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According to a report in Bloomberg, GlaxoSmithKline is in talks with Qualcomm to create a new joint venture to develop medical technology.

Fitbit Surge The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), which puts on the massive CES event in Las Vegas every January, just published a set of voluntary guidelines for how technology companies should approach privacy and security for personal wellness data collected by wearable devices and other connected wellness devices.

The FDA has cleared SmartLinx Vitals Plus, a mobile-connected in-hospital patient monitoring system from Qualcomm Life subsidiary Capsule.

Los Angeles-based mobile clinical trials company Science 37 has raised $6.

Qualcomm Life, the mobile technology company's subsidiary focused on medical device connectivity, has acquired Capsule Technologie, a France-based clinical data management company that currently serves 1,930 hospital clients in 38 countries, for an undisclosed amount.

Pictured above: A device from Cambridge-based MC10, a company focused on flexible electronics.

Less than a month after announcing its partnership with Novartis, Qualcomm is adding another big pharmaceutical company to its list of 2net partners: Roche, who will use Qualcomm Life's 2net platform to capture patient data from connected devices, starting with anti-coagulation meters.

Qualcomm is already one of the biggest investors in digital health, according to Rock Health.

Qualcomm's 2net Hub Qualcomm Life announced two major partnerships at CES15 this year: one with pharmaceutical company Novartis and the other with pharmacy chain Walgreens.

Teladoc was one of the many signatories on one of the letters recently sent to incoming HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell.