May 11th, 2020
MobiHealthNews: Withings Carries Out Survey Into Its Users’ Health Behaviour Under Lockdown
The French company analysed aggregated data from its scales, smartwatches and sleep monitoring devices.
Fast Company: How Open-source Medicine Could Prepare Us for the Next Pandemic
The old drug discovery system was built to benefit shareholders, not patients. But a new, Linux-like platform could transform the way medicine is developed—and energize the race against COVID-19.
New York Times: How A.I. Steered Doctors Toward a Possible Coronavirus Treatment
Specialists at the London start-up BenevolentAI helped identify the arthritis drug baricitinib, which is now part of a clinical trial.
Medgadget: Smart Contact Lenses Measure Glucose, Deliver Drugs
The contact lens contains a glucose sensor, a drug-delivery reservoir, a wireless power receiver coil, an integrated circuit chip, and a radio-frequency communication system.
Warable: Motiv Smart Ring Gets Bought – and Will Stop Selling to Consumers
Motiv moves to enterprise - says goodbye to fitness tracking