Digital health platform Altibbi supports Egyptian blood plasma project
Altibbi has partnered with Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population to work on a blood plasma project.
The national project, to establish blood plasma donations for medicine production, will help to treat burns or pathological conditions, including kidney, liver, blood and chronic diseases.
Altibbi, the largest Arabic medical...
Inhealthcare wins NHS Scotland contract for remote patient monitoring
UK digital health firm Inhealthcare has been announced as the successful bidder for an NHS Scotland contract to support the scaling up and mainstreaming of remote monitoring services across Scotland.
Under the three-year contract, the firm will provide the technology to enable citizens to record relevant information in their...
Data sharing platform Health Gorilla scooped up $50 million in a Series C funding round led by SignalFire with participation from Epsilon Health Investors, IA Capital and Nationwide Ventures.
This round brings the company's total raise to $80 million, and comes a year after the interoperability startup announced it had closed a $15 million Series B round. Health Gorilla's FHIR-based platform...
The reimbursement channel for digital health apps in Europe has traditionally been long and complex.
But new analysis from Research2Guidance (R2G) predicts reimbursement opportunities will improve significantly over the next few years.
An R2G report has categorised European countries into groups of leaders, fast followers, certifiers and laggards, based on their public health insurance system’s...
Nostos Genomics raises €5M to speed up genetic disease diagnosis
Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven genetic analysis startup Nostos Genomics has closed a €5 million seed round with 42CAP, Frontline Ventures, Amino Collective and Entrepreneur First.
The firm’s disease identification platform, AION, can identify gene variants responsible for more than 10,000 diseases, cutting diagnosis time from...
Blockchain startup Avaneer Health scored $50 million in seed funding from large healthcare industry players.
Its first network participants include insurers Aetna, Anthem and Health Care Service Corporation, providers Cleveland Clinic and Sentara Healthcare, and the PNC Financial Services Group.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded in 2020, Avaneer offers a network using blockchain and FHIR technologies to allow...
The digital health industry experienced a big growth year in 2021. According to Rock Health’s third quarter analysis of the space, funding had already reached $21.3 billion across 541 deals. The year surpassed 2020’s full-year funding total after the second quarter.
Russ Johannesson, CEO of diabetes and chronic condition management company Glooko, told MobiHealthNews the COVID-19 pandemic...
As 2021 draws to a close, MobiHealthNews consults experts across the EMEA region to find out their vision for the year ahead in digital health.
Filippo Falaschi, investor, digital health and med tech investment management firm Spex Capital
There’s no doubt the pandemic served as a major catalyst in the development and adoption of digital health technologies at speed and scale. Investment figures...
HypnoVR raises €4.5M to accelerate roll-out of digital therapy
French digital therapeutics firm HypnoVR has raised €4.5 million in Series A funding for its virtual reality-based medical hypnosis solution for pain and anxiety.
The round was led by Theodorus, the Banque des Territoires operating for the French state as part of the Investments for the Future Programme, Akiles and Capital Grand...
Dublin-based medical adherence firm HealthBeacon to go public
Irish medtech firm HealthBeacon has announced plans to raise up to €25 million with an initial public offering (IPO) on Euronext Dublin’s growth market.
The company, which offers adherence solutions for injectable medications, will have a market value of around €100 million at the time of its planned flotation next month.
It expects...
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