Johnson & Johnson Posts Higher Profit as Healthcare Demand Returns

By: Laura Cooper and Matt Grossman Johnson & Johnson Posts Higher Profit as Healthcare Demand Returns Greater demand for medical devices, drugs and consumer-health products helped boost sales and profit for Johnson & Johnson in the latest quarter, a sign people are returning for healthcare services they deferred earlier in the pandemic. Sales of J&J’s […]

Apple Struggles in Push to Make Healthcare Its Greatest Legacy

By: Rolfe Winkler Apple Struggles in Push to Make Healthcare Its Greatest Legacy Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook has said the company’s greatest contribution to mankind will be in health. So far, some Apple initiatives aimed at broadly disrupting the healthcare sector have struggled to gain traction, according to people familiar with them and […]

The Venture-Capital Trends to Watch

By: Cheryl Winokur Munk Teladoc Sues Rival Over Hospital Robot Patents Last year, venture firms raised more cash than ever before—and many in the industry predict the momentum will continue. Even though 2020 was terrible for countless small businesses and startups, the venture industry raised $73.6 billion in the U.S. in 2020, blowing past the […]

Teladoc Sues Rival Over Hospital Robot Patents

By: Sarah Krouse Teladoc Sues Rival Over Hospital Robot Patents Teladoc Health Inc., the country’s largest publicly traded telemedicine provider, has sued rival American Well Corp. for alleged patent violations related to technology behind robot-like carts that connect hospitalized patients with specialists in real time via video. The patent-infringement suit, filed Monday in a Delaware […]

Microsoft’s Nuance Gambit Shows Healthcare Is Shaping Up as Next Tech Battleground

By: Rolfe Winkler and Aaron Tilley Microsoft’s Nuance Gambit Shows Healthcare Is Shaping Up as Next Tech Battleground Microsoft Corp.’s $16 billion deal for Nuance Communications Inc. is the latest sign that the next battleground for technology giants will be in healthcare, an industry whose need to embrace data and software was underscored by the […]