Cepta Duffy. head of life sciences and health tech at Enterprise Ireland (Credit: Enterprise Ireland)
Irish life sciences and health tech companies set a decade-high record in 2024 raising €491.3 million (£432m) across 89…
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Historically, the medical devices world has been a highly proprietary industry, having long been characterized by the development of specialized, patented technologies that are closely guarded by their creators. You won’t find an App…
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After several quarters with little to no exit activity in the medtech space, several VC-backed startups made exits in the second quarter of this year, according to a new PitchBook report released this week.
“From…
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More than 44 million people battle food insecurity in the U.S. In addition, about half of American adults have a preventable chronic disease, and many are related to poor quality eating patterns. Due to…
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What is going on at Walgreens?
If you’re someone who has followed the healthcare stock market over the past few years, there’s a good chance you have asked that question. The Illinois-based pharmacy giant’s stock…
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In October, General Catalyst launched a new company named Health Assurance Transformation Corporation, or HATCo for short. The company was founded with three main goals: to advise health systems on how to deploy better…
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The healthcare sector’s share of the global private equity and venture capital deal count is likely to continue decreasing in 2024, according to a new Pitchbook report.
Healthcare’s share of the global private equity deal…
GLP-1s — which lower blood sugar to help people lose weight — are taking the healthcare industry by storm and have several implications for digital health companies. This includes headwinds for established nutrition programs…
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Venture capital funding for healthcare IT companies — those selling enterprise software to providers and payers — is slowly picking back up after its low point in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to…
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This week, medical device giant Abbott announced its plans to acquire Bigfoot Biomedical. The deal is not that surprising given that the two companies have been collaborating for more than six years, but it…
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