Biotech

Alex Gorsky, the chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, has joined Apple's board of directors. Gorsky's move to Apple's board comes ahead of his planned departure as CEO of Johnson & Johnson in January 2022. It also coincides with Apple focusing more on health technology. It'

Google is looking for help developing an Android app aimed at providing more communication options for people with speech impairments. Project Relate, as the effort and app is now called, will provide voice transcription and synthesis that could make it easier for users to be understood. The projec

In Frequency Therapeutics' short lifetime as a company, it's had its ups and downs. On Tuesday, during an R&D event day, the company unleashed a slew of announcements that add context to the development of a flagship hearing loss drug, and proposed some directions.  Founded in 2015, Fr

The Great Resignation, the pandemic-caused seismic shift in the way we work, play and live, and the boom of the creator and influencer economy, has led to a surge in apps designed to serve those creators. In fact, we had a very long-winded discussion about it at technewss just this week. It’

Truveta wants to collect privacy-safe medical data from around the United States on a regular basis, making it available for researchers to sift and parse. The company is making real progress toward that goal in product terms, and this morning said it raised another $100 million, giving it a capita

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin against NASA over the agency's decision to award a lunar lander contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX earlier this year. The dismissal of the complaint brings to a close a months-long saga over the Human Landing System

Timing is everything in healthcare — yet too often diagnoses, treatments and procedures are held up by paperwork, administrative red tape between patients, clinicians, carers, bookkeepers, insurance companies and others in the chain of relationships that needs to be processed before steps can

After a limited-edition pilot announced over the summer, Panda Express announced this morning that it will be bringing Beyond Meat-based orange chicken to 70 locations across the U.S. Initially introduced at a handful of locations in New York City and Southern California, the plant-based entrée is

Munich-based QOA is gearing up to be among the first to bring a chocolate product to market that is 100% cocoa free. It is also now backed by $6 million in seed funding in an investment round led by Cherry Ventures with participation by Fifty Years, World Fund, Nucleus Capital, Trellis Road, Pionee

mPharma, a Ghanaian health startup, has taken a controlling stake in Uganda's Vine Pharmacy for an undisclosed amount, marking the firm's entry into its latest market in Africa. mPharma disclosed to technewss that it has acquired a 55% stake previously held by the Abraaj Group, a private e

Medable, a patient-focused clinical research company offering a cloud option for adoption of digital and decentralized clinical trials, brought in a new capital infusion of $304 million in Series D funding — its fourth round since 2020 — to give it a valuation of $2.1 billion. Medable's sof

Spinal surgery is not for the faint of heart at the best of times, but Intelligent Implants raised €7.5 million ($8.7 million) to make spinal surgery less of a pain in the backside. The company’s smart implants’ first application is in spinal fusion surgery — where two or more v

Entrepreneur Ankur Nagpal spent seven years building up Teachable, a marketplace for teachers to make their online courses into full-fledged businesses. He raised only $12.5 million in funding before selling to Hotmart, a deal reportedly worth a quarter-of-a-billion dollars. Now, Nagpal wants to us

Aging is inevitable, but Modern Age wants to help you do it in a way that is healthier. Melissa Eamer, former vice president at Amazon and COO at Glossier, is behind the company, which is announcing $27 million in Series A funding led by Oak HC/FT. Longevity has a personal component