iGan Partners and Medical Alley Announce Strategic Alliance for Medtech Advancement
TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2024 – iGan Partners, a Canadian-based firm investing in AI-enabled medtech and digital health in both Canada and the US, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Medical Alley®, the epicenter of health innovation and care®. This collaboration aims to accelerate the development and adoption of pioneering medtech solutions that have the potential to transform […]
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 […]
Eating Disorders Surged Among Adolescents in Pandemic
By: Sumathi Reddy Eating Disorders Surged Among Adolescents in Pandemic (Read Full Article Here)
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 […]
AI prompts a scramble for healthcare data
By: Brian Barth AI prompts a scramble for healthcare data (Read Full Article Here)
Toronto would like to be seen as the nice person’s Silicon Valley, if that’s not too much trouble
By: Brian Barth Toronto would like to be seen as the nice person’s Silicon Valley, if that’s not too much trouble It is a frigid February day when I visit Communitech, a bustling tech hub that occupies a renovated 19th–century tannery in the city of Kitchener, Ontario. Inside the brick-and-beam space, Harleen Kaur opens her […]
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 […]
Chief medical officers are now at the heart of business
By: Emma Jacobs Chief medical officers are now at the heart of business (Read Full Article Here)
