Mental health M&As have been firing up—and Calm joins along: The mental health app is acquiring Ripple Health to diversify its mental health offerings. We unpack what it means for its business strategy and how it's part of a larger trend.
A glimpse into the healthcare metaverse in Asia: : On the back of Otsuka’s team-up withVR startup Jolly Good, we dig into the hot digital health market in APAC regions and why the metaverse will fuel VR-based healthcare innovation.
Worldwide, digital health companies struck 990 investment deals collectively in 2021, up about a quarter from 2020. While this flurry of deal-making is notable, what’s astounding is the $44.0 billion these firms raised, double what they took in the previous year.
On the back of Kindbodys latest M&A deal, we detail how straightforward pricing could help new womens’ health startups claim a larger stake in the multi-billion dollar space.
Brain-computing interfaces can help move semi-autonomous robots: Together, the two contentious technologies show promise for assisting patients with limited mobility.
Walmart is partnering with AI platform Health at Scale to connect its associates with a doctor that’s the best fit as more workers say they’d give up flexible hours for better health benefits.
The key to mental healthcare access is actually affordability: Talkspace’s new feature makes it easier for patients to receive reimbursement for telemental health claims. But telemental health that alone won’t be enough to break down the cost barrier to mental healthcare.
Brain computing interface applications find niche in healthcare and patient rehabilitation: New trials could generate further investment as fringe tech makes its way to the mainstream.
The federal gov’t could block the deal (as it’s done for others like it) due to anticompetitive concerns