Pharma

The Verisense platform is designed to address problems created by consumer devices in the clinical research world.

The Pill Club, a company that provides telemedicine and mail-order pharmacy services to help women access birth control, has raised $51 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding up to $67 million.

The plan is to incorporate the data into BTG's Snakebite 911 app next bite season.

Users will be able to make refill requests, locate pharmacies, and even chat with a pharmacist without leaving Propeller's app.

At CES 2019, the digital therapeutic company's CEO and cofounder described work on an independent prescription, procurement and support platform specific to digital medicines.

Otsuka intends to invest more than $300 million in an FDA-cleared software app that will apply cognitive therapy principals either with or without prescription drugs. 

Also: The pharma industry continues to use digital technologies for R&D and diabetes management. 

Tamper-proof distributed ledger tech helps with efficiency, security, integrity and visibility of pharmacy and other supply chain data. And because it doesn't necessarily involve PHI, it may be a logical place for hospitals to start exploring.

The Singapore headquartered mClinica has recently reached a milestone to become the largest pharmacy data technology player in Southeast Asia: its platform is now being used by 1 in every 2 pharmacists in the Philippines, 1 in every 3 pharmacists in Indonesia and 1 in every 4 pharmacists in Vietnam.

The Series C funding will support a service expansion beyond California's major metro areas, and support for new products.