Neuro Startup Tortugas Unveils $106M and a Pipeline of Drugs for the Brain – MedCity News
Tortugas Neuroscience launched from stealth Tuesday with $106 million to support a pipeline of four in-licensed drugs in clinical development…
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Startup Nula Emerges to Advance a New Class of Medicines for Metabolic Disease – MedCity News
In a cell, the nucleus and related genetic material are housed inside a double-layered membrane. Scientists previously thought this nuclear…
Eli Lilly Buys Startup CrossBridge Bio to Bring a More Powerful Strike to Tumors – MedCity News
Antibody drug conjugates continue to be a robust area for research and dealmaking, and Eli Lilly’s latest move in this…
Digital Health Startups Raised $4B in Q1: How Cash Is Flowing Amid Uncertainty – MedCity News
After several uneven years for venture funding, the digital health sector saw a boost in investment during the first quarter…
Inside One VC’s Litmus Test for Investable Healthcare AI Startups – MedCity News
Katie Jacobs Stanton took an unusual and accidental path to becoming a healthcare investor. After building products at Yahoo and…
Maternal Health Startup Raises $5.7M to Expand Doula Network Nationwide – MedCity News
Flourish Care, a maternal healthcare platform, has raised $5.7 million in seed funding to scale its doula network, the startup…
Turquoise Health Snags $40M to Simplify Healthcare Contracts & Payments – MedCity News
San Diego-based startup Turquoise Health closed a $40 million Series C financing round on Tuesday, bringing the company’s overall fundraising…
Startup Waiv Spins Out of Owkin With $33M to Bring AI Precision to Cancer Decisions – MedCity News
Cancer treatment is evolving with a growing number of therapies designed to address specific targets expressed by tumors or genetic…
Startup Vima Adds Parkinson’s to Movement Disorder Scope, Expanding Series A Round to $100M – MedCity News
When Vima Therapeutics launched last year to take its drug candidate into human testing, the lead indication was isolated dystonia,…
AI Startups Are Tying Fees to Completed Tasks. Will Hospitals Buy In? – MedCity News
Many healthcare AI startups are changing the way they charge for their technology, moving away from flat subscription rates and…
Startup Atavistik Adds $40M for Clinical Trial in Rare Bleeding Disorder With No Approved Therapies – MedCity News
Atavistik Bio has raised an additional $40 million as the startup prepares for clinical testing of a drug in development…
4 Health Tech Trends Startups Can’t Ignore, Per an Oak HC/FT Partner – MedCity News
As health tech startups race to prove value and scale, investors are tracking how pricing, adoption and workforce dynamics are…
Headache Startup Slate Medicines Lands $130M to Bring Novel Migraine Drug Into the Clinic – MedCity News
Migraine treatment took a leap forward with CGRP inhibitors, a drug class that has progressed from novel medicines to first-line…
Startup Korsana Bio Reveals $175M Raised for a Better Brain-Penetrating Alzheimer’s Drug – MedCity News
Alzheimer’s disease can be treated with antibodies that clear away plaques of amyloid protein, but these medicines require frequent dosing…
Talkiatry Rakes In $210M to Scale Virtual Psychiatry Group – MedCity News
The healthcare startup sector has already seen a handful of investment megarounds this year, including OpenEvidence’s $250 million Series D…
Solace Health Reaches Unicorn Status by Taking the ‘Homework’ Out of Care Navigation – MedCity News
The healthcare startup world gained a new unicorn on Tuesday, with Silicon Valley-based Solace Health closing a $130 million Series…
Eli Lilly Expands Its In Vivo Ambitions, Acquiring Cell Therapy Startup Orna for up to $2.4B – MedCity News
The next frontier for cell therapy is shaping up to be in vivo treatments for autoimmune disease, and Eli Lilly…
Do Ambient Scribe Startups Have a Future Now That Epic Launched Its Own Tool? – MedCity News
EHR giant Epic rolled out an AI charting tool on Thursday, giving its customers a built-in tool that listens during…