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In the Know: Healthcare News for September 28, 2020
Bright Health Inc. Announces $500 Million Series E Funding Including Significant Investments by Tiger Global Management, T. Rowe Price Associates, Blackstone, NEA and Bessemer Venture Partners
Bind Launches Into the Fully-insured Market
Spineology Gets FDA De Novo Grant of Minimally Invasive OptiMesh Expandable Interbody Fusion System
Medtronic gains breakthrough nod for VAD driveline
Fast Company Names Boston Scientific a Top Workplace for Innovators
LinkedIn Top Startups 2020: The 50 U.S. companies on the rise.
Minnesota Cup winner pioneers new solution to preserve therapeutic cells
U of M research team hopes to develop an implantable device to treat mental illness — thanks to a $6.6 million grant
Discovery Square 2 set to break ground
How Covid-19 is driving regional innovation in digital health
High-risk Minnesotans ID’d for COVID-19 prevention
UnitedHealth could spend $300 million to buy online pharmacy
Boston Scientific may buy Afib treatment startup Farapulse
J&J launches fourth large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trial
Abbott Receives CE Mark for Next-Generation MitraClip™ Heart Valve Repair Device to Treat Mitral Regurgitation
Philips paves the way for faster lung cancer diagnosis and treatment with advanced 3D imaging and navigation platform
BestBuy Health, Amazon Alexa team up on new telehealth-enabled flip phone for seniors
Physiq begins development of AI-based COVID-19 early warning system
Philips expands peripheral vascular disease portfolio with the QuickClear mechanical thrombectomy system for blood clot removal
Cerovations Receives 2nd NIH Grant Award for Peritoneal Dialysis Innovation
Mayo study identifies barriers to physician adoption of federal Right to Try law
Novartis US Foundation commits $25M to improve health equity by reducing health disparities in the US
Bio-Techne rebrands genome engineering as part of R&D Systems portfolio
Can we make the best insurance decisions? VC says no, founder says yes
University of Minnesota, Van Andel Institute earn $6M to study aging’s role in Parkinson’s
New Treatment for Urethral Strictures, Optilume®, Receives CE Approval
Mayo Clinic completes deidentification of expansive medical dataset
Forbes Insights: How UnitedHealth Group Harnesses Data For A Better Covid-19 Response
U of M School of Public Health to establish the Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving
Mayo Clinic to pay back reduced wages plus $1,000 to staff
Medtronic’s TYRX envelope found to be cost effective for patients at increased risk of infection
Myriad Genetics and Sandstone Diagnostics Form Point-of-Care Blood Collection Partnership
Reemo Health Receives Provider Approval, Giving More Users Access to Personal Independence Smartwatch
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital earns national LGBTQ-friendly designation
Veravas Announces Novel Rapid Antigen Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Saliva
Osprey Medical (ASX:OSP) signs distribution deal with RHCG for DyeVert tech
MentorMate Further Grows of Human-Centered Design Practice
Coming together to fight COVID-19: A conversation with Ramona Sequeira, President of Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A
Acceligen Launches Program for Precision Crossbreeding of African Dairy Production Systems
