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Jasper Health and BioIntelliSense Form Strategic Collaboration to Transform Remote Monitoring for Oncology Care

DarioHealth Enters UK Remote Patient Monitoring Market Through Agreement with Williams Medical

Jasper Health, an emerging leader of digital engagement for people diagnosed with cancer, announced it has formed a strategic collaboration with BioIntelliSense, a continuous health monitoring and clinical intelligence company, to integrate its medical grade multi-parameter wearables and data services into Jasper Health’s remote member guidance platform. This unique combination provides a first-of-its-kind remote care offering for cancer patients and their caregivers in managing and supporting complex care needs for those newly diagnosed, currently in treatment and throughout recovery.

Jasper Health has attracted thousands of registered members to its specialized platform who are engaging in daily symptom tracking, medication management, and psychosocial services orchestration. This new offering will enable Jasper Health members to leverage the FDA-cleared BioSticker™ and medical grade BioButton® multi-parameter devices to manage continuous vital signs during treatment and to more effectively engage with healthcare professionals remotely for personalized monitoring and guidance throughout a members’ health journey.

Unlike traditional remote patient monitoring (RPM), Jasper Health’s category-defining remote member guidance (RMG) solution, recognizes that cancer doesn’t define a person and that Jasper’s members need personalized guidance and support, not just distance treatment and management, in living with such a complex condition.

“Jasper Health is proud of its rapid growth in serving thousands of our members with the industry’s first remote member engagement and guidance oncology care experience. The addition of BioIntelliSense’s leading medical grade wearable devices, along with Jasper’s scalable psychosocial triage solution, creates a first-of-its-kind offering and remote care capability for payers and health systems,” says Adam Pellegrini, CEO and Co-Founder of Jasper Health. “Jasper Health’s ability to marry unprecedented oncology member engagement with clinically proven care management and guidance capabilities is a game changer. We are making digital oncology care transformation a reality.”

A Remote Guidance and Monitoring Solution for COVID-19 and Beyond

The healthcare industry has seen a significant rate of adoption in remote monitoring and telemedicine during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Newly diagnosed cancer patients along with those undergoing treatment, are immunocompromised and have been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as high-risk for COVID-19 and the current Delta variant.

“This reality underscores the need for continuous monitoring of elevated temperature and adverse vital sign trends, along with personalized remote care guidance, to address oncology patient populations at scale,” commented James Mault, MD, CEO and Co-Founder of BioIntelliSense. “The ability to monitor complex oncology care patients for fevers and neutropenic febrile episodes for earlier detection of signs and symptoms associated with an infectious process is a key benefit of our medical-grade biosensors and analytics. We are excited about the collaboration with Jasper Health to advance oncology care.”

Jasper Health also enables human care guidance digitally within the platform via asynchronous messaging and live video consultations to help support patients and caregivers through each phase of their care journey. The platform also allows for healthcare professional and care team engagement and collaboration to create a true circle of care around the Jasper Health member.

Jasper Health has experienced impressive growth with nearly 10,000 members to date, over 50 non-profit partners, and an accomplished digital health team. The ability to integrate with the BioIntelliSense multi-parameter wearable devices that combine an effortless user experience with medical grade clinical accuracy is a strong addition to the Jasper Health platform offering for provider and payor organizations nationally.

Wireless, Secure Continuous Vital Sign Data and Analytics

The BioSticker is an FDA-cleared 510k Class II medical wearable device for continuous passive monitoring of high frequency data across a broad set of vital signs, physiological biometrics and symptomatic events (skin temperature, heart rate at rest, respiratory rate at rest, body position, activity levels, cough frequency) for thirty (30) days of monitoring on a single-use device. With the BioSticker and recently released BioButton medical grade devices, vital sign patient trending of temperature and respiratory rate for COVID-19 remote symptom monitoring can be rapidly deployed for those patients with a confirmed diagnosis or during quarantine periods. In addition, the BioSticker and BioButton wearable devices qualify for CMS Remote Patient Monitoring reimbursement (CPT code 99454) for medical grade monitoring at home.

About Jasper Health

Jasper is a digital planning, navigation and engagement experience that improves the lives of members and caregivers, while also helping the healthcare system best support members. Our team includes a clinical social worker and digital health experts along with industry leading medical advisers. We believe that powerful technology and passionate people can relieve some of the stress of organizing care.

Zimmer Biomet, Canary Medical announce FDA clearance for World’s First and Only Smart Knee Implant

Zimmer Biomet, Canary Medical announce FDA clearance for World's First and Only Smart Knee Implant

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., a global medical technology leader, and Canary Medical, a medical data company, announced U.S. FDA De Novo classification grant and authorization to market the tibial extension for Persona IQ®, the world’s first and only smart knee cleared by the FDA for total knee replacement surgery. Persona IQ combines Zimmer Biomet’s proven and trusted knee implant, Persona® The Personalized Knee®, with Canary Medical’s proprietary implantable canturioTM te tibial extension sensor technology that measures and determines range of motion, step count, walking speed and other gait metrics. Persona IQ will work together with Zimmer Biomet’s remote care management platform, mymobility® with Apple Watch®, as well as other components of the ZBEdge™ Connected Intelligence Suite.

“We are excited to introduce Persona IQ, the world’s first and only smart knee implant, which offers a wealth of objective data to monitor patients’ post-operative progress,” said Bryan Hanson, Chairman, President and CEO of Zimmer Biomet. As the newest component of ZBEdge, Persona IQ advances our vision of creating a seamlessly connected suite of digital health and robotic technologies to deliver objective data to clinicians throughout the surgical journey. Following a recent expansion of our partnership with Canary Medical, we now expect that Persona IQ will be the first in a broader portfolio of smart implant technologies in various orthopedic surgery applications.

“After almost a decade of development and designation by FDA as a Breakthrough Device, we’re proud that our CANARY canturio™ te technology has enabled Zimmer Biomet to debut the world’s first smart knee implant. Persona IQ reflects our shared belief that automatic, reliable and accurate data collection and analysis represents the future of orthopedic care,” said William L. Hunter, MD, MSC and CEO of Canary Medical. “The launch of Persona IQ marks the start of an exciting, ongoing partnership with Zimmer Biomet designed to innovate smart implant technologies that help joint replacement patients regain and maintain their mobility with confidence.”

Historically, surgeons relied on patient-reported metrics during intermittent post-op follow up visits to assess the quality and pace of recovery from knee replacement surgery. Now, with physiological tools to support remote monitoring technologies like mymobility, and smart implants like Persona IQ, we can actively monitor patient recovery and rely on real-world, objective data to supplement patient care,” said Peter Sculco, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. “In addition, providing patients with access to their own mobility data will allow them the opportunity to be engaged in their recovery in a new way.”

Once surgically implanted in the knee, Persona IQ records and wirelessly transmits a wide range of gait data to a patient’s personal base station at home. The data are then securely delivered to a cloud-based platform. Surgeons can assess post-surgery recovery progress by comparing pre-operative mobility metrics captured by mymobility, with post-operative gait metrics collected by Persona IQ. Ultimately, the data from Persona IQ will be seamlessly integrated with pre-, intra- and post-operative data collected by the ZBEdge™ Connected Intelligence Suite and analyzed by OrthoIntel Orthopedic Intelligence Platform to provide surgeons with objective data as a supplement to patient care.

“Zimmer Biomet has a strong heritage of delivering revolutionary innovations that can transform the surgical experience and enable data-supported patient care,” said Ivan Tornos, Chief Operating Officer of Zimmer Biomet. “The post-operative data captured by Persona IQ, together with the wealth of pre- and post-operative data collected by the mymobility platform, will provide surgeons with an exceptional level of objective and comparative data intelligence.”

Persona IQ features the CANARY canturio™ te Tibial Extension proprietary implantable sensor developed by Canary Medical. The sensor technology was licensed by Zimmer Biomet through an exclusive partnership agreement with Canary Medical to develop first-to-market smart orthopedic implants to support remote monitoring and tracking of patient recovery metrics. The CANARY canturioTM te uses the same material and technology found in implanted cardiac devices such as pacemakers. The sensor is powered by a battery with a lifespan of up to 10 years, so patients will not need to charge the device. In addition, as an implanted technology, data is collected passively and does not rely on daily patient compliance to ensure information is captured by Persona IQ.

About Zimmer Biomet

Zimmer Biomet is a global medical technology leader with a comprehensive portfolio designed to maximize mobility and improve health. We seamlessly transform the patient experience through our innovative products and suite of integrated digital and robotic technologies that leverage data, data analytics and artificial intelligence.

With 90+ years of trusted leadership and proven expertise, Zimmer Biomet is positioned to deliver the highest quality solutions to patients and providers. Our legacy continues to come to life today through our progressive culture of evolution and innovation.

About Canary Medical

Canary Medical was conceived and created by a team of surgeons, medical device developers, and IoT experts with the vision that (1) healthcare transformation requires better and cheaper healthcare data, (2) better monitoring and better data will produce better outcomes at lower costs, and (3) patients own their healthcare data and should be compensated for its use. Canary Medical’s patented implant and data management ecosystem technology provides the vehicle to implement its vision. Canary is led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs, researchers and data scientists globally regarded for their expertise in medical device design, development and data informatics.

NuvoAir Respiratory Platform Shows Promise for Long-Term Remote Monitoring of Asthma

NuvoAir Respiratory Platform Shows Promise for Long-Term Remote Monitoring of Asthma

Three new studies show how home monitoring technology – developed by leading digital health company NuvoAir – can be successfully used by both adults and children living with asthma. These findings pave the way for improved treatment and management opportunities for people with asthma.

The studies presented at the American Thoracic Society 2021 International Conference demonstrate how patients with asthma are able to produce high-quality lung function test results when using the NuvoAir Home platform. Patients also showed high adherence to home monitoring using the platform with impressive levels of satisfaction reported.

Asthma presents a considerable burden to patients, healthcare and society at large. Missed diagnosis, incorrect treatment and poor self-management of asthma contribute to an estimated $81.9 billion cost to society a year in the U.S., and £6.2 billion a year in the UK. While self-management is considered key to controlling asthma and staying out of the hospital, manual self-monitoring with written diaries is not popular with patients.

NuvoAir provides a human-led digital care management platform that allows people with respiratory conditions to monitor their condition from home and share results in real-time with their healthcare providers and NuvoAir Care Coordinators. The platform offers a patient app with connected devices, self-management content, care coordination services, and a healthcare provider portal. The provider portal enables healthcare teams to monitor patient data remotely and identify worsening respiratory health in real-time so that rapid interventions can be made. Connected devices include a Bluetooth-enabled spirometer to remotely monitor lung function; a sensor that attaches to asthma and COPD inhalers to monitor adherence and technique; a nighttime cough monitoring app and an activity tracker.

About NuvoAir

With offices in Boston, MA, and Stockholm, Sweden, NuvoAir is a leading digital health company for chronic disease management and decentralized clinical trials that recently landed $12M in Series A funding to expand its platform and reach. The NuvoAir Home platform blends connected devices with high-touch care coordination services to enable patients and their providers to proactively manage chronic conditions, resulting in better outcomes and lower costs. NuvoAir Home currently supports thousands of patients worldwide with COPD, asthma, cystic fibrosis, IPF, ALS, and muscular dystrophy. NuvoAir’s decentralized clinical trial solution has been used in over 30 studies globally across all phases of drug development.

 

UNIST works with LG Uplus to develop smart healthcare solution

A public research and science university teamed up with LG Uplus, a mobile carrier in South Korea, to develop a smart healthcare solution and discover business opportunities. Solutions developed by both sides will be combined with high-tech technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, robots, genomes and 3D bioprinting.

In March, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) opened a smart healthcare research center to carry out research on mobile diagnostics and digital healthcare with a particular focus on work-related injuries and illnesses. Researchers will work on rehabilitation robots, sensor-based virtual reality, and diagnostic systems based on artificial intelligence and Information and communications technology (ICT).

LG Uplus (LGU+) and UNIST agreed to discover and verify digital healthcare solutions that will be applied to rehabilitation and home care in accordance with the opening of a public hospital in 2025. They would jointly create a healthcare cluster to be set up with the construction of a smart demonstration city in the southern port city of Busan.

We hope that it will be an opportunity to provide future medical services by combining UNIST’s smart healthcare technology and LGU+’s communication technology,” UNIST President Lee Yong-hoon said in a statement on August 26.

LGU+ and UNIST would jointly demonstrate solutions such as senior care, Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), AI image recognition and radar-based healthcare monitoring by utilizing 5G communication technologies. “Smart health is expected to grow a lot in the future,” said LGU+ CEO Hwang Hyeon-sik.

Two days ago, UNIST signed a business cooperation agreement with U2medtek, a medical device development company, to develop empirical research and data analysis technologies for digital healthcare and establish a healthcare data ecosystem. UNIST’s AI analysis technology will be combined with U2medtek’s healthcare data processing technology and commercialization platform to develop solutions for data-based customized chronic disease prevention and management.

Based on fast mobile communication networks, South Korean companies have tried to develop solutions for digital healthcare and telemedicine. KT has selected digital and bio-health services using ICT as the core of its future strategy. The company works with health and medical institutions to establish ICT-based business models.

SK Telecom (SKT), a top mobile carrier in South Korea, has partnered with Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital to build a 5G digital hospital that will develop specialized solutions using AI, IoT and various media technologies.

 

XACT Robotics Announces Completion of Enrollment in Pilot Trial Evaluating Use of its Robotic System to Perform CT-Guided Percutaneous Procedures in the Lung

XACT Robotics®, the developer of the XACT ACE™ Robotic System, announced it has successfully completed patient enrollment in the first U.S. study evaluating XACT ACE™ for use in percutaneous lung procedures including biopsies to confirm the presence of cancer. The XACT ACE™ Robotic System is the world’s first and only “hands-free” robotic system that can help improve targeting accuracy, efficiency, and consistency in CT-guided percutaneous procedures including ablations, biopsies and targeted drug delivery.

Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer around the world and millions of percutaneous procedures are performed in the lung each year. When using traditional manual methods to reach areas of interest in the lung, clinicians will sometimes suggest that patients wait until the lesion becomes larger and easier to access. Use of a robotic system may help access areas in the lung earlier, potentially supporting earlier diagnosis and treatment.

“Even among the most skilled radiologists, efforts to reach small areas of interest in the body, especially in the lungs, can be challenging,” said Sebastian Flacke, MD at LHMC. “With the completion of this study, we can more precisely assess the ability of the XACT ACE Robotic System to help us reach target areas in the lung in a single insertion with a very high level of accuracy.”

During procedures with the XACT ACE™ Robotic System a physician plans the route of an instrument and the robot then inserts and steers the instrument directly to the area of interest, typically reaching the target on the first insertion. In many cases during percutaneous procedures, the area of interest moves during instrument insertion, making it necessary to reinsert an instrument to reach the target. With the XACT ACE™ Robotic System, the advanced algorithm and steering mechanisms can reformulate the insertion pathway to continually remain on route to reach a specific target, even if it moves during the procedure, maximizing the rate of success on the first insertion.

The pilot trial primarily looked to evaluate safety of the XACT ACE™ Robotic System when used in percutaneous procedures in the lung. Secondary performance evaluations included the proportion of procedures in which the instrument reached the pre-defined target based on the physician’s determination and CT imaging confirmation. The study also looked at system accuracy, which was defined as the measured distance from the tip of the instrument to the target location at the end of the insertion.

“The use of the XACT ACE™ Robotic System to help radiologists reach small areas of interest in the lung is another major milestone showing the potential benefits of this technology for patients and clinicians,” said Chen Levin, CEO, XACT Robotics®. “The outstanding work of the radiologists at LHMC and Sarasota Interventional Radiology significantly expands our understanding of the potential of our technology to set the new standard in percutaneous procedures in the lung with the potential to reduce risks for patients while supporting earlier diagnosis and treatment.”

About Lahey Medical Center

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is a world-renowned tertiary medical center known for its innovative technology, pioneering medical treatment, and leading-edge research. A teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is a national leader in several health care areas, including spine surgery, stroke, weight management and lung screenings, among many others.

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is a part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community, and specialty hospitals, more than 4,600 physicians and 36,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.

About Sarasota Interventional Radiology

Founded in 2006 by Gerald E. Grubbs, MD, board-certified interventional radiologist, SIR-Florida is a premier interventional radiology practice that focuses on nonsurgical and minimally invasive methods to diagnose and treat pain, illness, and disease. SIR-Florida is also a one-stop imaging center that offers the most revolutionary technology for general radiology needs, with each piece of equipment thoroughly researched and carefully selected for its imaging quality and its ability to maximize patient safety and comfort.

About the XACT ACE™ Robotic System

The XACT ACE Robotic System is the world’s first and only “hands-free” technology to combine advanced image-based procedure planning and monitoring with robotic insertion and non-linear steering capabilities to deliver instruments to a desired target in the body with less than 1.7mm accuracy on average1. The XACT ACE Robotic System has FDA clearance for CT-guided percutaneous procedures as well as a CE Mark.

About XACT Robotics®

Founded in 2013, XACT Robotics is a privately held company with offices in Hingham, MA, USA and Caesarea, Israel. The company is advancing the field of radiology with the introduction of the world’s first and only hands-free robotic system that combines advanced image-based procedure planning and navigation with robotic instrument insertion and steering capabilities to perform percutaneous procedures including biopsies, ablations and site-specific drug delivery.

Curebase, AppliedVR Announce Agreement to Run Multiple VR Therapy Clinical Trials

Curebase, AppliedVR Announce Agreement to Run Multiple VR Therapy Clinical Trials

Curebase, a company committed to democratizing access to clinical studies, and AppliedVR, a pioneer advancing the next generation of digital medicine, announced a one-year partnership where AppliedVR will deploy the Curebase platform to run five clinical trials assessing the effectiveness of virtual reality-based (VR) therapy to treat chronic pain.

AppliedVR is the most evidence-based therapeutic VR platform for pain management, and has been used by more than 30,000 patients in more than 240 of the top health systems globally. The clinical trials with Curebase will focus on studying a self-administered, at-home VR therapy program, with Curebase software managing online patient recruitment, consent, participant engagement, and collecting patient reported outcomes. The Curebase platform also will support clinical workflows, including randomization schema, research coordinator communication, PI oversight, and coordination of VR headset and trial kit distribution.

“The Curebase approach enables AppliedVR to deliver a high-end patient experience for participants anywhere in the nation,” said Tom Lemberg, CEO and founder of Curebase. “For AppliedVR to commit to five studies over a one-year period, using the Curebase decentralized clinical trial platform, demonstrates how our technology and infrastructure provide the best virtual research solution in the industry. This further demonstrates how Curebase has uniquely met the needs of the growing digital therapeutic market to match innovation in digital medicines with equally innovative research solutions. Thanks to our established and unique approach, Applied VR will be empowered to recruit more quickly, experience improved trial compliance rates, and a more rapid research timeline.”

AppliedVR delivers VR-based treatments that address the complexity of chronic pain. Rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness, AppliedVR’s EaseVRx includes a comprehensive approach that encompasses the biological, psychological and social factors that influence how people experience chronic pain. After extensive testing, EaseVRx recently became one of the first VR-based therapeutics to receive “Breakthrough Device Designation” from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating treatment-resistant fibromyalgia and chronic intractable lower back pain. In February, the company announced results from its pivotal trial, which were published in Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), finding that VR can be a holistic treatment for chronic pain. Moving forward, the Curebase platform will help AppliedVR study participants each day to comply with research protocols and report basic data about outcomes.

“Virtual reality holds tremendous potential to both improve and lower the cost of how we treat chronic pain while also reducing America’s dependence on pharmacological interventions. Demonstrating that requires effective clinical trials, and Curebase’s technology gives us a user-friendly, end-to-end solution that is highly workflow oriented and specialized for digital therapeutic study designs,” said Josh Sackman, president and cofounder of AppliedVR. “This gives us the confidence that our research participants are going to have a great experience being enrolled in our study and reduces the burden for our research staff running complex decentralized trials.”

About Curebase
At Curebase, our mission is to bring quality medical innovations to patients faster and improve human wellbeing through more efficient clinical studies. We are proving that clinical research can be radically accelerated if we empower physicians everywhere to enroll patients in the communities where they live. By applying cutting edge clinical software and remote study management techniques to the problem, we are reinventing clinical trials and research from the ground up. For more information, please visit www.curebase.com.

About AppliedVR
AppliedVR is pioneering the next generation of digital medicines to deliver safe and effective virtual reality therapeutics (VRx) that address unmet needs and improve clinical outcomes for patients with serious health conditions. Its evidence-based, non-invasive treatments immerse and engage patients to help drive measurable clinical outcomes. As the most widely used and deeply researched therapeutic VR platform, AppliedVR is the first company to make VR therapeutics widely available in clinical care, having immersed more than 60,000 patients in more than 200 hospitals. AppliedVR has established world-class research and commercial partnerships and continues to build the infrastructure to accelerate the mass adoption of VRx.

PreciseMDX Introduces New End-to-End Digital Health Platform that Automates and Simplifies Diagnostic Testing Experience

PreciseMDX Introduces New End-to-End Digital Health Platform that Automates and Simplifies Diagnostic Testing Experience

PreciseMDX, the leading end-to-end digital health platform, introduces a cloud-based solution that automates and simplifies the diagnostic testing experience, empowering labs to deliver a transformative journey to providers and patients. PreciseMDX dramatically improves connectivity between clinical labs, providers, and patients during every step of the diagnostic testing process for any type of test.

Their first-of-its-kind platform enables labs of any size to quickly and seamlessly set up rapidly scalable, personalized, digital experiences that providers and patients expect in this post-pandemic era where consumer adoption of virtual care has skyrocketed. The unexpected volume of COVID-19 testing has exposed the costs and risks associated with manual data management. PreciseMDX replaces manual data entry with an automated flexible end-to-end solution that works seamlessly with any LIS or LIMS, allowing labs to scale their business and streamline workflow, resulting in significant time and cost savings.

“The scramble to ramp up testing during COVID-19, exposed a need in the healthcare industry for an automated diagnostic testing experience so that labs can scale rapidly, patients can have control over the process and receive results quickly, and providers can treat patients quicker with a faster, more connected system,” says Mark Dorner, co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of PreciseMDX. “We saw this need and created a technology to completely transform the diagnostic testing experience to one that is automated, simple, and user friendly. Today, this is what patients expect.”

PreciseMDX is designed to eliminate complexity for all users — from scheduling and check-in to coordinating on-site or at-home testing to results notification and reporting. Labs receive step-by-step user onboarding, and easily customizable test orders management software — all from the cloud, allowing for deployment in days, not weeks or months.

“PreciseMDX’s highly intuitive solution bridged the connectivity gap from clinical lab operations to the patient journey, allowing for 10% topline savings on order entries alone,” says David White, co-Founder & CEO of Innovative Health Diagnostics.

The PreciseMDX solution supports any type of diagnostic test, including: women’s & men’s health (fertility, prenatal, cancer, testosterone), sexual health (STIs, HPV, UTI), wellness/nutrition (nutrition DNA kit, food allergy/intolerances), COVID-19 testing, respiratory, nail fungal wound panels, and vaccines.

PreciseMDX was designed and built following the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) security framework to support HIPAA, PIPEDA, GDPR, and other international standards. The software is multi-lingual and can seamlessly integrate with multiple systems and third parties, including EPIC and other hospital EMRs, lab information systems, fulfillment companies, billing platforms, as well as airport, civil and government systems.

About PreciseMDX:
PreciseMDX empowers labs to deliver a transformative digital health experience that providers and patients expect. Much more than a portal, PreciseMDX is an end-to-end digital health ecosystem that automates and simplifies every step of the diagnostic testing experience, leveraging the ubiquitous power and convenience of mobile device technology. PreciseMDX brings over 20 years of digital transformation know-how from prior roles in healthcare, government, and other industries to solve customers’ biggest data management and patient engagement needs. The company works with customers worldwide including the United States, Switzerland and Canada. Founded in 2020, PreciseMDX is based in Silicon Valley and is privately funded.

Ontada Signs Strategic Agreement with Merck to Facilitate the Development of Data-Driven Insights to Impact Quality of Cancer Care

Research Reveals Agencies Optimistic about Post-Pandemic Focus on Homecare S

OntadaTM, McKesson’s oncology and insights business, announced a strategic agreement with Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, that will facilitate the development of real-world research excellence and innovation. This agreement enables the two healthcare leaders to harness the power of real-world evidence (RWE) towards the common goal of improving patient outcomes and the quality of cancer care. Ontada and Merck’s combined experience and expertise can help enable the confidence, acceptance, and ultimately impact of RWE on the quality of patient care.

Susan Shiff, PhD, president of Ontada, shared, “Building on McKesson’s long history in community oncology, Ontada is uniquely positioned to advance cancer care by enabling collaboration between life sciences companies and oncology providers. With data insights from greater than two million records available for research and more than 2,000 oncology providers, Ontada helps life sciences companies like Merck leverage real-world data (RWD) and evidence-based insights at the point of care to accelerate innovation and improve cancer therapy.”

As part of the agreement, Merck and Ontada can collaborate on RWD studies to explore new scientific evidence, advanced methods development, and assessment of efficiency in cancer care.

“Merck is focused on bringing excellence to RWE generation by advancing methods and applying rigorous methods to gain RWD based insights,” said Ravinder Dhawan, PhD, Vice President and Head, Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence (CORE), Merck Research Laboratories. “We look forward to working with Ontada on our shared purpose of improving the lives of patients with cancer.”

“The patients we serve will benefit from strong relationships between oncology insights leaders like Ontada, life sciences innovators like Merck, and oncology providers,” said Marcus Neubauer, MD, chief medical officer, The US Oncology Network. “RWD study results build on the body of evidence that oncology providers use for treatment decision making, which leads to improvements in patient outcomes.”

Ontada combines real-world data and research capabilities, targeted channels to connect life sciences and providers for education and engagement, and a leading suite of technologies for oncology clinicians – including the iKnowMed? electronic health record system and Clear Value Plus? regimen support tool – with the reach of The US Oncology Network, supported by McKesson.

About Ontada

Ontada is an oncology insights and technology business dedicated to transforming the fight against cancer. Part of McKesson Corporation, we support science through our data, technology and channels, which accelerate innovation for life science companies, support the education of community oncology providers and advance patient care. Together with our partners, we improve the lives of cancer patients.

About The US Oncology Network

Every day, The US Oncology Network (The Network) helps more than 1,400 independent physicians deliver value-based, integrated care to patients — close to home. Through The Network, these independent doctors come together to form a community of shared expertise and resources dedicated to advancing local cancer care and to delivering better patient outcomes. The Network provides practices with access to coordinated resources, best business practices, and the experience, infrastructure and support of McKesson Corporation. This collaboration allows the providers in The Network to focus on the health of their patients, while McKesson focuses on the health of their practices. The Network is committed to the success of independent practices, everywhere.

Ketamine One Subsidiary IRP Health Expands With New Veteran-Focused Clinics

C Spire partners with Delta Regional Medical Center on remote patient monitoring

Integrated Rehab and Performance Re-Branded as IRP Health to Better Reflect its Planned Evolution into a Multidisciplinary Business KetamineOne Capital Limited, a company focused on consolidating medical clinics and becoming a North American leader in mental health treatments, is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Integrated Rehab and Performance Ltd., is expanding its business through the addition of four new, veteran-focused, multidisciplinary clinics in the Comox Valley, Ottawa, Halifax and Surrey (the “New Clinics”). The Comox Valley location is scheduled to begin offering programs on September 6, 2021 and the Ottawa location is also expected to be opened in the month of September. The Halifax and Surrey centres are expected to be opened by the end of December.

In addition, the Company announces that Integrated Rehab and Performance Ltd. has been re-branded as IRP Health Ltd. (“IRP” or the “Subsidiary”) to better reflect its planned evolution into more of a multidisciplinary business as part of Ketamine One while also preserving its roots. IRP has successfully performed over 10,000 unique treatments for past or present personnel of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as well as first responders including firefighters, law enforcement officers, paramedics and emergency medical technicians.

As Canada’s only set of physical rehabilitation clinics exclusively treating members of the veteran and first responder patient population, IRP fills a critical role in providing customized treatment programs and is seeing strong demand for its services. There is a growing need for mental and physical health services for Canada’s first responders and Ketamine One will strive to continue being the leader in providing customized treatments through the expansion of IRP locations and services.

Ketamine One and IRP have identified locations with high concentration of veterans and communities with ties to the military. Current Ketamine One clinics in Ottawa and Halifax will be retrofitted and rebranded as IRP Health clinics. The Ottawa clinic will be located at #305 1385 Bank Street, in an area that has a local population of over 9,000 veterans. The Comox Valley location will be located at 780 30th Street in Courtenay, BC. The Comox Valley is one of the top retirement destinations in Canada for military veterans.

Towards the end of 2021, the Halifax and Surrey centres are planning to be operational after short construction periods for each. The Halifax area currently has more than 14,000 veterans in the local area. Lastly, the Surrey facility is expected to be located at #204 13737 96th Avenue, which will be in association with the neuroplasticity clinic within the innovation hub in the Health and Technology District.

Additionally, Dr. Dennis Filips has signed his agreement to provide assessment and consultation services for IRP’s flagship programs in Ottawa, as well as to advocate and raise awareness of IRP’s services in the veteran and health communities. As a recently announced member of Ketamine One’s Medical Advisory Board, Dr. Dennis Filips is the principal founder and Chief Medical Officer of Innovative Trauma Care. He is a trauma surgeon who retired from the Canadian Forces after 20 years of service and completing tours in Afghanistan, Bosnia, and the Golan Heights. Dennis has also worked as a course director for Tactical Medicine courses for the military and tactical police units, among other roles and accomplishments throughout his career to date.

ABOUT KETAMINE ONE

KetamineOne Capital Limited (formerly Myconic Capital Corp.) is a company focused on consolidating medical clinics and becoming a North American leader in mental health treatments. It is working to provide the critical infrastructure needed to develop and deliver breakthrough mental health treatments. Currently, Ketamine One has a network of 16 clinics across North America, with plans to further consolidate the highly fragmented industry. The recent addition of KGK Science Inc. as the Company’s contract research division also places the company at the forefront of premium clinical research based on its 24-year history and extensive experience in pharmaceuticals, cannabis, and the emerging psychedelic medicine industries. As a collective enterprise, Ketamine One is dedicated to helping solve the growing need for safe and accessible mental health therapy.

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation for ImpediMed’s SOZO Digital Health Platform for Renal Failure

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation for ImpediMeds SOZO Digital Health Platform for Renal Failure

ImpediMed Limited, a global medical technology company using bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) to generate powerful data to improve patient health, announced that the SOZO® Digital Health Platform was designated a Breakthrough Device by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a proposed indication in renal failure.

Using bioimpedance spectroscopy, the SOZO® Digital Health Platform aims to provide clinicians with a more precise measure of fluid volume to be removed from a renal failure patient during dialysis. The current standard-of-care method to measure the accumulation of fluid in kidney failure patients utilizes weight scales. These scales cannot account for changes in body composition, with muscle loss being a common side effect of end-stage renal disease patients. The potential for SOZO® to address this deficiency was paramount in the FDA awarding its Breakthrough Designation to the SOZO® Digital Health Platform.

The Breakthrough Device Designation is granted when a device meets several criteria, including providing for more effective treatment or diagnosis of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating human disease or conditions.

“Dry weight assessment and appropriate fluid removal during dialysis remains a significant challenge for nephrologists. Clinical assessment alone appears to be inadequate in many dialysis patients, especially those with multiple coexisting illnesses including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Both inadequate fluid removal and excessive fluid removal resulting in hypotension may adversely affect quality of life, increase hospitalizations and increase mortality,” noted Dr. Mark M. Boiskin, MD FACP, of the Balboa Nephrology Medical Group and California Institute of Renal Research. “A device that can quickly and easily be used in the dialysis setting to accurately measure fluid volume is currently not FDA approved and readily available. Such a device may significantly improve quality of care and improve patient outcomes.”

“We are extremely pleased to be moving forward with the renal opportunity through the FDA Breakthrough Device Program. There is a clear need for an innovative device to help clinicians more effectively manage end-stage renal disease patients. The mortality rate of these patients remains persistently high, with many dying from fluid related heart failure. We believe SOZO® can provide a significant improvement to the dialysis process by better quantifying the volume of fluid needed to be removed,” said Richard Carreon, Managing Director and CEO of ImpediMed. “It also allows us to advance the discussions with both potential clinical and commercial partners, with a goal of moving quickly to clinical trials and subsequently to commercialization.”

About ImpediMed
Founded in Brisbane, Australia, with U.S. headquarters and European operations, ImpediMed is a global medical technology company using bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) to generate powerful data to maximize patient health. ImpediMed produces a family of FDA cleared and CE Marked medical devices, including SOZO® for multiple indications, including heart failure, lymphedema, and protein calorie malnutrition sold in select markets globally.

About SOZO Digital Health Platform
SOZO, the world’s most advanced, noninvasive bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) device, delivers a precise snapshot of fluid status and tissue composition in less than 30 seconds. Using ImpediMed’s BIS technology, SOZO measures 256 unique data points over a wide spectrum of frequencies from 3 kHz to 1000 kHz. Results are available immediately online for easy data access and sharing across an entire healthcare system. The FDA-cleared, CE-marked and ARTG-listed digital health platform aids in the early detection of secondary lymphedema, provides fluid status for patients living with heart failure, and can be used to monitor and maintain overall health – all on a single device.

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