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Christina Nolan- VT AG

Business By Andrew Joseph

Prosecutors identified ‘Pharma Co. X’ as central to alleged opioid kickback scheme. Was it Purdue?

SHATTERED DIGIPILL

Exclusive By Rebecca Robbins

A forerunner in ‘smart pills’ adopts a new tack as key pharma partnership unravels

Biotech By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

How swallowing a star might keep you from missing a dose of medicine

First Opinion By Thomas M. Maddox and Simon MacGibbon

Tech and health care need their own ‘Hippocratic oath’ to make digital health work

Breast Cancer Cells

Health Tech By Erin Brodwin

Google AI tool can pinpoint breast cancer better than clinicians, new study suggests

Health By Matthew Herper

An AI startup, led by 23andMe veteran Andy Page, tries to take better pictures of the heart

Blood sugar monitor - finger stick

Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins

What Sanofi’s withdrawal from diabetes tech tells us about digital health

2019 to Watch Health Tech

Health Tech By Casey Ross and Rebecca Robbins

3 stories to watch in health tech in 2020

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Health Tech By Kate Sheridan

A rare investment mechanism is helping to fund some health tech companies’ coronavirus projects

The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Rebecca Robbins, and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Pharma’s response to coronavirus, Google’s appetite for health data, and biotech’s rise in China

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Health Tech By Matthew Herper

New ‘real world evidence’ company leverages medical societies to produce data for pharma

Big data concept illustration

Exclusive By Rebecca Robbins

Medical data startup Syapse cuts 10% of workforce as it prioritizes data analytics and insights

Dexcom G6 Receiver

Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins

Eyeing more data, Livongo will integrate continuous glucose monitor into diabetes coaching program

Smartphone in the dark

Health Tech By Matthew Herper

A glitch in diabetes monitors serves as a cautionary tale for health tech

NSH Operating room

Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins

Stanford’s new hospital is brimming with futuristic tech. Will it help save money — or drive up costs?

Apple watch with red band

Health By Rebecca Robbins

Apple launches virtual health studies aiming to enroll hundreds of thousands of customers

Health coaches

Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins

Valued for their tech, Silicon Valley digital health companies rely heavily on armies of faraway coaches

Health Tech By Casey Ross

Google partners with major U.S. health system, gaining access to vast patient data in the process

Fitbit close-up

Health Tech By Megan Thielking and Rebecca Robbins

Google to acquire Fitbit for $2.1 billion in major health tech deal

Health Tech By Casey Ross

Google, Mayo Clinic strike sweeping partnership on patient data

In the Lab By Rebecca Robbins

Deep-learning AI technique helps scientists see more clearly inside the cell

Digital pills

Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins

AI startups are racing into drug development. Here’s 5 burning questions about which will survive

Brain zaps

In the Lab By Sharon Begley and Rebecca Robbins

Do Elon Musk’s brain-decoding implants have potential? Experts say they just might

Tesla CEO Elon Musk

In the Lab By Rebecca Robbins

Elon Musk wants to test brain-reading implants in paralyzed patients next year

Insulin injection

Health Tech By Casey Ross and Rebecca Robbins

Diabetes-coaching startup Livongo files to go public in a test for health tech

Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins

Potential class action lawsuit accuses the University of Chicago of sharing identifiable patient data with Google

Long shadow of Alexa

In the Lab By Diana Cai

‘Alexa, are you listening?’ An experimental tool warns of cardiac arrest by monitoring breathing

Smartphone Health Literacy

Health Tech By Larry Edelman — Boston Globe

Singapore digital health startup raises $35 million, plans headquarters move to Boston