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Proxima has raised an oversubscribed US$80m seed round for AI drug discovery in proximity therapeutics, which aim to control protein interactions. The New York and Boston-based company, formerly known as VantAI, has rebranded to reflect its focus on building the technology and data needed to unlock proximity-based therapeutics. These medicines work by controlling how proteins [...]
North Lincolnshire Council has joined with leading local government software provider, System C, to implement its Liquidlogic Education Case Management, Adults Case Management and Children’s Case Management as an integrated all-in-one single platform solution. Following the successful rollout of the Adults and Children’s Case Management platforms in early 2025, the Education Case Management system went [...]
By Sanius Health For much of modern medicine, sickle cell disorder has been managed rather than transformed. Care pathways have focused on crisis response, symptom control, and complication prevention, while curative approaches remained largely theoretical. That balance is now beginning to change. Advances in clinical research, long-term data generation, and translational science are expanding what [...]
Women’s health exits topped US$100bn in acquisitions and IPOs from 2000 to 2025, according to new research. Released at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, the research logs 276 exits and 27 billion-dollar deals, including US$27bn in transactions in 2025 alone, the biggest year on record for the category. The report, Follow the Exits: [...]
Emergency departments and minor injury units across Northern Ireland are now benefitting from AI that helps clinicians accurately and efficiently identify bone fractures – deployed rapidly and at scale through Sectra Amplifier Services. Sectra Amplifier Services, provided by Northern Ireland's enterprise imaging partner Sectra, enables healthcare organisations to integrate AI tools directly into their existing [...]
Ahead Health has raised US$6m to expand its AI platform for early disease detection. The Zurich-based start-up was founded in 2024 by former Google executives, medical professionals and health technology specialists. It offers preventative check-ups including MRI scans, advanced blood tests and CT scans through a single AI-powered platform designed to expand access to preventative [...]
OpenAI has acquired the healthcare technology start-up Torch as it expands its presence in healthcare. Torch was building a "unified medical memory" for artificial intelligence, designed to bring a patient’s health data into one place when it is typically siloed across different vendors and formats. Torch’s employees will join OpenAI as part of the acquisition, [...]
Oasys Health has raised US$4.6m to expand an AI platform that automates admin work for mental health providers. The New York-based behavioural health start-up automates tasks including documentation, scribing, billing, scheduling and insurance reimbursements. It also syncs with wearables and apps such as Apple Watch, Oura Ring, Strava and Flo to help providers understand patients’ [...]
By Nick Wilson, CEO of System C As we enter 2026, artificial intelligence has now moved beyond the hype cycle. The question is no longer whether AI will transform health and social care, it's when, and whether we'll deploy it swiftly and wisely - or will we waste the time patients and public finances can’t [...]
Holly Health has announced its first major white-label integration in the public leisure sector through a partnership with GLL - the charitable social enterprise that operates over 250 leisure centres and gyms under its ‘Better’ brand. The collaboration sees Holly Health’s evidence-based habit change technology embedded directly into GLL’s new ‘Live Better’ digital wellbeing features, [...]
