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A new consumer report from Accenture found that rates of smartphone-app and wearable use have slightly declined over the last two years. 

Biofourmis has restructured its business to pursue its original focus on data-driven patient monitoring alongside its more recent interest in standalone and companion digital therapeutics.

Takeaways from Alison Byrne, FGM specialised midwife at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust & University Hospitals Birmingham NHS trust and Lina Chan, founder and CEO of Parla who will be speaking at HIMSS Europe Digital.

The funding will also help get much-needed therapies to patients faster. 

The study was conducted by Omada and Evidation Health and included 195 participants. 

The company's implanted product acts as a closed-loop system that monitors and responds to brain activity by automatically delivering stimulation prior to the start of a seizure.

The latest round was led by Felicis Ventures. As part of that deal, Sundeep Peechu, managing director at the VC firm, will sit on the PicnicHealth board. 

The updated version of the company's system includes automatic alerts when the wearer's glucose is too high or too low.

The most promising participants will pitch to investors at the “Demo Day” in November.