Novartis
An interview with Timo Heikkilä, cofounder and chief operating officer of Finnish health tech startup Popit.
The announcement was made at the startup event organised in Helsinki, Finland this week.
The acquisition will include Biovotions' wearables, patents, staff, partners and clients.
Evergreen Life, GiveVision and Howz are three of the startups joining the new programme.
A look at the Swiss pharma giant's efforts to digitise operations.
Pharma companies also continued to explore the promises of digital therapeutics.
The startup was also recently awarded funding from EIT Health and Vinnova, the Swedish innovation agency.
The nine-month programme is designed to help entrepreneurs addressing pressing health and care challenges scale their businesses.
Also: The pharma industry continues to use digital technologies for R&D and diabetes management.
The prescription digital therapeutic will give users interactive therapy lessons to be use by patients under a clinician's supervision.