Happy New Year, Dispensary Readers! 🎉
Here’s to another year of connecting the dots, sparking ideas, and driving meaningful conversations in the world of health tech.
As use cases in AI continue to emerge and mature, as marquee investors double down on hospitals, and health insurance steadily inches toward greater penetration—we’re here to help you stay informed.
Our goal remains clear: to equip you with not just information but perspective. As we navigate this journey together, here’s to another year of discovery, dialogue, and impact. Let's move on to this week’s updates in 3,2,1…
Blackstone, Carlyle, and other PEs submit bids to unlock Access’ majority stake
Reliance Industries completes acquisition of Karkinos Healthcare
Apheris, a Berlin, Germany-based federated computing company focused on the life sciences sector, raised $20.8m in Series A funding.
Fairly, a Portland, Oregon-based vacation rental management platform raised $10.1m pre-seed funding round.
Shanghai Matwings Technology Co., Ltd., a global leader in AI-driven protein design, announced the completion of Series A funding rounds, raising tens of millions of USD.
Vitalic, a Boston, MA-based mental health startup, launched with $4M in seed funding.
AusperBio Raises $73M in Series B Financing to achieve a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B (CHB)
Blinkit’s 10-minute ambulance service puts the spotlight on why India needs more life support units
Home delivery of medicines from Railway-run hospitals in works
Big public health upgrade in works; govt hospitals could soon get more firepower
5% of Indian women underwent hysterectomy, analysis of NFHS 4 data reveals
ICMR proposes revised version of National Essential Diagnostics List
Study estimates about a quarter of Indian population can access stroke facility in an hour
New WHO report reveals governments deprioritizing health spending
Backed by a16z and QED, Brazilian startup Carecode puts AI agents to work on healthcare
Drugmakers to raise US prices on over 250 medicines starting Jan. 1
Africa seeks to address its acute surgical care crisis
U.N. holds emergency meeting in Asia as China battles African swine fever
Flu epidemic sweeps Europe, straining healthcare systems
Lotte to shut 2-year-old digital health unit
Merck to pay $950 million to settle U.S. Vioxx charge
That’s It from us, until next week.
Comments
Nothing yet. Say the first thing.
Sign in to join the conversation.