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Sep 17, 2026

RWJBarnabas Health, Rutgers and AWS launch innovation hub

RWJBarnabas Health, in collaboration with Rutgers University and Amazon Web Services (AWS), has established a new innovation hub aimed at fostering healthcare solutions through student-led projects.Located at Rutgers' Health and Life Science Exchange in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this initiative merges the academic prowess of Rutgers with the clinical expertise of RWJBarnabas Health, the state's largest academic health system. The hub will support interdisciplinary student teams from various fie
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Sep 17, 2026

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Most of What Doctors Write Down About Patients Has Been Invisible to Research. A New Study Shows AI Can Read It Accurately

RespondHealth study published in Nature Medicine tracks weight in 16,061 people and blood sugar in 14,788 people taking GLP-1 medications, using information that standard analyses never seeBETHESDA, Md., Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Every time a person sees a doctor, the visit produces two kinds of records. There are the tidy checkbox fields: the billing codes, the lab values, the prescription entries. And there is the note the clinician actually writes, describing what the patient said, how t
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Sep 17, 2026

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Insilico Medicine Opens AI Longevity Discovery Toolkit to Researchers Worldwide in Cell Cover Study

The paper introduces three interconnected resources for the global scientific community:LongevityBench, the first open benchmark designed to rigorously evaluate AI reasoning across multiple domains of aging biology;Longevity-LLMs, a family of compact, open-source language models specifically trained on clinical and multi-omics aging data; andLongevity Claw, an open-source agentic research platform that autonomously integrates specialized longevity tools to identify and prioritize potential thera
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Sep 17, 2026

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Inductive Launches Beacon-2, Making Human Dose Computable for Chemists and AI Agents Across Biopharma

Chemists can now estimate which compounds will have the best human dose before making them in the labNEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Inductive launched Beacon-2 today, a system that predicts the efficacious human dose of a small molecule directly from its chemical structure.Dose is the number that decides whether a compound can become a drug. It accounts for both how potent a molecule is and what the body does to it. A drug that works at a lower dose also carries less risk of off-target
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Sep 17, 2026

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BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA EXPANDS VIRTUAL BLUE PROGRAM, BRINGING $0 OUT-OF-POCKET VIRTUAL CARE BENEFIT TO 260,000 MORE MEMBERS

Expansion will more than double program enrollment; members get unlimited virtual primary, behavioral health, and specialist visits with $0 out-of-pocket costs and often same-day access.OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Shield of California today announced a significant expansion of its flagship virtual care benefit, Virtual Blue, advancing the nonprofit health plan's commitment to accessible, affordable, high-quality healthcare. Continue Reading Beginning Jan
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Sep 17, 2026

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Trialt Chief R&D Officer Dr. Yuri Kartashov Delivered Keynote at COG CRO Summit Europe

Presentation asked what clinical data management can safely delegate to AI — and what makes that delegation trustworthyTrialt, a global clinicalresearch organization (CRO) specializing in biostatistics, statisticalprogramming, data management, and medical writing, announced that Chief R&DOfficer Yuri Kartashov, PhD, delivered a keynote presentation this week at COGCRO Summit Europe at Novotel Amsterdam City in the Netherlands. The event broughttogether senior leaders from across the European
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Sep 17, 2026

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Array Behavioral Care Introduces Array Rapid Care, Connecting Patients with Urgent Behavioral Health Needs to the Right Level of Treatment

 New clinician-led care model closes a critical gap between outpatient care and the EDCHICAGO, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Array Behavioral Care, the nation's leading virtual behavioral health provider, today announced Array Rapid Care, a clinician-led triage and routing capability helping healthcare organizations respond more effectively to patients with immediate behavioral health needs.Primary care practices, urgent care centers, health systems, and other frontline settings increasingly en
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Sep 17, 2026

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FIZE Medical Announces First Close of $20M Series B Financing Co-Led by Asahi Kasei Medical and Rapha Capital

Round marks major expansion of FIZE Medical's strategic relationship with Asahi Kasei Medical, including distribution in Japan and Europe, and accelerates development of its next-generation predictive, AI-guided fluid management platformJERICHO, N.Y., Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- FIZE Medical, a leader in smart fluid management solutions for critically ill patients, today announced the first close of its Series B financing round, co-led by Asahi Kasei Medical and Rapha Capital Management, maki
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Sep 17, 2026

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RxTran Awarded Second U.S. Patent for Technology That Lets Pharmacists Verify a Translation They Cannot Read

Second patent extends verified, near-real-time prescription translation beyond the pharmacy label to hospital discharge and emergency instructionsBOSTON, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Language Scientific a second patent covering RxTran's Transduction technology, the system that lets a pharmacist confirm a translation is correct even when they cannot read the language it is written in. Patent US 12,602,554, "Systems and Methods for Producing Relia
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Sep 17, 2026

Sartorius and NIBRT Partner on Intensified and Continuous Bioprocessing Training Center

Sartorius has announced a partnership with the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) to establish a new training center focused on intensified and continuous bioprocessing in Dublin, set to open in late 2026. This initiative aims to facilitate the biopharmaceutical sector's transition towards more efficient manufacturing practices.The training center will be equipped with Sartorius' Pionic technology, which provides a comprehensive platform for continuous bioprocessi
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Sep 17, 2026

Mithrl Raises $20M to Expand Deployment of Its Biomedical World Model Across Biopharma

Mithrl has secured $20 million in Series A funding to enhance its AI-driven biomedical platform, aiming to expedite drug development processes in the biopharma sector.Founded by Vivek Adarsh, Mithrl seeks to address the gaps in effective treatments for various diseases, a mission inspired by personal experiences with healthcare challenges. The newly acquired funding, led by Obvious Ventures, will support the development of Mithrl-1, the next iteration of its platform, which integrates validated
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Sep 17, 2026

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Condor Software Unveils World's First Clinical Finance AI Agent Purpose-Built for Biopharma R&D

New agent marks major expansion of Condor's AI platform, enables biopharma R&D teams to ask complex questions about their clinical programs, and instantly get answers they can act onSAN DIEGO, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Condor, the AI platform for biopharma R&D teams, today unveiled its new clinical finance agent that gives R&D teams the "why" behind variances, runs full what-if scenario planning, and then builds the resulting model directly in Condor. It's part of a team of agen