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Deep Genomics, a Toronto-based AI company focused on the development of therapeutic drugs, has closed a Series B round of funding worth $40 million.

Researchers have found a new technique for brain tumor image classification that combines advanced optical imaging with AI and published their findings in Nature Medicine.

HHS and CMS have announced Brad Smith will serve as the new director for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation at CMS and senior advisor to HHS Secretary Alex Azar for value-based transformation.

A whopping 80% of medical students report a low sense of personal achievement­­––an indicator of burn out––according to a new study published in The Journal of American Osteopathic Association. And smartphones could be a factor in contributing to burnout.

The MIT School of Engineering has announced a new partnership with Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited to use AI technology to ramp up the development of pharmaceutical drugs.  

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The Trump administration is pursuing a plan to allow the importation of certain drugs from Canada and other countries in an effort to lower drug prices. But the plan isn’t likely to work, according to a Forbes op-ed.

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The approval, made as part of a special FDA pilot program, took just 50 days.