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Forbes: ObvioHealth To Transform Clinical Studies
ObvioHealth, supported by SPRIM, releases a Mobile App that is positioned to transform clinical studies globally. … Read More
Evid Science: AI Can Read & Share the Latest Medical Research with Doctors
Evid Science’s founder and CEO, Matt Michelson, spoke to Thrive Global about the future of healthcare and how AI is transforming the industry. Evid Science is helping to “free” all of the scientific data locked away in publications and journals. … Read More
PARIS, Oct. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PulseSight Therapeutics SAS, an ophthalmology biotech company developing disruptive non-viral vectorized therapies with minimally-invasive delivery technology, is pleased to confirm that it will be presenting data on its lead program PST-611, expressing human … Read More
September 24, 2024, SPRIM PRO – SPRIM PRO, a CRO renowned for its innovative approach to clinical trials and healthcare, is excited to announce its accepted, peer reviewed publication in Frontiers in Pediatrics medical journal entitled, “Assessment of the reliability … Read More
July 25, 2024 – (PRNewswire) – ObvioHealth, a global digital clinical trials company, announces a new strategic investment by Guardant Health, Inc., a leading precision oncology company offering liquid and tissue biopsy tests across the cancer research and care continuum. … Read More
June 18, 2024 – (Forbes Australia) – Founder and CEO Mimi Tang has spent almost three decades working in allergy immunology. For much of that time, she was unsatisfied with the common approach – avoid the allergen and turn to … Read More
Stalicla SA, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing precision medicine pipelines for neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders, successfully completed the first closing of its Series B financing round, securing $17.4 million. Geneva-based STALICLA has developed the first neurodevelopmental disorder-specific precision medicine platform with an … Read More
Financing advances development of Prota’s peanut allergy remission therapy in preparation for a Phase 3 clinical trial MELBOURNE, Jan 16, 2024 – (ACN Newswire) – Prota Therapeutics Pty Ltd (Prota), an Australian biotechnology company focused on the development of novel oral immunotherapy … Read More
NEW YORK and SINGAPORE, Nov. 2, 2023 — RegASK, a global regtech SaaS platform that enables businesses to leverage AI to scale their regulatory and compliance capabilities, announces the appointment of Amenallah (Amen) Reghimi as its new Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO). Amen … Read More
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2023 – ObvioHealth, a virtual research organization (VRO) delivering stronger clinical evidence through tech-enabled trials, announces the appointment of John Cassidy as its new Chief Financial Officer and Florence Mowlem as Vice President of Science. The two industry veterans will reinforce the … Read More
SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. and SINGAPORE, Oct. 10, 2023 – Fibronostics, a global leader in non-invasive, AI-driven diagnostic testing for *MAFLD/MASH patients, announced today a strategic partnership with Stone Diagnostics, a leading provider of laboratory services in the United States. Stone Diagnostics will provide Physicians … Read More
Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR Balixafortide, a potent CXCR4 inhibitor, to be evaluated for the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Spexis closed capital commitments totaling USD $7.5 million supporting Phase 3 ColiFin® program in cystic fibrosis … Read More
LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2023 — Today, Readout AI is announcing it has raised its pre-seed funding. The round, led by Meridian Street Capital, with participation from Mucker Capital, Necessary Ventures, and angel investor Ryan Fukushima (COO of Tempus and CEO of Pathos), … Read More
SINGAPORE, May 26, 2023 – SPRIM Global Investments (SPRIM), a leading health sciences investment firm, completed an equity investment in VCTC Limited, a UK-based specialist clinical trial site. SPRIM funding will enable VCTC to expedite growth through expansion of services and access to … Read More
May 3, 2023 — NEW YORK — ObvioHealth, a pioneering virtual research organization (VRO) announces a partnership with A*STAR’s Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS) to identify better and more sensitive ways to measure and capture health outcomes. A*STAR’s SICS aims to identify biomarkers … Read More
Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR Funding to enable immediate initiation of the COPILOT study, the first of two Phase 3 ColiFin® studies; first-patient-in expected in June 2023 Commitment structured as a mix of secured debt and subordinated debt … Read More
AUM Biosciences, a Singapore-headquartered biotech company focused on precision oncology therapeutics, allotted shares worth $11.8 million earlier this week. Everlife Holdings, a market access and distribution company in India and Southeast Asia, received the bulk of the new shares. AUM Biosciences … Read More
The digital patient recruitment company tapped industry experts to monitor and provide feedback to best optimize its ability to serve study sites. ORLANDO, Fla., March 28, 2023 (Newswire.com) – Today, 1nHealth launched its Site Advisory Board, a consortium of research … Read More
PRESS RELEASE STALICLA signs exclusive in-licensing agreement for late-stage clinical neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorder treatment The transaction with Novartis reinforces STALICLA’s position as the leading developer of precision medicines for neurodevelopmental disorders and heralds the expansion of its portfolio into wider neuropsychiatric indications Geneva, SWITZERLAND – 9 January 2023, STALICLA SA, a clinical-stage biotech company advancing the first precision neurobiology … Read More
NEW YORK, March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — ObvioHealth and Mi-Helper, Inc. announce a partnership to conduct a decentralized clinical trial for a non-invasive neuromodulation device for the treatment of migraines. The randomized controlled trial will be fully remote, enabling data … Read More
This closing on funds from SPRIM Global Investments, a healthcare-focused international venture capital firm, was completed at a fully diluted valuation of approximately €55 million Jaguar currently owns approximately 73.5% of Napo Therapeutics Napo Therapeutics’ mission is to provide access … Read More
Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR SGI debt facility to provide Spexis up to half of the projected ColiFin® Phase 3 development costs, including those involving both COPILOT and COPA SGI has invested in Spexis as part of the … Read More
PRESS RELEASE STALICLA signs exclusive in-licensing agreement for late-stage clinical neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorder treatment The transaction with Novartis reinforces STALICLA’s position as the leading developer of precision medicines for neurodevelopmental disorders and heralds the expansion of its portfolio into wider neuropsychiatric indications Geneva, SWITZERLAND – 9 January 2023, STALICLA SA, a clinical-stage biotech company advancing the first precision neurobiology … Read More
The team at Mi-Helper is developing game changing, non-drug treatments for migraine and other pain disorders. The therapy is quick, simple and non-invasive, designed to be self-administered in the comfort of your home.
NEW YORK – September 14, 2022 – ObvioHealth, a pioneering virtual research organization (VRO), announces the launch of ObvioGo, a next-generation decentralized clinical trial platform and mobile application powered to deliver stronger evidence of therapeutic efficacy and safety. While the pandemic … Read More
LONDON, June 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Treos Bio Limited (“Treos”), a clinical stage biotechnology company using data science and proprietary biomarkers to develop precision peptide immunotherapies, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the OBERTO 301 … Read More
NEW YORK – February 8, 2022 – SPRIM Global Investments announces the promotion of Susan Dallabrida, PhD, to Chief Executive Officer of SPRIM Consultancy. In her nearly 2 years with SPRIM, Susan has brought both scientific and commercial leadership to … Read More
AUM Biosciences (AUM) today announced the successful completion of $27 million series A funding round. This will fuel AUM’s vision of developing a world class biotech pipeline focused on drugging what many consider as the undruggable targets, as well as addressing the need to delay and overcome resistance to targeted drugs in oncology. … Read More
SPRIM conducted two surveys among 183 nutritionists in Brazil to better understand how practices and patients have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. SPRIM wanted to further evaluate how shifting patient concerns and resulting behaviors have altered nutritionist practices. … Read More
By Susan Dallabrida, PhD The capture of high-quality, accurate and complete datasets in a clinical trial is always of utmost importance. But the stakes could not be higher when it comes to rare disease. It is estimated that there are … Read More
Fibronostics, a global company providing non-invasive, algorithmic diagnostics for NASH patients, announced today that it has secured $8 million in series A funding. The financing round was led by AT Capital, a leading private investment firm in Asia and Elev8.vc, an early-stage deep-tech VC fund. … Read More
Fibronostics, a global diagnostics company, providing non-invasive, algorithmic diagnostics to detect and manage metabolic diseases, announced today Stephen A. Harrison, MD has joined its board of advisors. … Read More
COVID-19 drug development has brought a unique set of clinical challenges, virtual patient training and decentralized trials can be part of the solution. … Read More
PARIS — June 18, 2020 – ObvioHealth, a full-service virtual research organization (VROTM), announces today a partnership with La Foundation Hôpital Paris Saint Joseph to monitor COVID-19 prevalence and symptoms among the oncology patients of the Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint … Read More
Travecta Therapeutics, announces today it has raised an additional $12 million in financing, closing its Series A round at a total of $27 million. … Read More
SPRIM and Health Catalyst partner to jumpstart understanding of COVID-19 impact on NASH and NAFLD population to advance clinical trials for liver disease. … Read More
ObvioHealth, a leading virtual health research organization or VRO, announced today it has raised $17 million in its latest round of financing. This round of financing comes on the heels of a global alliance with a strategic partner announced in March. … Read More
NEW YORK and SINGAPORE – May 12, 2020 – Travecta Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of product candidates engineered to cross the blood-brain-barrier, announces today it has secured US$15 million in its Series A round of financing, … Read More
Our very own Matty Culbreth- Notaro speaks on Cheddar-TV to breakdown Obvio-19, a virtual research study designed to measure COVID-19 prevalence, symptoms and immune response in the United States. … Read More
ObvioHealth, a digital research company, announces the launch of a registry to monitor COVID-19 prevalence, symptoms and immune response in the United States over the coming 12 months. … Read More
Medical personnel working on the frontline to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) are susceptible to infection, we believe telemedicine can help to mitigate this risk. … Read More
Following our three successful past events – June 2017 & January 2019 in Singapore and April 2019 in New York – SPRIM held another exciting Ventures Day at our brand new auditorium in Singapore. Our CEOs, science/tech experts, and strategic innovators presented … Read More
The U.S. FDA is aware the drug approval process can often be strenuous, consuming large amounts of time and money. That’s why they’ve made a commitment to consider real-world data and evidence in the approval of new drug indications resulting in a more efficient approach for manufacturers. … Read More
From blockchain to 3D printing – we’ve pinpointed the biggest tech trends in health innovation and what they mean for healthcare in 2020. You’re likely familiar with many of these trends, however, advances in the industry have allowed for new applications … Read More
Forty percent of the world’s plastic usage comes from packaging – packaging of food, beverage, personal care, cosmetic, toys and almost every other product on store shelves. With the U.S. inefficiencies and China’s crackdown, reducing the amount of plastic that enters circulation is becoming increasingly important. … Read More
Learn how social media and digital clinical trials were used for recruiting participants in under-represented racial and ethnic groups. … Read More
Digital clinical trials are conducted in a much different format than that of the traditional “brick and mortar” model. The following infographic will highlight some of the key differences between the two. … Read More
A breakdown of the four practices areas SPRIM utilizes to help its clients meet their commercial endpoints: strategy and innovation, regulatory and scientific affairs, research and clinical services and medical marketing and engagement. … Read More
The need for safe medical devices is mounting. Estimates show that demand for such devices will increase 4.5% annually through 2030, with the United States being the largest market where current spending exceeds 180 billion USD annually. … Read More
SPRIM’s portfolio company, ObvioHealth, conducted a double-blind, randomized clinical trial to study the impact of rice vinegar on blood pressure and vascular reactivity. ObvioHealth focused on recruiting minorities, given that high blood pressure disproportionately impacts the black population in the U.S. … Read More
Considering the resources and time spent on proving a dietary supplement’s safety and value, it is important to educate consumers so they understand the justification of a higher price point when considering their purchases. … Read More
Despite the emergence of the digital age of recruitment, the standard (aged) approaches to recruitment persist: media advertising (television, newspaper advertisements), physician referrals, press releases/public service announcements, posting fliers, physician referrals, random mailings, and cold calls are all still in play. … Read More
The booming middle-class in Asia and the accompanying influx of consumer spending is an enticing area for companies looking to capitalize on. RegTech can reduce the regulatory obstacles that FMCG and medical device companies face when expanding, enabling them to bring their products to market in more efficient and cost-effective ways. … Read More
This article explains the emergence of RegTech as an opportunity in the consumer product goods industry, as food and beverage, personal care, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic companies often struggle to stay updated on the regulations in a region or country. … Read More
As media attention increases around the risk of “bad” products on the market, consumers are becoming increasingly wary of the presence of potentially harmful, misbranded dietary supplements. If this trend continues, we predict that customers will not only become more selective when buying products, but that overall trust in the industry will begin to weaken. So, how can dietary supplement companies selling legitimate products ensure they aren’t looped in with the bad apples? … Read More
SPRIM and our portfolio company, Fibronostics, are proud to join the Global Liver Institute (GLI) in raising awareness of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. … Read More
Ayala Healthcare Holdings announced an investment in SPRIM’s portfolio company, Fibronostics. As part of the partnership, AC Health will launch two Fibronostics products, LiverFAST and HealthFACTR, in its FamilyDOC clinics in the Philippines. … Read More
From use in oils to hamburgers, CBD is abuzz with popularity. Despite the trend, there are many questions around the legality of selling and consuming CBD. For companies looking to cash-in on the craze, navigating the laws and regulations is … Read More
“BYOD” or “bring your own device” is the future of clinical studies, and sponsors are embracing what will become the new standard. Subjects using their own devices to fill out diaries and input data is not only less expensive for … Read More
SPRIM has worked with dozens of Unilever brands on projects ranging from market rollouts and HCP engagement to business innovation. … Read More
Medicines don’t work if patients don’t take them. It’s one of the biggest culprits in healthcare’s nearly $300 billion problem. Estimates show poor adherence causes approximately 125,000 deaths and at least 10 percent of hospitalizations annually. Patient Engagement Programs Pharma companies are actively … Read More
The most common missteps SPRIM sees when working with clients to developing and bringing new products to the market. … Read More
Conducting business globally is an essential piece to many business strategies. However, we often see clients fail to realize the depth of planning required for geo-expansion of a product or brand. From getting the product registered and making on-pack claims, … Read More
SPRIM Ventures in partnership with Tikehau Capital is hosting a Ventures Day event in New York on April 24. … Read More
Fibronostics presented its corporate strategy at the second annual TKS 1 Investor Day in Singapore. The event was attended by current and potential investors in the TKS 1 fund, including venture capitalists, strategic investors, family offices and leaders from the healthcare industry. … Read More
Objective GI, a gastrointestinal-focused clinical research company, announces a key investment by TKS 1, a joint venture between SPRIM and Tikehau Capital, enabling the company to grow its network of GI-specialty clinical research sites in the United States. … Read More
Going strong in its second time, together with Tikehau Capital, SPRIM held TKS 1 Investor Day on Friday, January 25, 2019, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore. We invited all teams, shareholders, and partners of the ventures for this event … … Read More
RegAsk uses artificial intelligence to answer regulatory questions, including inquiries about path-to-market, path-to-claim, product registration and regulatory strategy. … Read More
ObvioHealth, meanwhile, has developed an app that enables studies to be run using mobile devices. Data from smart devices such as a Bluetooth blood pressure monitor can integrate with the app, according to the company, which earlier this year raised … Read More
MILO & CLAIMIT View a short, imagined study where ObvioHealth’s Milo demonstrates how digital technology improves patient experience, compliance and data capture using ClaimIt. Follow our fictional subject, Milo, as he uses his mobile phone to participate in a clinical … Read More
The blood brain barrier (BBB) is a system of blood vessels that protects the brain from toxins and chemical fluctuations. While it is necessary to help keep the brain healthy, it also poses a problem in delivering medications that could … Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A commercially available formula of Lactobacillus acidophilus and L. casei prevents Clostridium difficile infection and diarrhea during antibiotic treatment, according to a single-center study from China. Although meta-analyses indicate that probiotics decrease antibiotic-associated diarrhea, most … Read More
Lack of diversity within the clinical trial industry poses a grave problem. We cannot assume medicines work similarly across ethnicities. While attracting and retaining minority groups to participate in clinical trials has become a primary focus in the industry, many … Read More
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 15, 2018) – Evid Science, an artificial intelligence (AI) company for the pharmaceutical industry, has successfully secured seed funding from TKS I, a new private equity fund dedicated to early-stage life science companies. “Our technology is … Read More
BUSINESSWIRE, 12 February 2018 NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A double-blind, randomized, cross-over study, published in the UK-based, peer-reviewed Nutrition Journal, reported that consumption of milk containing only A2 beta casein protein type (sold in the US as a2 Milk®) reduced acute gastrointestinal … Read More
Intellectual property (IP) derived from discoveries made at Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) have been licensed to a newly formed biotech start-up, Travecta Therapeutics Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based drug discovery company. Travecta plans to use the Duke-NUS technology to develop new … Read More
HONG KONG – Travecta Therapeutics Pte Ltd. is the latest startup to join Singapore’s biotech block. The newly formed drug discovery company is based on intellectual property derived from discoveries made at Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS). Travecta is based on … Read More
LIFE science startups hoping for a big break can now look to a new Singapore-based cash cow for funding.European asset manager Tikehau Capital and Sprim Ventures, the venture arm of global healthcare consultancy Sprim, have teamed up to launch a … Read More
PHILADELPHIA — Sept. 13 2018 – Travecta Therapeutics, an emerging biotech company developing a platform that leverages its proprietary knowledge of the MFSD2a Transport for the targeted delivery of therapeutic agents across the blood-brain barrier, announces it has appointed Douglas … Read More
A R&D Guide Outlining Ways To Use E-commerce For A More Effective Analysis On A Future Product’s Success. … Read More
Marketing to doctors (a.k.a medical marketing, health marketing, professional marketing) is a core marcomm tactic that helps brands stand out against the blaring noise on neighboring store shelves. Naturally, as companies have abused this system to scrounge up market share, we’ve … Read More
PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vanteres, an innovative biotech company leveraging its biomedical research expertise to develop actively transported lysophospholipids, announces new evidence that demonstrates the critical role of LPC-DHA in normal fetal and infant brain development. … Read More
A Patient (and consultant’s) Point-of-View on Patient Services Imagine, as a patient, you leave the doctor’s office having been diagnosed with a chronic disease. The treatment calls for heavy doses of medication and changed lifestyle habits. You pestered the doctor … Read More
ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ObvioHealth, a global medical technology company, announces the launch of its mobile application for site-less clinical studies— the ObvioHealth app. The app removes barriers currently troubling the clinical research industry by improving convenience for study subjects, enhancing compliance, … Read More
ObvioHealth, a Singapore and Orlando-based company offering mobile and “site-less” clinical trials, said on Friday it has raised US$3 million in Series A funding. The company is focused on making clinical trials faster and more cost-effective by digitizing the entire process … Read More