LLM for functional medicine developed in Malaysia Emagene.Life, an alternative medicine provider focused on longevity, has unveiled a large language model-based (LLM) platform for functional medicine.  Based on a media release, the LLM-driven platform provides insights into a patient’s unique profile, which can inform clinicians’ personalised supplement and lifestyle recommendations.  It accelerates laboratory data analysis by […]

Private equity firm HealthpointCapital, which focuses on the musculoskeletal care sector, has acquired a majority stake in ImmersiveTouch, a medical extended reality (medical XR) company that enables surgeons to visualize and plan surgeries.  Extended reality is an all-encompassing term for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR). ImmersiveTouch received FDA 510(k) clearance

Escala Medical, a technology company specializing in the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse, has secured $4.5 million in funding. EIC Fund led the round, which follows a $2.9 million (€2.5 million) grant awarded to Escala in 2023 via the EIC Accelerator program.   WHAT IT DOES Escala’s product Mendit works to restore pelvic organ function using

Johnson & Johnson MedTech announced the launch of the Polyphonic AI Fund for Surgery in partnership with a coalition of companies, including NVIDIA and Amazon Web Services (AWS), to invest in projects and research that advance AI-enabled surgical innovation.  The fund will focus on supporting the development of AI models, AI governance, and data engineering

Digital chronic condition management company DarioHealth announced it has entered into a strategic commercial agreement with GreenKey Health, a company focused on obstructive sleep apnea. The alliance combines Dario’s cardiometabolic and behavioral artificial intelligence-powered health offerings with GreenKey’s method for managing obstructive sleep apnea.  GreenKey’s GreenKey4Life platform is a companion app that focuses on preventive

India-based ABM Respiratory Care (ABMRC), a medical technology company involved in airway clearance and ventilation, announced the close of its Series B financing round, raising $14.8 million, $2.8 million above the company’s $12 million target.  Peter Soderberg, ABMRC’s chairman of the board and managing partner of Worthy Venture Resources, led the oversubscribed round, with participation

Melbourne-based startup Lyrebird Health has recently raised $12 million in new funding from a venture round led by Five V Capital and United Kingdom-based Octopus Ventures, with participation from Startmate.  Launched in 2023, it offers a generative AI-powered clinical documentation tool for general practitioners. Its AI scribe has been integrated into market-leading EMR systems in

Sword Health, which touts itself as shifting healthcare from human-first to AI-first through its AI care program, announced it has raised $40 million, bringing its total funding to $380 million and its valuation to $4 billion.  The round was led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participation from Comcast Ventures, Oxy Capital, Khosla Ventures, Indico

Layer Health, an AI-enabled chart review company, announced it will receive a strategic investment from Intermountain Heath’s investment arm, Intermountain Ventures, and Intermountain Health will become an innovation partner and early user of Layer Health’s AI-powered chart review platform. The two companies are engaged in a multi-year venture to deploy Layer Health’s AI platform across

Cancer research organization City of Hope has co-led a study to show that characterizing genetic material close to chromosomes predicts how mutated, cancer-causing genes reprogram DNA and alter the tumor microenvironment.  City of Hope said the new brain cancer research provides foundational knowledge with the potential to enhance the practice of precision medicine, enabling oncologists