Life Sciences

Applications of AI in healthcare, including medical diagnostics, drug discovery, patient care solutions, and biotechnology research.

UNC Greensboro Receives $2 Million for NC BioMISSION Workforce Program

UNC Greensboro has received a $2 million award from BioMADE to launch NC BioMISSION, a bioindustrial manufacturing training and research program aimed at preparing students for biotechnology careers in North Carolina.

May 19, 2026

Vortex Imaging Raises $12 Million to Advance Computational Ultrasound System

Vortex Imaging has closed a $12 million funding round to support development and regulatory clearance of its computational ultrasound system, while expanding its board with experienced medtech leaders.

May 19, 2026

SandboxAQ Integrates Quantitative AI Models with Anthropic’s Claude

SandboxAQ has integrated its Large Quantitative Models with Anthropic’s Claude, enabling users to run complex scientific workflows for drug and materials discovery through natural language prompts.

May 19, 2026

United Imaging Presents Full Radiotherapy Portfolio at ESTRO 2026

United Imaging unveiled its complete radiotherapy portfolio at ESTRO 2026 in Stockholm, featuring the CE-marked uRT-linac 506c system with integrated diagnostic CT and adaptive AI-driven treatment capabilities.

May 16, 2026

Virtual Science AI Launches Competitor Tracking Platform for Pharma

Virtual Science AI has launched Medical Competitor AI, a platform that uses artificial intelligence to analyze competitor medical activities and scientific narratives for pharmaceutical companies.

May 16, 2026

Accuray and UW-Madison Sign 10-Year Research Agreement for Adaptive Cancer Therapy

Accuray Incorporated and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have entered a 10-year research agreement to develop personalized cancer treatments using Accuray's Stellar adaptive radiation therapy platform.

May 16, 2026

Enlil Adds Eight MedTech Customers in Record First Quarter of 2026

Enlil announced a record first quarter of 2026, signing eight new MedTech customers that migrated from legacy quality and product lifecycle systems to its AI powered traceability platform.

May 15, 2026

Psynk AI Partners with Ocean View Psychiatric Hospital to Deploy AI Psychiatric Assistant

Psynk AI has announced a partnership with Ocean View Psychiatric Hospital to pilot its AI psychiatric assistant in an inpatient setting, supporting documentation, patient assessment, and care coordination.

May 15, 2026

AI Screening for Childhood Blindness Begins in Mongolia

Orbis International and Siloam Vision have introduced artificial intelligence screening for premature babies in Mongolia to detect retinopathy of prematurity, the leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide.

May 15, 2026

ELLKAY Names Lucky Singh Chief Technology Officer

ELLKAY has appointed Lucky Singh as Chief Technology Officer to lead its technology and AI strategy, focusing on advancing healthcare data interoperability and intelligent automation.

May 15, 2026

Optura Raises $17.5 Million Series A from Salesforce Ventures and Echo Health Ventures

Optura has secured $17.5 million in Series A funding led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from Echo Health Ventures and others, to expand its ROAI platform for measuring AI investment value in healthcare.

May 15, 2026

Urologic Health Raises $11 Million to Advance Noninvasive Bladder Diagnostics

Urologic Health has secured $11 million in seed funding to advance its catheter-free bladder function monitoring system and prepare for U.S. market entry.

May 15, 2026

InsideTracker Introduces Terra AI Platform for Personalized Wellness Guidance

InsideTracker has launched Terra, a neurosymbolic AI platform designed to help wellness businesses deliver individualized, evidence-based health guidance at scale. The system integrates multiple health data sources to generate transparent, science-backed recommendations.

May 15, 2026

Enlil Adds Eight MedTech Clients in Record Q1 2026

Enlil reported a record first quarter of 2026, securing eight new MedTech customers who adopted its AI-powered traceability platform after moving away from legacy quality and product lifecycle systems.

May 15, 2026

Saile Raises $2.2 Million to Streamline Healthcare Staffing with AI Agents

Saile has raised $2.2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round led by Matchstick Ventures to improve healthcare staffing and credentialing. The platform uses AI agents to automate recruitment, onboarding, and compliance across various care settings.

May 15, 2026

EMA Wellness Partners with Mira Analytics for AI Endpoint Validation in Clinical Trials

EMA Wellness has formed an exclusive partnership with Mira Analytics to apply AI models for endpoint validation and rater surveillance in global central nervous system clinical trials, integrating these capabilities into EMAW's data platform.

May 15, 2026

Minset mCoder Achieves Top Performance on MDACE Benchmark

Minset announced that its autonomous medical coding system, mCoder, achieved state-of-the-art results on the MDACE benchmark, surpassing all prior peer-reviewed results across both constrained and full-label evaluations.

May 15, 2026

Supreme Group Introduces Supreme Intelligence FDE+ for Healthcare and Life Sciences

Supreme Group has launched Supreme Intelligence FDE+, described as the first Forward Deployed Expert model designed specifically for healthcare and life sciences. The model integrates domain expertise with the Supreme Intelligence platform to deliver custom AI solutions for clients in regulated medical fields.

May 15, 2026

CHEPLAPHARM Adopts TraceLink MINT to Digitalize Global Supply Chain

German pharmaceutical company CHEPLAPHARM has implemented TraceLink's Multienterprise Information Network Tower (MINT) to automate and standardize its global supply chain operations, enabling real-time data exchange and improved efficiency across its partner network.

May 15, 2026

Hippocratic AI Expands Leadership Team with Six New Executive Appointments

Hippocratic AI has announced six senior executive appointments to strengthen its leadership across strategy, legal, revenue, communications, and customer success functions as it scales its healthcare AI platform.

May 15, 2026

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