Less than three months after going public via a $227.7 million IPO, shares of Bioage Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:BIOA) took a hit Dec. 9, losing 77% of their value, as safety concerns prompted the company to halt its phase II trial testing oral obesity candidate azelaprag. The Strides study, launched in July, had been testing azelaprag, an oral apelin receptor agonist licensed from Amgen Inc., as a monotherapy and in combination with GLP-1/GIP therapy Zepbound (tirzepatide, Eli Lilly and Co.) in obesity.
Mobile health platform company Helfie AI has partnered with Microsoft to offer Microsoft enterprise customers the ability to license Helfie’s cutting-edge health assessment tools directly through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
Nearly 80% of people in Australia and the U.S. that used Genetic Technologies Ltd.’s Genetype multi-risk assessment test showed an elevated risk for at least one disease covered by the test.
Sonio SAS raised just over $5 million in its seed round to develop artificial intelligence (AI) software allowing health care professionals to determine the most appropriate pregnancy care. Its Sonio Diagnostic software delivers decision support for fetal ultrasound used in antenatal diagnostics.
The U.S. FDA has given Resapp Health Ltd. the green light for its 510(k) Sleepcheckrx app to detect moderate to severe sleep apnea in adults as a prescription-only software-as-a-medical device. The FDA cleared the app as a class II medical device. Brisbane, Australia-based Resapp submitted the 510(k) premarket notification to the FDA in November 2021 for Sleepcheckrx for at-home sleep apnea screening.
Resmed Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Medifox Dan GmbH, a German developer of out-of-hospital software solutions for providers in major settings across the care continuum, from software and services investor Hg. The deal – valued at roughly $1 billion – is expected to close by the end of the year, which is the end of the second quarter of Resmed’s 2023 fiscal year.
PERTH, Australia – Medtech newcomer Artrya Ltd. listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in an AU$40 million (US$28.6 million) initial public offering to commercialize its software that analyzes heart computed tomography (CT) scans via artificial intelligence (AI) to better diagnose coronary artery disease.
PERTH, Australia – With a fresh injection of A$28.9 million (US$22.4 million) in grant funding from the Australian government and a capital raise of A$40 million, 4dmedical Ltd. is well on its way to commercializing its first lung imaging product in the U.S. and Australia. 4dmedical’s X-ray velocimetry (XV) technology is the first FDA-cleared respiratory imaging solution that uses mathematical models and algorithms to convert sequences of X-ray images into four-dimensional quantitative data.
PERTH, Australia – Wellington, New Zealand-headquartered Volpara Health Technologies Ltd. has acquired Boston-based CRA Health LLC for $18 million up front and an additional $4 million to be paid over the next 18 months in earnouts. Volpara’s digital health solutions use imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) for early detection of breast cancer. The company’s clinical functions for screening clinics provide feedback on breast density, compression, dose, and quality, while its enterprise-wide practice software management helps with productivity, compliance, reimbursement and patient tracking.
Generex Biotechnology Corp.’s wholly owned subsidiary Nugenerex Health partnered with Worldwide Digitech (WWDT) LLC to create a 50/50 joint venture, Nugenhealth LLC. The new company will draw on WWDT’s software to develop an end-to-end software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for chronic care management using remote patient monitoring.