Facebook and Instagram are removing posts offering to mail abortion pills
With the aftershocks of the Supreme Court's Roe decision beginning to reverberate, prescription abortion pills are poised to be a topic of...
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The ruling against Juuling?
Hello and welcome back to Week in Review, your one-stop spot for the biggest stories from the week. Greg Kumparak is off enjoying the beginning of...
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Juul can keep selling vaping products in the US for now
A federal appeals court froze the FDA's ban on Juul products Friday after the company sought an emergency administrative stay.
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FDA orders Juul to stop selling its vaping products in the U.S.
The axe has fallen for e-cigarette maker Juul. The FDA ordered the company to stop selling and distributing its ubiquitous vaping devices in the U.S....
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Juul, the e-cig maker started at Stanford, watches its U.S. market share get vaporized
It’s almost Shakespearean. Juul, the e-cigarette company that took the U.S. by storm five years ago — and which was valued at its peak at...
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Digital biomarkers are healthcare’s next frontier
Historically, continuous tracking of an individual’s vital signs meant they had to be in a hospital. But that's not true anymore.
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Sequoia’s Jess Lee explains how VCs think about their deals
Jess Lee, a partner at Sequoia Capital, shared insights to help startup founders achieve more success when they pitch investors.
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TechCrunch+ roundup: Psychedelic investor survey, 6 issues VCs look for, hiring on a budget
If you can envision a solution that solves a customer's problem, it helps to have technical skills if you want to bring it to market. But...
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Daily Crunch: European startup studio eFounders unveils its next-generation CRM tool
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Daily Crunch: FDA clears Fitbit algorithm that passively scans for signs of AFib
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6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies
We believe in a future where psychedelic therapy will be as common as going to the dentist, but the path won’t be easy.
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NovaXS Biotech raises $1.5M to make injection therapy needle-free
A startup spawned from a lab at the University of California, Berkeley has won investor support to work on its patented needle-free injector, which...
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DeepWell wants to make gaming a bigger part of mental health treatment and self-care
Media and games helped many of us maintain our mental health during the last couple years of dread, but it isn’t just pure escapism: studies...
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Neil Young plans to pull his music from Spotify over Joe Rogan COVID misinformation
Neil Young is threatening to pull his music from Spotify over concerns that the company’s exclusive deal with podcaster Joe Rogan is helping...
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Startup Battlefield winner Cellino grabs $80M Series A
Cellino Bio’s founder Nabiha Saklayen didn’t initially intend to enter TechCrunch Disrupt 2021’s Startup Battlefield — it was her PR...
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Australia’s Fertilis raised $2M to automate IVF embryo culturing
Adelaide-based startup Fertilis is the latest to join a wave of companies worldwide that are trying to make in vitro fertilization (IVF) less...
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Elizabeth Holmes convicted of 4 of 11 fraud counts in Theranos trial
Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of defrauding investors as founder and CEO of Theranos. After four months of court proceedings and seven days...
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Overjet sinks its teeth into another round of capital for its dental AI tech
Overjet is now covering nearly 75 million members through its dental insurance partnerships.
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Cellino is using AI and machine learning to scale production of stem cell therapies
Cellino, a company developing a platform to automate stem cell production, presented today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021’s Startup Battlefield to...
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‘It’s almost like placing an IV’: Brain monitoring electrode receives FDA 510(k) clearance
An FDA pathway that’s greased the gears for COVID-19 vaccines and drugs has paved the way for something else: a new take on electroencephalography...
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C2i, a genomics SaaS product to detect traces of cancer, raises $100M Series B
If you or a loved one has ever undergone a tumor removal as part of cancer treatment, you’re likely familiar with the period of uncertainty and...
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Google to offer heart and respiratory rate measurements using just your smartphone’s camera
Google is introducing features that will allow users to take vital health measurements using just the camera they already have on their smartphone,...
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Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine is 85% effective against severe cases, and 66% effective overall per trial data
Another COVID-19 vaccine is almost ready to begin being distributed — a single-shot inoculation made by Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen...
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Israel’s DiA gets $14M to expand AI-driven ultrasound analysis
Israel-based AI healthtech company, DiA Imaging Analysis, which is using deep learning and machine learning to automate analysis of ultrasound scans,...
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FDA fully approves Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first vaccine to...
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BrainQ raises $40M to transform stroke patient rehabilitation with its home therapy device
If you injure your elbow, surgery can help. If you lose a leg, prostheses are available. But problems within the brain are more difficult to treat,...
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Aduhelm approval sparks HHS watchdog review of FDA’s accelerated approval pathway
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General will review the FDA’s accelerated approval pathway, the office...
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This startup just created a fast, accurate COVID test that only needs saliva and links to an app
We’re entering a phase in the COVID-19 pandemic where transmission is going to go through the roof because of the Delta variant. But as...
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