Media intelligence platform AdClarity has tracked the digital advertising expenditure of the Australian federal and state governments on COVID-19-related messaging.
A news report citing the AdClarity research noted that collectively, they spent more than A$14.9 million ($10.9 million) on COVID-19-related digital ads from the start of the pandemic in March 2020 to June 2021.
About 92% of their...
South Korean automotive supplier Hyundai Mobis has developed a bio-health technology that contributes to public safety.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The company said in a press statement that it took three years of research and development to develop M.Brain, an earpiece with sensors that measure a driver's health condition in real-time by detecting brainwaves around the ear. Machine learning is applied to...
HealthifyMe, an AI-enabled health and fitness app from India, has netted $75 million in a Series C funding round led by LeapFrog and Khosla Ventures. The investing round was also joined by HealthQuad, Unilever Ventures, Elm of the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, as well as repeat investors Chiratae Ventures, Inventus Capital and Sistema Asia Capital.
The company has so far raised over $100...
AI startup Lunit from South Korea has bagged $26 million in a Series C Tranche B funding round. The investment came from Guardant Health, a Nasdaq-listed precision oncology firm.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded in 2013, Lunit develops AI software in the oncology space. Its solutions are designed to discover cancer and predict cancer treatment outcomes.
One of its tech solutions, tissue analysis platform...
Today, Melbourne-headquartered Telstra Health, the digital health arm of Telstra Corporation, announced that it has entered into a deal to buy a majority stake in PowerHealth, a healthcare software solutions provider based in Adelaide.
A news report noted that the deal is for about A$150 million ($110.7 million).
Established in 1995, PowerHealth specialises in billing, costing and revenue...
Sapio Smart Healthcare, a division of Indian government advisory firm Sapio Analytics, has developed a chatbot that assists patients from rural and remote areas in India.
Based on a press statement, the AKS Sapio Med Bot was designed to understand the "local and personal" concerns of a patient, while assisting them in seeking treatment before getting medical consultations.
The chatbot is named...
Indian healthcare solutions provider HealWell24, together with actress and philanthropist Gul Panag, has launched its latest web platform that provides a space for doctors and patients to connect.
WHAT IT DOES
DocsCampus.com claims to be the first online healthcare network in India. The website allows doctors to build their professional network to share and access knowledge and find school alumni...
Regulatory body approves POC use of Cue Health's COVID-19 test in India
Cue Health, a California-based health tech company, has recently got regulatory approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation for its COVID-19 test for professional point-of-care use in India.
The company claims its molecular-based diagnostic test provides "highly accurate, lab-quality results" that are sent...
Taiwan-based companies First Life Insurance of First Financial Holding Co. and fintech-focused software provider TPIsoftware have collaborated to launch a new mobile health and fitness app that features gamified exercise.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
According to a press release, the Qwalker app tracks a user's all-day steps, walking miles, and burned calories. It gamifies a step tracker and enables users to...
In its recent annual developers' conference, New York-listed Chinese health technology firm Zepp Health showcased its latest range of products, which include its AI wearable chip for health devices, a smartwatch operating system and a blood pressure measurement feature on its smartwatch brand.
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The new Zepp OS will not only be an operating system for its smartwatch but also the core of...
