Atomwise Inc. has raised $45 million of growth funding in support of its mission to become the preferred artificial intelligence partner for the world’s leading pharmaceutical, biotech, and agrochemical companies. “Atomwise was the first startup to commercialize deep neural networks for drug discovery in 2012,” said Dr. Abraham Heifets, Co-founder […]
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Moving patient treatment forward through Diagnostics North East
Diagnostics North East has launched a platform that will support researchers, clinicians and industry to position the region at the forefront of technology and innovation in medical diagnostics. The platform aims to support both industry and academia and addresses the need for robust research, development, evaluation and adoption when it […]
Highland Marketing: raising awareness
How do you raise awareness of your health tech company, its products, and benefits? It’s a key question, says Becky Mellor in the second of Highland Marketing’s series on how PR, marketing and communications can help with sales funnel challenges. There has been a lot of excitement in marketing circles […]
Berkshire CCG wins international award for Population Profiling
A Clinical Commissioning Group in Berkshire has won an international award for helping to identify people who are risk of hospital admission and providing them with a care and support plan. Slough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), now formally merged with Bracknell and Ascot, Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCGs to form one single CCG […]
Applications open for consumer health innovators
Elmwood, a brand design consultancy, has opened applications for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and maths) entrepreneurs innovating in consumer health to join Elmwood LaunchPod, a 12-week accelerator programme starting in June 2018 at the organisation’s HQ in Leeds, UK. With the shift in focus on healthcare, in particular, the […]
Clinical Informatics Fellows begin at NHS Digital
Four frontline clinicians have begun a year’s informatics fellowship at NHS Digital to use their experiences as clinicians to support the design of a new generation of digital tools and services for NHS staff and patients. The fellows, from a range of care settings and professions, are pioneering a first […]
The Sound Doctor launches new diabetes library
The Sound Doctor has produced a short film urging people with minor ailments to visit pharmacies after it was revealed that 20 per cent of GP and A&E consultations are wasting NHS time and money. The Pharmacy Song is part of a campaign to encourage people to use patient information […]
Patients get the green light for smarter choices after latest GP pilot
A pilot system is now making it easier for GPs to understand the waiting times at hospitals for their patients. The e-traffic light system could help reduce hospital waiting times while offering patients a clearer choice of treatment and is set to be rolled out across the country after a […]
Pfizer champions innovative healthcare solutions
Following an oversubscribed first year, Pfizer Ltd has opened applications to the second cohort of Pfizer Healthcare Hub: London. The initiative, which began in 2017, helps established start-up companies, innovating at the cross-section between health and technology, to grow. The Pfizer Healthcare Hub: London is a part of a global network of […]
Baroness Tessa Jowell the first person to donate medical information to a new global database
Baroness Tessa Jowell has become the first person to donate her medical information to a new global database. The ex-culture secretary who has an aggressive brain tumour became the first person to sign up to the database, called the Universal Cancer Databank. “It is my hope that through my cancer journey […]
