Biometrics News

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WHOOP, the human performance company, today announced a new suite of health and AI-driven enhancements and feature updates across the WHOOP memberships, marking a major step forward in its evolution into an intelligent health platform. These updates deepen the company’s commitment to delivering highly personalized, accurate, and actionable insights. They signal the company’s expansion beyond performance optimization into clinical-grade health support. “WHOOP is a member...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HeartBeam Expands Commercial Presence Across Four Key U.S. Markets with Addition of Premier Concierge Practice...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Precision Digital Health (PDH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Connie Pearcy as Chief Executive Officer. Connie most recently served as Chief Operating Officer at CREO, a life sciences management consulting firm, where she oversaw service delivery, P&L performance, and firmwide strategic initiatives. During her 10-year tenure, Connie scaled CREO’s Technology Services division into the firm's largest revenue driver resultin...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ŌURA, maker of the world’s leading smart ring, today announced two new experiences designed to help women navigate the hormonal shifts that shape most of their lives: Hormonal Birth Control support and Menopause Insights. The features, which begin rolling out globally on May 6th, mark Oura’s most significant expansion into hormonal health and reinforce the company’s commitment to building science-backed tools for the life stages women have spent generations navig...

SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ŌURA, maker of the world’s leading smart ring, and the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) today announced a landmark, five-year partnership naming Oura an Official Sponsor and Wearable Fitness Device Partner of the US Open, USTA, and USTA Coaching. This partnership – the first wearable partnership for the USTA – welcomes Oura to the global stage of the US Open and reinforces the USTA’s commitment to growing tennis – the world’s healthiest sport – to inspir...

BAAR, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CorFlow Therapeutics AG (CorFlow), a clinical-stage company focused on transforming the diagnosis and treatment for heart attack patients, today announced multiple milestones in advancing its clinical program and the strengthening of clinical leadership. Phase 1 of the company’s MOCA II FDA Pivotal Trial was successfully reached after safety and performance goals were met with STEMI heart attack patients who had the proprietary PCoFI diagnostic measurement of...

BALTIMORE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smoother patient transitions from hospitals to continuing care facilities and better patient outcomes are now possible thanks to a collaboration between Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry-leading post-acute analytics solution for post-hospital care, and Allina Health, a large nonprofit health system serving Minnesota and western Wisconsin. This month, the organizations launched Real Time’s AI-driven platform within several skilled nursing facili...

MUNICH & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CatalYm today announced the appointment of seasoned biotech executive Christian S. Schade as Chairman of the Board of Directors. With over 30 years of executive leadership experience across private and public biopharma companies, Mr. Schade will provide board leadership at a crucial stage for the company, following the initiation of four late-stage clinical studies of its lead candidate, the GDF-15 inhibitor visugromab. “With recent positive clinical dat...

ATLANTA & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. Soccer and ŌURA, maker of the world’s leading smart ring, today announced a long-term partnership that names Oura Ring the Official Wearable of U.S. Soccer, Official Partner of the U.S. Soccer Federation, and Founding Partner of the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center, home for soccer in America. Through this partnership, U.S. Soccer will integrate Oura Ring across workflows to support athletes, coaches and staff across its 27 Nati...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Star Therapeutics, a late clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of life-changing therapies for diseases with significant unmet need, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted rare pediatric disease designation (RPDD) and Breakthrough Therapy designation (BTD) to Star’s lead program, VGA039, for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in pat...