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Medtronic issues voluntary recall of MiniMed insulin pumps

  • October 4, 2024
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Medtronic, which develops, manufactures and sells medical therapy devices, has issued a voluntary recall of its MiniMed 600 series or 700 series insulin pumps due to the pump’s potentially shortened battery life.  The company issued a field action, starting on July 31, notifying customers globally that they should monitor their MiniMed pump’s built-in alarms and […]

Tesla loses one of its top executives in Europe

  • October 4, 2024
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Tesla has lost one of its top executives in Europe in charge of all business development and public policies. He is one of two top Tesla executives to leave this week. Jos Dings joined Tesla in 2017 after more than a decade at Transport & Environment (T&E), a European group promoting sustainable transport. After a […]

Mergers and Acquisitions: An Overview of Notable Healthcare M&A Activity in Q3 2024

  • October 4, 2024
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Northwell Health and Nuvance Health These two nonprofit healthcare organizations announced in February that they plan to form a new integrated regional health system to care for patients in New York and Connecticut. The new organization will include approximately 14,500 providers and more than 1,000 care sites. In August, Northwell Health and Nuvance Health signed […]

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Hybrid primary care company Rezilient Health scores $10M

  • October 4, 2024
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Rezilient Health, a hybrid primary care provider, announced it closed a $10 million Series A funding round. Govo Venture Partners led the round, with participation from GoHealth founder Clint Jones at Bridge Ventures, GooseHead Insurance founders Mark and Robyn Jones, cofounder of Block, formerly Square, Jim McKelvey, answers.com founder David Karandish, Acorn Pacific Ventures, Verata […]

Tesla shares impressive data point about its Supercharger network

  • October 4, 2024
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(Source: Tesla) Tesla has shared an impressive data point about its Supercharger network: 1.4 TWh of energy delivered in a single quarter. What does it mean? Tesla shared these three new data points about its charging network in Q3 2024: In Q3, we: → opened 2.8K Supercharger stalls, +23% year-over-year network growth → delivered 1.4 […]

Hyundai’s new US-made IONIQ 5 is getting the Waymo robotaxi treatment

  • October 4, 2024
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Hyundai’s upgraded 2025 IONIQ 5, hitting the US this fall, will join Waymo’s robotaxi fleet. As part of a new multi-year partnership, Hyundai is preparing to allocate a “significant” amount of IONIQ 5 models for the Waymo One robotaxi fleet. Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 is joining the Waymo robotaxi fleet Hyundai Motor and Waymo announced the […]

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Empathy Health Technologies raises $2.8M for Sober Sidekick app

  • October 4, 2024
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Empathy Health Technologies announced it has secured $2.3 million in seed funding to expand its Sober Sidekick app.  Investors include Nina Capital, HealthX Ventures, 46 Ventures, the Venture Center, Ikigai Growth Partners, Suncoast Ventures, High Street Equity Partners and angel investors. WHAT IT DOES The company’s Sober Sidekick app is a free sobriety app with […]

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UK gov stats reveal steep rise in HIV diagnoses

  • October 4, 2024
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The latest HIV surveillance data for 2023, published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), show that the number of heterosexual men and women newly diagnosed in England with HIV has increased by more than 30 per cent since 2022. Diagnoses among heterosexual men rose by 36 per cent (445 in 2022 to 605 in […]