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The new app will use Bluetooth tech and will likely launch in July in Ottawa. 

BlackBerry' new healthcare-related security products include a blockchain system for medical data and operating system for secure medical devices. 

Despite denials from both companies involved, rumors continue to circulate, based on reports from Reuters and the Financial Post, that Samsung wants to buy -- or at least acquire a majority stake in -- BlackBerry.

BlackBerry and NantHealth are working together to create the second generation of NantHealth's HBox, a portable device that captures and transmits secure medical data between the patient, doctor and hospital.

BlackBerry announced plans to add a genome browser app, powered by NantHealth, to its Blackberry Passport smartphone next year.

NantHealth raised $320 million in a round led by Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) with participation from Verizon, Celgene, BlackBerry, and Blackstone.