Rock Weekly: This is why Google met with the FDA
January 20, 2014
Last week, amid the JP Morgan Healthcare conference/invasion in San Francisco, we welcomed the Honorable Mayor Ed Lee and over 150 friends and guests to our new home in San Francisco’s Mission Bay at our official Grand Opening. Check out the photos.
(Source: fallfoto.com) San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee quips, “What did I do?” when asked when he’s headed to Washington.
Headlines
Do Google’s Smart Contact Lenses Signify A Glassless Future?
Mashable
The FDA Is Overcautious On Consumer Genomics
Nature
Apple Continues Hiring Raid On Medical Sensor Field
9to5Mac
DNA Supercomputer Ushers In The $1,000 Human Genome
Bloomberg
Building A Global Health Sensing Network From Star Trek-Inspired Devices
Fast Company
Million Dollar Mistake: Becoming A Doctor
CBS News
3 Ways Obamacare Is Changing How A Hospital Cares For Patients
NPR
Handheld 3-D Printer Lets Surgeons Draw New Cells
Fast Company
Rock Health In The News
The Pulse of Digital Health
CNBC
SF’s Mission Bay Is The New Digital Health Hub
Xconomy
VCs Investing To Heal U.S. Healthcare
TechCrunch
Liftware Helps People Stabilise Tremors When Eating
BBC
Rock Health Honors Top 50 Digital Health Entrepreneurs
Xconomy
| Company | Amt | Investors | Source |
| ikaSystems | $15M | Undisclosed | Xconomy |
| Meet You | $15M | Matrix Partners China | TechNode |
| Healthcare Blue Book | $7M | The Martin Companies | MobiHealthNews |
| Centice | $1.5M (debt) | Undisclosed | SEC |
| First Opinion | $1.2M | Greylock, Yuri Milner, Felicis Ventures, 500 Startups, others | TechCrunch |
| DocsInk | $1M | Undisclosed | FinSMEs |
| Medefile International | $340K | Undisclosed | SEC |
| WiserTogether | Undisclosed Amount | Blue Heron Capital | FinSMEs |
| AllyAlign Health | Undisclosed Amount | Health Enterprise Partners, Heritage Group | FinSMEs |
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