Biolinq said today it has closed a $100 million Series C funding round to advance its biosensor platform. “This financing will bolster Biolinq’s commercial readiness efforts while we pursue regulatory approval for the first intradermal glucose sensor that incorporates activity and sleep information into a single wearable device,” Biolinq CEO Rich Yang said in a […]
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Abbott CEO touts future of biowearables in first-ever healthcare company keynote at CES
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) Chairman & CEO Robert B. Ford highlighted what the future holds as he presented the first healthcare keynote ever at CES. Abbott Park, Illinois-based Abbott is designing biowearables based on its Freestyle Libre platform, with sensor technology designed to track key signals in the body like glucose, ketones and lactate, and could even one […]
Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer says G7 will be ‘wonderful’
As we enter what may be the “new normal,” Dexcom’s CEO bets the company can pave the way in continuous glucose monitoring. Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM), like any company seeking to innovate, remains in a state of perpetual forward motion. That’s the way chair, president & CEO Kevin Sayer views it, anyway. As the company looks toward […]
Skin sensors provide insights into how to treat Parkinson’s
A University of Rochester research team is using wearable sensors to indicate the best individualized treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Bernadette Mroz suffers from Parkinson’s. When her medication isn’t working, it makes it hard for her to function. “My world goes into a spin cycle. I cannot function mentally, emotionally or physically,” said Mroz in a […]
