Trend: Biopharma embraces digital cognitive assessments to identify behavioral health biomarkers

By SharpBrains | August 14, 2017

_______ The hunt for behav­ioral health bio­mark­ers is har­ness­ing dig­i­tal health at the research stage (Med­C­i­ty News): “Dig­i­tal health com­pa­nies are going through an inter­est­ing trans­for­ma­tion as research insti­tu­tions real­ize the ben­e­fit of their tech­nol­o­gy to col­lect and man­age data for a host of stud­ies. The bio­phar­ma industry’s embrace of some dig­i­tal health tools to manage…

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Digital brain health goes global: Savonix raises $5.1 million to commercialize mobile neurocognitive assessment in the US, China and Japan

By SharpBrains | June 14, 2017

— Savonix gets $5.1M to advance dig­i­tal neu­rocog­ni­tive assess­ment (Mobi­Health News): “San Fran­­cis­­co-based Savonix, mak­er of an app for neu­rocog­ni­tive assess­ment, has raised $5.1 mil­lion in a new round of fund­ing. Dig­iTx Part­ners led the round with addi­tion­al con­tri­bu­tion from ReThink Impact.

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Ten Important Signals to help reinvent Brain Health in the Digital Age & serve the needs of an Aging Population

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 21, 2016

—– Dear sharp read­er, It’s been a busy year. To sum­ma­rize where we are, and to bet­ter pre­pare for the oppor­tu­ni­ties and chal­lenges in the year ahead, let’s step back for a minute. Let’s take a look at the big pic­ture pre­sent­ed in the arti­cle Both Impor­tant and Urgent: Get­ting ready to serve the Cog­ni­tive & Brain Health…

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Digital brain health start-up Neurotrack raises $6.5m to market cognitive assessment and intervention

By SharpBrains | February 1, 2016

Neu­ro­track rais­es $6.5M for cog­ni­tive assess­ment tool, man­age­ment pro­gram (Mobi­Health News): “Palo Alto-based Neu­ro­track, which has devel­oped an online cog­ni­tive assess­ment test, raised $6.5 mil­lion in a round led by Khosla Ven­tures with par­tic­i­pa­tion from Social Cap­i­tal, Founders Fund, AME Cloud Ven­tures, and iSeed Ventures. 

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