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Source: Boston Business Journal
By: Kelly J. O'Brien
Boston-based Polaris Partners on Thursday unveiled a new investment fund — the firm's eighth — with $435 million ready to deploy. Founded in 1996, the firm has raised more than $4.3 billion lifetime.
Source: BostonInno
By: Lucia Maffei
-Nate Maslak and Nate Fox founded HealthWiz after witnessing the efforts that their family members put into finding effective health care.
-The focus of HealthWiz is partnering with smaller firms that just became self-insured.
-HealthWiz is one of the companies that BostInno included in its list of 14 most promising startups from HBS.
Source: Boston Business Journal
By: Kelly O'Brien
The bands are made by Whoop, a Boston-based startup that on Monday became the first company officially licensed by the NFL Players Association to provide wearable devices to track players' health and recovery data.
Source: Boston Business Journal
By: Jessica Bartlett
ZappRx is planning to grow its specialty pharmaceutical management platform, thanks to a $25 million funding round announced today.
Source: Boston Business Journal
By: Jessica Bartlett
The Group Insurance Commission, the quasi-state agency the oversees health insurance for state and some government employees, will partner with Iora Health starting this summer to provide specialized health care to around 2,000 people in an attempt to save the state money.
Source: MassLive
By: Jim Kinney
Baystate Health's TechSpring hosted its first ever health innovation showcase at Baystate Medical Center. The event was held in cooperation with MassChallenge, a Boston organization that fosters startups, and PULSE@MassChallenge, a partnership between TechSpring and MassChallenge specializing in digital health care.
Source: InterSystems
TechSpring, InterSystems and J2 Interactive Collaborate to Solve Healthcare Technology Innovators’ Biggest Problem: Access to Real Healthcare Resources.
Learn MoreSource: The Fenway
As a hotbed of higher education on the cutting-edge of medical research, Massachusetts is already home to many brilliant minds, but it’s also the obvious choice for medical and healthcare industry startups from other corners of the world looking to plant their flag.
Learn MoreSource: Boston Business Journal
By: Jessica Bartlett
Andrew Le and his three co-founders subsequently created Buoy Health, which could be described as a smarter WebMD.com — one that includes 35,000 ways to describe symptoms and 1,675 diagnoses. With $2.5 million in funding, led by retired chair of Partners HealthCare Jack Connors and with participation from 14 other investors, the application launched in an IOS app and online March 8.
Source: mobihealthnews
By: Jonah Comstock
Medical device maker Zoll Medical Corporation has received FDA premarket approval for a wearable external defibrillator for use in the hospital. Zoll got approval last year for its LifeVest, a similar product designed for home use.