Pharma
Novartis has announced a partnership with Qualcomm Life, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, to develop a connected version of its inhaler, Breezhaler, for people who have COPD.
Foster City-based Oration has launched its mobile offering that helps employees save money on prescriptions.
One of the biggest ways the changing digital health landscape will affect the pharma industry is that pharma companies increasingly stand to lose control over their own stories, according to a new report from McKinsey & Company, who spoke to 20 thought leaders in various pharma-adjacent sectors.
Google Life Sciences has finally gotten its new name as an independent company under the aegis of Alphabet: Verily.
French companion app company Voluntis has partnered with AstraZeneca to develop an app for women undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer.
GSK's Ellipta inhaler
GlaxoSmithKline and Madison, Wisconsin-based Propeller Health announced a partnership today in which Propeller will develop and manufacture a custom sensor for GSK's Ellipta inhaler for COPD patients.
CVS Health has announced the launch of five new digital offerings that help customers refill prescriptions and manage their medications.
San Francisco-based TinyRx, a prescription delivery service, launched this week with $5 million in funding from Eight Partners, Google Ventures, Stanford’s StartX, as well as angel investors.
San Jose, California-based Akibah just launched a crowdfunding campaign for its connected glucometer smartphone case, called GluCase.