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Fujifilm and ScreenPoint Medical Now Offer Providers an AI Solution Designed for Early Breast Cancer Detection

FUJIFILM, a provider of diagnostic imaging and medical informatics solutions, has announced that its ASPIRE Cristalle mammography system with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) now offers ScreenPoint Medical’s new, FDA cleared Transpara powered by Fusion AI for 2D and 3D mammography in the United States. ScreenPoint Medical’s AI solution, coupled with the ASPIRE Cristalle mammography system, displays breast screening findings at a doctor’s reading workstation or PACS…

Opportunity: Applications Open for DigitalHealth.London’s Flagship Accelerator Program

DigitalHealth.London is currently accepting applications for its flagship Accelerator program. The year-long program targets digital health companies with a product or service that has high potential to meet the current challenges facing the NHS and social care today, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and as detailed in the NHS Long Term Plan. Digital health startups selected for the program will…

Always and Thrive Global Partner to Launch a Period Tracking App Where Usage Leads to Period Care Product Donations

Procter & Gamble’s period care brand has partnered with Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global to launch Always You, a period tracker and wellness app that allows users to track their cycle and donate period care products as they use it contributing to ending period poverty. “Always has been working to help build girls’ confidence for more than 35 years, and we are always…

Breastfeeding Support Platform pumpspotting Raises a $1.15M Seed Round to Expand its B2B Presence

Breastfeeding support platform pumpspotting has announced the closing of a $1.15M seed round led by MooDoos Investments, with participation from Maine Venture Fund, Maine Angels, Launchpad Venture Group, Opus Ventures, Crystal McKellar and strategic investor Punchbowl, Inc. Since its founding in 2015, pumpspotting has focused on engaging and supporting feeding parents. This investment will fuel the company’s growth in the B2B channel, helping employers, retailers and…

GSK NEXT Launches the Re/Wire Health Studio with R/GA Ventures to Explore and Scale New Everyday Health Solutions

GSK NEXT, the innovation arm of the science-led global consumer healthcare company GSK, has set out to discover, incubate, and scale new businesses across the changing face of everyday health and wellbeing. As part of that effort, GSK NEXT has launched the Re/Wire Health Studio, an initiative that invites emerging consumer health and technology companies to partner with GSK’s consumer division to provide…

Paul Kappelman Becomes Ovation Fertility’s New CEO

Oviation Fertility has announced that Paul Kappelman is joining the company’s leadership team as new chief executive officer (CEO). Kappelman is responsible for the company’s overall strategic initiatives and continued growth trajectory. Ovation Fertility is a national network of reproductive endocrinologists and scientific thought leaders focused on reducing the cost of having a family through more efficient and effective fertility care. A key…

Carrot Fertility Raises a $75M Series C to Invest in Product Development and International Growth

San Francisco-based global fertility benefits provider for employers and health plans Carrot Fertility has announced the closing of a $75M Series C. The round was led by Tiger Global with participation from ObriMed, F-Prime Capital, CRV, U.S. Venture Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. The company has raised a total of $115M in funding to date. Companies use Carrot to customize a fertility…