COVID-19

Our pre-Covid vision of autoimmune business opportunities

Back in 2019, pre-Covid pandemic, we already saw attractive investment & business opportunities to meet the large and growing need in autoimmune and chronic immuno-inflammatory diseases. Despite being as prevalent as cancer and growing faster, these diseases remain invisible: under-recognized, under-researched and under-served. In particular, multiple medical specialty silos within

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Can Air Purifiers Fight COVID or Wildfire Smoke?

Two types of purifiers: filters and sanitizers There are two types of air purifiers—filters and sanitizers—though some combine both in one product (1). Filters, most effectively, high-efficiency particulate-arresting (HEPA) filters, remove physical particles like dust, pollen, and smoke from the air. This can help alleviate symptoms for people with allergies or

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Digital GI Health – Sam Holliday, CEO, Oshi Health – Part 1 of 2
On post-COVID telehealth, digital healthcare, virtual-first primary and specialty care, and building the future of GI care

First 2021 post in our series of B2B thought leadership interviews with visionary digital health entrepreneurs working to improve care of chronic conditions. In keeping with our mission, we particularly care about chronic immunoinflammatory disorders (CIIDs), e.g., autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases. Bonnie and Ellen were happy to finally interview digital

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Will Long COVID Change the Game for Autoimmune Diseases, too? Part 1

Will long-COVID activists, especially practitioner-patients, finally force healthcare systems, clinicians and medical researchers to confront post-viral and similar chronic syndromes they have shrugged off for decades? In keeping with our mission, will a focused response by healthcare systems and researchers to post-COVID syndrome help illuminate the invisible epidemic of autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders?

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Digital Health & Chronic Disease Care Post COVID (Part 2)

The COVID-19 pandemic and healthcare systems’ responses to it have been the biggest disruptors in digital health’s 30-year history. We hope this will be the biggest disruptor for a few decades to come! Therefore, this is a unique moment of opportunity for digital health. Especially for digital and virtual-first chronic

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Digital Health & Chronic Disease Care Post-COVID (Part 1)

The COVID-19 pandemic and response is transforming healthcare in many ways, with unpredictable consequences. In fact, the pandemic and healthcare systems’ responses to it are the biggest disruptors in 30 years of digital health. Hopefully, this will be the biggest disruptor for a few decades to come! We see the

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Dr Kosinski, MD, MBA, SonarMD Founder

On GI practice, beta risk, digital health, VBP and chronic care Another in our new series of B2B thought leadership interviews with visionary entrepreneurs applying digital tools to improve care of chronic immunoinflammatory disorders (CID), including autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases. We were delighted to speak with Dr Lawrence R. Kosinski,

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