Life Sciences

Also: Employer-focused mental health startup Spring Health makes two new hires, and Carrot Fertility adds to its medical team.

Also: RPM company Blue Spark Technologies brought in $40 million in IP-backed debt financing, and Click Therapeutics secured a $15 million loan.

This marks THREAD's third recent acquisition, including the inVibe deal announced early this year and the Modus Outcomes purchase from November.

A new study in The Lancet found that a deep-learning algorithm was able to detect vision-threatening retinopathy with 94.7% accuracy. 

This week's top stories include providers looking for an extension of the pandemic public health emergency to prep for the end of waivers and flexibilities, and a study finds that using Akili's video game-like intervention led to improved sustained attention.

The study did not find find a significant difference in depression symptoms between the intervention and control group.  

It initially offers medicines and other healthcare products and services from over 500 independent sellers.

A new study published in the Lancet found that patients using VR therapy had a significant reduction in agoraphobic avoidance and distress compared to participants receiving usual care.

The company said it will use the financing to expand in Europe and the U.S., and develop new digital therapeutics with its pharma partners.

The multiyear agreement will focus on speeding clinical trials and drug development in oncology and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.