by 98% of GP practices in England and...
Numan
By  Sara Mageit 06:19 am September 14, 2021
London-based digital health startup Numan has raised €33 million in funding, bringing the company's funding up to €44 million, following a Series A funding in October 2020. The round was led by White Star Capital, with existing investors Novator, Vostok New Global, Anthemis Exponential and Colle Capital, and new investor Hanwha Dream Fund participating. WHY IT MATTERS The company offers a digital...
UpHill
By  Sara Mageit 07:59 am September 13, 2021
Lisbon-based digital health startup, UpHill, which develops software to guide clinical decisions, has raised €3.5 million in a seed round to scale up its product within healthcare institutions worldwide. The seed round was led by Brighteye Ventures and MSM. A month ago, the company also received €1 million European funding to lead an R&D project on clinical pathways implementation.  WHY IT...
Cera, Moodbeam, Yext, NHS, doctor finder solution, remote consultations
By  Sara Mageit 08:49 am September 10, 2021
UK GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES £113M FUNDING TO BRING INNOVATION Ninety-seven of the UK's future science leaders will benefit from a £113 million cash boost to help turn science into new products and services. Announced by science minister Amanda Solloway this week, the boost will support projects such as robotics to help British farmers, new therapies to tackle chronic illnesses and unlocking the...
Clinova
By  Sara Mageit 05:45 am September 9, 2021
UK-based digital healthcare company Clinova has launched Caidr 3.0, the latest version of its health and wellness search engine for smart self-care. Key features include a search tool for health topics, treatments and products and messages and content on wellbeing and local advice on health while travelling abroad. WHY IT MATTERS The app's architecture is designed by a medical team of pharmacists...
Boots
By  Sara Mageit 08:40 am September 1, 2021
British pharmacy chain, Boots has partnered with online food delivery company, Deliveroo to enable customers to have products such as makeup, painkillers and vitamins delivered to their door, via a delivery app. Initially, 14 stores across England and Scotland will take part in the pilot, including four in London as well as in Edinburgh and Nottingham. If successful, the chain plans to roll it...
The digital health scaleup uses individual coaching with an intuitive app and certified dietitians to deliver healthy eating programmes.
By  Sara Mageit 05:45 am September 1, 2021
Oviva, the digital health scaleup which provides diet and lifestyle coaching has announced that it has raised €67 million ($80m) in Series C funding to expand its digital diabetes treatment across Europe. The round was co-led by Sofina and Temasek, alongside existing investors AlbionVC, Earlybird, Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime Capital, MTIP, and several angel investors. WHY IT MATTERS In Europe,...