By BARRY TEATER, NCBiotech Writer | Nov 17, 2017 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Camras Vision, developer of a new medical device for treating glaucoma, won the Emerging Company Award at SEBIO’s 19th Annual Investor and Partnering Forum in Pinehurst. The honor came a few days before the company expects to close on $5 [...]
By The Medical Futurist The widespread U.S. opioid & overdose crisis is an ever-increasing tragic concern for everyone: writhing victims, family members being fain to see their relatives suffer or die, doctors prescribing opioid pain-killers what they thought before as safe, and regulators imposed to handle a tough situation. Addiction. It’s painful to even [...]
Johnson & Johnson Innovation Up to $50,000 USD in grants Do you have a good idea on how to improve skincare? If so, we are looking to help you make that idea into a reality. Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS (JLABS) and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. are looking for entrepreneurs with a [...]
DHIT Press Release | Nov 14, 2017 Little Green Software and Hatteras Venture Partners have announced they will become members of DHITglobal.org (DHIT), a social venture dedicated to driving digital health innovation across the ecosystem and transforming North Carolina and the Triangle into a global digital health hub. They will join co-founders Bluedoor [...]
FDA News Release | Nov. 13, 2017 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first drug in the U.S. with a digital ingestion tracking system. Abilify MyCite (aripiprazole tablets with sensor) has an ingestible sensor embedded in the pill that records that the medication was taken. The product is approved for [...]
By Jasmine Pennic | Nov 10, 2017 New peer-reviewed findings published in JMIR Diabetes reveals that an artificial intelligence (AI) health coaches is just as effective as in-person weight loss programs, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-led National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a clinically-proven weight loss program focused on type 2 diabetes prevention. The peer-reviewed [...]
