Venture investors are pleased to see digital health companies continue to transform the healthcare system despite unprecedented challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic....more
The spread of COVID-19 has created a defining moment for the digital health sector, as many products and services once considered “nice-to-haves” have transformed into necessities....more
Despite the changes and uncertainty rippling across the entire venture-backed startup ecosystem, the digital health sector saw its best first quarter since analysts began tracking its performance more than a decade ago,...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), recently published rules implementing...more
The annual gathering of life sciences executives and investors in San Francisco that many now call “JPM Week” recently concluded, marking the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference’s 38th year....more
1/24/2020
/ Biosimilars ,
Biotechnology ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb ,
China ,
Digital Health ,
Genetic Materials ,
Genetic Testing ,
Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
UK Brexit ,
US Trade Policies ,
Venture Capital
Fenwick’s eighth annual Digital Health Investor Summit took place against the backdrop of strong and increasingly diverse investment markets, a focus on clinical validation of digital health tools, and a healthcare system...more
11/21/2019
/ Digital Health ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Startups ,
Telehealth ,
Venture Capital
Industry leaders anticipate that the use of artificial intelligence in medical imaging will have a substantial clinical impact, ushering in an opportunity to significantly improve decision support in medical image...more
Rock Health reported that $4.2 billion was invested in digital health companies during the first half of 2019. This places the sector on pace to exceed 2018’s record total annual investment of $8.2 billion....more
In our 2018 year-end review of life sciences and tech IPOs, we noted that life sciences offerings totaled 67 raising an average of $133 million while there were 45 technology deals raising an average of more than $380...more
The business of animal health has traditionally been dominated by the animal health divisions of big pharma companies. But with Pfizer’s 2013 spin-off of its animal health business, now known as Zoetis, the sector has been...more
5/17/2019
/ Animal Drugs ,
Animal Health ,
Biotechnology ,
Divestiture ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Life Sciences ,
Pets ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Startups
With 58 U.S. biopharma IPOs in 2018, the biotech industry entered the new year with confidence. By all appearances, the longest and largest biotech IPO window in history was not going to close anytime soon. ...more
No matter who is doing the counting, 2018 was an off-the-charts year for venture investment in digital health. Here’s a sampling of the tallies...more
The impact of artificial intelligence, or more specifically machine learning, is being felt in every industry sector, but perhaps nowhere more so than in healthcare, where AI funding hit historic highs in 2018, according to...more
The Seventh Annual Fenwick & West Digital Health Investor Summit profiled a sector that continues to attract record levels in investment, further matures and consolidates, and that is leveraging the newest technologies in...more
Just over a year ago, we reported about the rise of the mega-round in digital health investments. At that time, we tallied nine investment rounds valued at more than $100 million in the first half of 2017. ...more
Private investment in digital health continued apace in the second quarter of 2018, based on our latest look at deal flow. As the sector has matured, growth in investment levels quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year appears...more
Two trends stood out in our analysis of private digital health investments in the first quarter of 2018: bigger deals and more investment in companies targeting the regulated portion of the health care market....more
Fenwick’s Sixth Annual Digital Health Investor Summit started on an upbeat note with Rock Health’s Megan Zweig sharing the venture fund’s mid-year funding report. After the uncertainty brought by the 2016 presidential...more
10/12/2017
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
B2B Organizations ,
Digital Health ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Information Technology ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
R&D ,
Startups
The digital health sector is beginning to mature and investors are pouring more money into more deals, reports Rock Health in its survey of digital health investment in the first half of 2017. And, we might add, into bigger...more
Last September, we noted that payers and providers were expected to become increasingly active digital health strategic investors given their challenges to improve margins and outcomes....more
If your work involves life sciences dealmaking, you know it’s the time of year to start firming up your plans for the week of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. In the last 10 years, the second week of January in San...more
Investors are increasingly interested in companies with technologies that will be subject to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation.
Until recently, some investors shied away from companies targeting the...more
A few months ago, following our fifth annual Digital Health Summit, the attendees made some predictions about product development and investment in the rapidly growing sector. Now that we are more than halfway through the...more
9/2/2016
/ Acquisitions ,
Digital Health ,
Fitbit ,
Fitness ,
Healthcare ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investors ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
mHealth ,
Popular ,
Startups ,
Tracking Systems
Fenwick’s fifth annual Digital Health Investor Summit brought together investors who are active in the digital health space to discuss the evolving digital health sector and their investment outlook for the year...more
Among its list of defining quotes of 2015, Rock Health included one from a physician who was frustrated with the fact that, as she put it, “In my hospital there are 19 software systems across departments – few of which...more