Digital health firm Biofourmis adds another $20m to its funding pot
One of the digital health sector’s latest unicorn companies – Biofourmis – has upscaled its recent fourth round financing, adding $20 million to the $300 […]
One of the digital health sector’s latest unicorn companies – Biofourmis – has upscaled its recent fourth round financing, adding $20 million to the $300 […]
Beijing biotech Sironax has closed a whopping $200 million second-round financing that shows investors still have a desire to back companies working on RIPK1 inhibitors […]
A just-published report on the UK’s life sciences sector “ought to ring alarm bells across government,” according to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry […]
Armed with a $100 million second-round financing, CAMP4 Therapeutics is preparing to start the first clinical trial of a drug targeting regulatory RNA (regRNA) molecules […]
Cancer Research UK has expanded an alliance with investment group Deep Science Ventures with a commitment to support the formation up to 10 new oncology […]
The buoyant financing environment for digital health companies that took off during the pandemic looks like it had come to an end, according to new […]
Blueprint Medicines has taken an unusual route to raising cash for its R&D pipeline – selling off some of the royalties from its already-approved medicines […]
In discussions of Medicare’s financial condition, attention frequently centers on one specific measure—the solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund, out of which […]
HiDoc Technologies has secured a cash injection of $7 million to help with the launch of its Cara Care digital therapeutic for people with irritable […]
Insilico Medicine has raised $60 million in fourth-round financing that will help to fund the advancement of more drugs towards the clinical testing stage. The […]
SwanBio Therapeutics has raised $56 million in a second-round financing that will be used to advance its lead gene therapy candidate for adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) into […]
US digital health firm Osmind – which had developed an electronic health record (EHR) system for patients with mental illness – has added to its […]
The Enrollment Growth is Expected to Cost States Over $47 Billion Through FY 2022, But States Will Have Received $100 Billion to Cover New Medicaid […]
This analysis projects enrollment growth through the end of FY 2022. It examines how much of the enrollment growth can be attributed to baseline, or […]
A new “black cheque” company that claims to be the first in Europe devoted to biomanufacturing has been set up by a team of investors, […]
Curebase has raised $40 million in second-round financing that will help it run more complex interventional trials for its biopharma clients, according to chief executive […]
Sidekick Health is already working with pharma heavyweights Pfizer and Bayer on gamified apps that can be paired with drug therapies to improve patient outcomes […]
Hello Heart has raised $70 million in fourth-round financing to help grow its smartphone-based technology for people seeking to improve their heart health. Hello Heart […]
OMass Therapeutics has raised an impressive $100 million in a Series B financing that is said to be the largest ever for a UK biotech […]
Biofourmis has raised $300 million in fourth-round financing, sending its value rocketing to around $1.3 billion and injecting some fresh momentum into the digital health […]
Just days after dosing its first patient in a Duchenne muscular dystrophy trial, US biotech PepGen has pushed the button on an initial public offering […]
GripAble has raised $11 million in first-round financing that will be used to advance its digital health approach to rehabilitation for people with neurological and […]
2021 was a big year in investment financing for US digital health companies, but there are signs that it may be a high watermark. In […]
In February 2022, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and Health Management Associates (HMA) fielded a rapid, mini-survey of Medicaid directors in all 50 states and […]
Two years after it was first proposed and a year after it officially launched, the pharma-backed AMR Action Fund has made its first investments in […]
Multinational insurance company AXA has launched a new €440 million ($500 million) drive to provide private equity investments in healthcare companies that deepens its interest […]
UK startup Sano Genetics has raised $11 million in first-round financing to develop its go-between service, which aims to overcome one of the big challenges […]
President Biden released his full FY 2023 budget request on March 28, 2022. The President’s second budget request builds on past efforts to address the […]
GlaxoSmithKline has thrown its financial and drug development weight behind LifeMine Therapeutics, a US startup that aims to find new therapeutics from fungi – widely […]
Israeli startup Nucleai has raised $33 million in a second-round financing that will be used to further its work on using artificial intelligence and spatial […]
Precirix has raised €80 million ($88 million) in a second-round financing that will be used to advance multiple radiopharmaceutical candidates for cancer through clinical development. […]
18 months after signing its first partnering deal with Genentech, Scenic Biotech has raised $31 million in first-round financing that it will use to take […]
A new company set up to use machine learning to find new anti-infective drugs – ArrePath – has launched onto the scene with $20 million […]
Unlike previous recessions in modern history, this past recession was spurred by the spread of a virus (COVID-19), which created a public health crisis with […]
Swiss digital health company MindMaze has raised $105 million to help take its digital therapeutics (DTx) for neurological diseases like stroke onto the global stage, […]
Seattle, US vaccine startup Curevo has raised $60 million in first-round financing that it says will be used to run head-to-head trials of its experimental […]
Germany’s Ada Health has added another $30 million to its second-round financing first announced last year, saying it will use the new cash to strengthen […]
Italian online pharmacy group 1000Farmacie has raised €15 million In one of the largest first-round financings in the digital health category. The company – which […]
The U.S territories have faced an array of longstanding fiscal and health challenges that were exacerbated by recent natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic. This […]
Chinese digital health firm ETAO International will go public via a merger with a blank cheque company that will value it at around $2.5 billion. […]
2021 was a record year for investments in UK biotech companies, consolidating the country’s position as one of Europe’s top life science hubs and apparently […]
Akili Interactive has agreed a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp I in a deal that will take it […]
The final numbers are in, and now it’s official – digital health companies raked in a massive $57.2 billion in funding last year, beating prior […]
The UK company behind a sleep mask that aims to treat sight-robbing complications of diabetes has secured $10 million in funding that will be used […]
This fact sheet examines the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (also known as Gavi), an independent, public-private partnership and multilateral funding mechanism that aims to increase […]
As 2022 kicks off, a number of issues are at play that could affect coverage and financing under Medicaid. This issue brief examines key issues […]
Japanese pharma group Otsuka has led a $10 million first-round financing of GrayMatters Health, an Israeli company developing a digital health approach to the management […]
It’s no secret that fertility treatment is expensive and has a low success rate, placing a big financial and emotional burden on would-be parents. Now, […]
Welsh medtech company Bond Digital health has raised £1 million ($1.3 million) in additional funding for its data capture and management system for lateral flow […]
UK digital health company Brainomix has raised £16 million ($21.5 million) that will be used to extend the use of its artificial intelligence-based medical imaging […]
Digital health startup Cadence has reached a heady $1 billion valuation just a few months after launch, thanks to a $100 million financing. The latest […]
In 2020, donor government funding for family planning activities totaled US$1.40 billion, a decline of more than US$100 million compared to the 2019 amount (US$1.52 […]
Pear Therapeutics has completed its merger with blank cheque company Thimble Point Acquisition Corp, claiming a Nasdaq listing and raising $175 million in gross proceeds […]
The Build Back Better (BBB) Act proposes reducing disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments by 12.5% starting in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2023 and places limits […]
This primer provides an overview of congressional engagement in global health. It examines the structure of Congress and its role and key activities in global […]
French drugmaker Sanofi has made a $40 million investment in Gyroscope Therapeutics, with another $20 million potentially on offer as the UK biotech advances its […]
Private equity firm Blackstone has agreed to provide up to $250 million in financing to UK biotech Autolus Therapeutics, to help it take acute lymphoblastic […]
Better Therapeutics has joined the ranks of publicly-listed digital health companies after completing a merger with blank cheque company Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp II. The […]
Hinge Health has become one of the top-valued companies in the digital health sector after securing a whopping $600 million in a fifth financing round. […]
This brief summarizes funding for public health infrastructure as well as pandemic preparedness as specified in the Build Back Better Act introduced in the House.
Groups representing the biopharma industry have welcomed an increase in health-specific R&D to £5 billion in the UK autumn budget, despite a longer timeline for […]
This report provides an in-depth examination of the changes taking place in Medicaid programs across the country. The findings are drawn from the 21st annual […]
This issue brief provides an overview of Medicaid spending and enrollment growth with a focus on state fiscal years 2021 and 2022. Findings are based […]
A summary of 10 of the major health coverage and financing provisions of the original Build Back Better Act, with discussion of the potential implications […]
CAR-T therapies have revolutionised the treatment of some blood cancers, but so far haven’t been able to repeat that success in solid tumours. UK startup […]
This updated fact sheet examines the key role played by the United States in the Global Fund, an independent, multilateral financing entity designed to raise […]
This fact sheet includes the latest information and data about the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, including current plan information, the standard benefit parameters, […]
This policy watch evaluates the pharmaceutical industry’s claims that allowing the federal government to negotiate drug prices would restrict access to medications in Medicare. It […]
Exscientia’s artificial intelligence-based drug discovery engine is still largely unproven, but that hasn’t stopped the company raking in funding from investors keen to back its […]
Shares in DNA sequencing specialist Oxford Nanopore rocketed after the company made its debut on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, rising nearly 50% to propel […]
Two digital health companies – YonaLink and TrialJectory – have received a grant to develop a tool designed to make it easier and quicker to […]
Startup Rome Therapeutics has raised $77 million in second-round financing to help mine sequences of DNA – which were dismissed for years as ‘junk’ – […]
The U.S territories – American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) – have […]
A digital health company focusing on neurodegenerative disorders – Neuroglee Therapeutics – has raised $10 million in first-round funding to roll out a virtual neurology […]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation must have liked what it saw in an initial collaboration with Exscientia to find new antivirals for COVID-19 and […]
Fitness wearable company Whoop has raised another $200 million in funding that will help fund its expansion into international markets – and take on deep-pocketed […]
Digital health startup Breathe Well-being has raised $5.5 million in first-round financing, which it will use to scale up its clinical tool that it says […]
Mahana Therapeutics has raised second-round financing of $61 million that will be used to launch what it says will be the first prescription digital therapeutics […]
During the pandemic many states have experienced worsening direct care workforce shortages that have affected providers of home- and community-based long-term care services (HCBS), according […]
This issue brief presents early findings from the most recent KFF survey of Medicaid HCBS programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. […]
Investments in digital health firms are running high at the moment, and a $90 million round for four-year-old Woebot and its artificial intelligence-powered platform for […]
Digital therapeutics (DTx) startup Dopavision has raised funding to develop its lead product, an app designed to slow the progression of myopia – or short-sightedness […]
This report from KFF and The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) finds donor government disbursements to combat HIV in low- and middle-income countries […]
A record $14.7 billion in investments was injected into US digital health companies in the first half of this year, overtaking the entire amount raised […]
California biotech Ambrx Biopharma is hoping to raise $126 million from a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that will be used in […]
Dermavant is in line to make some big payments to GlaxoSmithKline if its topical psoriasis drug tapinarof reaches the market, and it has just cut […]
Digital health player Babylon Health is exploring a merger with a so-called ‘blank cheque’ company as a route to a public listing, according to a […]
Ada Health has received another endorsement for its app to help patients diagnose conditions from symptoms, raising an impressive $90 million in funding from investors […]
Digital health player Akili has raised $110 million fourth-round funding, backed by a number of pharma groups, as it works towards extending its product range […]
A new KFF analysis examines how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting U.S. territories as well as issues related to the upcoming expiration of temporary Medicaid […]
More than a year into the public health emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the lives of Americans including those living in the U.S. […]
Digital therapy specialist Healios has raised £7 million in new financing that will be used to expand its suite of mental health services, at a […]
The U.S. government is the largest donor to global health in the world. This fact sheet breaks down the U.S. global health budget by program […]
Medicaid represents $1 out of every $6 spent on health care in the US and is the major source of financing for states to provide […]
The health and economic effects of the pandemic have significant implications for state Medicaid programs. More people become eligible and enroll in Medicaid during economic […]
This issue brief places the American Jobs Plan in the context of current Medicaid HCBS spending and considers how policymakers might allocate the new funding, […]
US biotech Aura Biosciences has closed an oversubscribed financing, raising $80 million to help take its lead virus-like drug conjugate (VDC) for a cancer that […]
New biotech Antiverse has raised seed funding of £1.4 million ($2 million) to develop its artificial intelligence-based platform for discovering therapeutic antibodies. The Cardiff, Wales […]
Even as the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out is accelerating across the country, the public health and economic effects of the pandemic continue to put pressure on […]
This brief takes a closer look at multiple measures beyond waiver waiting lists to evaluate state choices about optional Medicaid eligibility pathways, spending, and services […]
The health technology company’s valuation skyrocketed to $1.3 billion following its latest funding round. It plans to use the new funds to launch Innovaccer Health […]
Vividion Therapeutics has technology that enables it to develop drugs for “undruggable” disease targets. The Series C financing is a crossover round, an indication a […]
The House COVID-19 relief proposal would temporarily lower what millions of Marketplace enrollees and uninsured potential enrollees would pay toward premiums and would provide states […]
The House Energy and Commerce Committee reconciliation proposal as part of the COVID relief package aims to encourage non-expansion states to take up the expansion […]
MedLumics has raised another €18 million (around $22 million) to fund clinical trials of its optically-guided imaging system used to guide a surgical procedure for […]
This explainer provides an overview of the federal “Ending the HIV Epidemic” initiative and explores issues that might mitigate or facilitate its success.
Dutch biotech InteRNA Technologies has raised €18.5 million ($22 million) in second-round financing as it prepares to start clinical trials of its lead drug candidate […]
New figures have confirmed that the UK’s biotech sector received a massive boost from the COVID-19 pandemic last year, with investment levels soaring to £2.8 […]
2020 was undoubtedly a year full of uncertainty and challenges. It showed us how different industries can become vulnerable when unexpected changes occur, but also […]
In this Viewpoint for the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), KFF’s Tricia Neuman and co-author Richard G. Frank of Harvard Medical School explain […]
A new KFF analysis finds donor government support for global family planning efforts totaled US$1.5 billion in 2019, matching the previous year’s record level and […]
This issue brief takes a close look at Section 1115 waiver activity in the final days of the Trump Administration, including approval of Tennessee’s TennCare […]
As the Biden Administration takes office, the ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic and related economic downturn are the key issues that will substantially shape […]
This fact sheet provides information about the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. government funding and engagement with WHO.
This issue brief analyzes enrollment and spending trends related to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion ahead of the coronavirus pandemic and examines potential consequences […]
In the last few years, biopharma companies focusing on psychedelic medicines have been springing up like mushrooms – magic or otherwise – and venture capital […]
UK digital health firm Sensyne has secured access to millions more anonymised patent records via an alliance with US clinical trial data specialist Phesi. The […]
UK digital health firm Sensyne has secured access to millions more anonymised patent records via an alliance with US clinical trial data specialist Phesi. The […]
This data note analyzes federal Medicaid outlays in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both annual and month-to-month growth rates […]
CatalYm has closed a €50 million ($59m) series B financing round to fund clinical studies of its immunotherapy targeting Growth Differentiation Factor 15 (GDF-15). The […]
Ireland-based Fountain Healthcare Partners has raised another €125 million ($131 million) for its third life sciences fund – 25% ahead of its target – and […]
Sarepta chief commercial officer Bo Cumbo has left to head up gene therapy venture – AavantiBio – with $107 million in backing from his former […]
This brief provides an overview and status update of the Medicare accelerated and advance payment program, which provided $100 billion in loans to Medicare providers […]
Swiss medical data specialist Sophia Genetics has raised $110 million in an oversubscribed funding round that will be used to boost its headcount and international […]
Digital health startup Lyra Health has raised $110 million in fourth-round financing, raising its value above the $1 billion threshold for the first time since […]
Cambridge, UK-based Biofidelity has raised $12 million in first-round funding for its cancer diagnosis platform, which can detect mutations quicker than current approaches like gene […]
Anglo-Austrian biotech F2G has raised $60.8 million in venture financing to help it bring a drug for life-threatening fungal infections through late-stage development and onto […]
This brief provides an overview and status update of the Medicare accelerated and advance payment program, which provided $100 billion in loans to Medicare providers […]
The temporary boost in federal Medicaid funding enacted as part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) will soften the economic blow of COVID-19 […]
This brief examines how much fiscal relief states can expect from the increase in the Medicaid FMAP under FFCRA under different assumptions about the duration […]
With Lost Customer Opportunities, Revising Payment Plan Strategies Can Help Your Business Reach More Customers Far too many customers are turned away and declined from […]
Half of the 14 donor governments analyzed in the study decreased their spending on global HIV efforts from 2018 to 2019; six increased; and one […]
This report from KFF and The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) finds donor government disbursements to combat HIV in low- and middle-income countries […]
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The Hidden Costs of Accounts Receivable Many businesses extend credit to customers, to provide the services and products they need. According to a 2019 report […]
Protect yourself from crowdfunding scams Many people use crowdfunding platforms like GoFundMe to reach out to their social networks to help pay for much-needed medical […]
Do you offer simple, fast, and reliable digital interaction to your consumers? Is it possible to convert every customer into a collection opportunity? The answer […]
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