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Startup Shoutouts: November 10, 2020

November 10, 2020

Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into some of the most noteworthy headlines from the startup members in our community over the past month.

Cubii acquired by Gridiron Capital for $100 million

Cubii, the developer of portable fitness devices and applications, has been acquired…

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Guest post: How digital health is changing care delivery for pharmacists and improving public health

November 5, 2020

CEO and founder of MATTER startup illuminate.health shares thoughts on how COVID-19 is changing the role of pharmacists

Change is here. Pharmacists have been given the authority to order and administer COVID-19 tests by the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency has also called on pharmacists to help increase immunization rates by authorizing them to administer pediatric vaccinati…

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Meet the newest members of the MATTER startup community

October 28, 2020

The newest MATTER startups are streamlining patient care, preventing blindness, helping people overcome panic attacks and more. Take a minute to meet them and see the heroic change in healthcare happening today.

AEYE Health — New York, New York

AEYE Health is working to prevent blindness by using an artificial intelligence retinal screening system. AEYE Health has developed a highly accurate …

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Startup Shoutouts: October 6, 2020

October 6, 2020

Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into some of the most noteworthy headlines from the startup members in our community over the past month.

PhysIQ receives NIH commission to develop COVID-19 digital biomarker; partners with Purdue University on study PhysIQ, the developer of t…

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Clara Health, Genomenon and BrainBaseline share how they’re improving the clinical trial process

October 2, 2020

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic took over, pharmaceutical companies were on the hunt for solutions to improve the efficiency of drug development — from which molecules to test through all aspects of patient recruitment and the clinical trial process.

Since the pandemic began, those needs have intensified dramatically. Pharmaceutical companies need tools to help them more efficiently identify…

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