medical devices
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Devices & Diagnostics, Artificial Intelligence, BioPharma
Newly Public Allurion Aims to Show How Med Tech Can Complement Obesity Drugs
Allurion Technologies has commercialized a gastric balloon in the form of a pill that patients swallow. But the weight loss platform from the now NYSE-listed company also includes AI-driven software that provides insights about a patient’s progress, technology with the potential for use alongside obesity drugs.
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Devices & Diagnostics, BioPharma
Rigorous Data Are Key to Convince Payers, Investors in the World of Digital Therapeutics
Pear Therapeutics was once regarded as a digital therapeutics pioneer, but its spiral into bankruptcy has the industry searching for the best path forward. While some favor going direct to consumers, others say the solution is in generating more robust clinical trial data to persuade hesitant payers.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Devices & Diagnostics, BioPharma
FDA Authorizes Better Therapeutics Mobile App for Treating Type 2 Diabetes
Better Therapeutics prescription digital therapeutic, AspyreRx, received De Novo FDA authorization for type 2 diabetes. The mobile app digitizes and personalizes cognitive behavioral therapy.
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MedCity Influencers, Devices & Diagnostics
How Medicare Coverage Diversifies Access to Innovation
Appropriate Medicare reimbursement of high-intensity focused ultrasound for prostate disease is a significant development for the treatment for men 65 years and older today.
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Here’s a Preview of the Startups Pitching in the Medical Device Track at MedCity INVEST
Finalists for the medical device track include an innovative, waterproof alterative to casts, a device geared to trauma care, an approach to improve early detection of lung cancer, cardiac monitoring medtech, and more. Register for the conference today!
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Pear Therapeutics’ Cuts Are Not Enough; ‘Strategic Alternatives’ Among Next Steps
Pear Therapeutics isn’t meeting the commercialization goals for its prescription digital therapeutics, so it’s now seeking strategic alternatives for the business. Prospective buyers can pick up Pear’s FDA-cleared products for substance use disorder, opioid use disorder, and insomnia.
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Weight Loss in a Pill Device Firm Allurion Heads to NYSE via SPAC Merger
Allurion Technologies has developed a gastric balloon that does not require surgery. The merger deal taking Allurion public comes as the company continues global commercialization of its technology.
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BioPharma, Consumer / Employer, Devices & Diagnostics, Employee Benefits, Health Services, Health Tech, Startups, SYN
Apply to MedCity INVEST Pitch Perfect Where Investment Trends and Innovation Converge
In the runup to INVEST and the startup pitch contest, we highlight trends in investment and innovation across bipharma, diagnostics, medical devices, health tech: payer/provider, and health tech: consumer/employer. The deadline has been extended until February 28 and finalists will be announced March 31. Apply today!
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Time Is Running Out to Apply for MedCity’s Largest Pitch Contest of the Year
With five tracks of startups across healthcare and life sciences, INVEST Pitch Perfect, scheduled for May 22-24 at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago, is MedCity’s largest startup pitch contest of the year.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Sponsored Post
Why Digital Health Collaborations Are the Future of Medtech
Executives from Huma, Abbott, Smith & Nephew and AliveCor share how they are using real world evidence collection to support remote patient monitoring, maximize patient engagement and navigate the regulatory landscape.
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MedCity Influencers, Devices & Diagnostics
How better ultrasound workflows can mitigate physician burnout
By making documentation and images easily transferrable immediately after the imaging is performed, clinician workflow can be simplified. With modern point-of-care ultrasound workflows, healthcare providers can easily share patient information and provide optimal care.
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How medtech can crack the patient engagement conundrum and transform the patient experience
A look at how tapping real world evidence from medical devices and patients could be a game changer, improving patient-clinician communication, supporting earlier interventions and helping patients manage their condition.
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FDA narrows EUAs for Covid-19 tests, steering companies to traditional review pathways
The FDA said it will review fewer Covid-19 diagnostics for emergency use authorization. The policy update follows an Office of Inspector General report that found the urgency to increase testing availability led to problems, including the authorization of many low-quality tests.
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MedCity Influencers, Devices & Diagnostics
Weathering the good and the bad: Why good business practices work
For most companies and medtech, in particular, good business practices (GBP) happens on multiple levels. On the micro level, it’s more prescriptive (i.e., regulatory best practices or good manufacturing practices). On the macro level, it’s expressed as a set of ethics and principles that govern a company’s conduct.
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Carrot Health founder launches SPV-only health tech VC fund
Engage Venture Partners, a Minneapolis-based venture capital firm, recently launched with a focus on early stage medical tech companies. The firm was established to decrease friction between early stage medical tech companies and their investors by bringing its investments to market via special purpose vehicles (SPVs).
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
