Local biotech company plans merger with Plano drug development company to fight HIV

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/17 4:19A Kevin Cummings

Two Dallas-Fort Worth companies have signed a letter of intent to merge their businesses and technology to fight HIV.

Jet Health acquires Arlington’s Carrington Hospice Care

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/14 9:30A Bill Hethcock

A California-based home health and hospice services provider has acquired Arlington-based Carrington Hospice Care. The acquisition of the Dallas-Fort Worth provider by Irvine-based Jet Health Inc. will position Carrington for more growth, the...

Dallas' Health Wildcatters announced 2020 accelerator cohort

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/10 10:26A Kevin Cummings

The Dallas-based seed accelerator announced the nine new startups that will make up its eighth cohort, since it was founded in 2013.

Catapult Health launches virtual checkup program as telemedicine use rises

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/3 4:30A Kevin Cummings

And while Dallas-based health care startup Catapult Health has been positioned in the industry for years, it is rolling out a new program called VIrtualCheckup to fully embrace the trend and change the way patients interact with physicians.

Dallas’ Taysha Gene Therapies – after loading up on more than $100M in funding – files for an IPO

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 9/2 1:48P Brian Womack

Another North Texas company is looking for a move to the public markets. Dallas’ Taysha Gene Therapies filed for an initial public offering on Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing follows a haul in July and August...

Elective surgery ban forced doctor to reassess and prioritize

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/20 2:52A Rob Schneider

The Fibroid Institute of Dallas treats uterine fibroids with a non-surgical technique. Slonim said the transition to telehealth helped a great deal and will be used even after the pandemic.

As COO of Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, Aida Somun is at the forefront of containing...

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/19 9:57A Spencer Brewer

As COVID-19 cases rose in Dallas, PCCI helped the city by providing data about cases, determining where to put testing sites, and assisted in the decision to issue the shelter in place order.

On the Agenda: Connecting economic development, housing and community regeneration in Dallas

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/18 3:11A Bill Hethcock

With a tight fiscal environment, the pandemic, social unrest and social and economic disparity plaguing the city, it’s clear that Dallas faces formidable challenges. Dallas City Council members will be briefed today on an ambitious “roadmap” aimed...

How Halo Health Systems digitizes the medical drug and device trial process

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/13 4:54A Kevin Cummings

Whether it’s creating a vaccine or even developing a new treatment for a common condition, clinical trials of drugs and medical devices are a costly and lengthy process. And now, due to the global pandemic, many companies have had to put their...

Taysha Gene Therapies $95M Series B brings biotech to the clinic

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/5 7:17A Kevin Cummings

After announcing its launch with a large Seed round in April, a Dallas-based biotech startup has landed one of the largest funding rounds of the year so far to grow and bring some of its products to clinical trial. Taysha Gene Therapies, a gene...

Dallas health insurance startup Take Command Health lands $2M funding round

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/5 4:57A Kevin Cummings

The pandemic has exposed a number issues in the country’s health care system. And this has created the opportunity for a local startup developing a solution to grow during the current crisis. Dallas-based Take Command Health, a health insurance...

Dallas startup focused on insurance, Take Command Health, raises $2M

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/5 1:00A Brian Womack

The money will be used for strategy, development, compliance and sales teams while streamlining the user experience of the website.

DFW Coronavirus Tracker: Dallas County reports 518 new cases and 7 deaths

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 8/3 3:20A

This story is available as part of a content partnership with WFAA-TV. For more local news, visit WFAA.com. Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 518 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Sunday as seven more people died from COVID-19 in the...

DFW Coronavirus Tracker: Dallas County reports less than 500 cases Monday

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 7/28 4:17A Jay Wallis, Eline de Bruijn

This story is available as part of a content partnership with WFAA-TV. For more local news, visit WFAA.com. Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 426 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. Two more people have died. The latest victims were a...

DFW Coronavirus Tracker: More than 100,000 cases have been confirmed in North Texas since March

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 7/27 4:09A WFAA staff

This story is available as part of a content partnership with WFAA-TV. For more local news, visit WFAA.com. More than 100,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 across North Texas since tracking began in March, data collected by WFAA shows....