digital health deals

The fitness apparel brand said it will be throwing all its weight behind the MapMyFitness platform in an effort to better focus its digital strategy.

Also: Vocalis Health and Mayo Clinic seek new pulmonary hypertension biomarkers; Sensyne Health and Microsoft's strategic partnership focuses on clinical AI co-development.

Also: First Databank and RxCap collaborate on patient medication instruction and adherence app, Cohere Health is handling MSK prior authorizations for Humana.

Also: Livongo leverages Teladoc Health's connections for new business with Florida Blue; Amwell and Tyto Care reinforce partnership with "exclusive integrations."

Also: Study polls "digitally engaged physicians" on digital health's current strengths and weaknesses; Mira unveils an updated fertility monitor.

The newly announced deal is expected to close in Q4 2020, and values the direct-to-consumer telehealth company's combined entity at $1.6 billion.

Formed under the banners of the Consumer Technology Association and the Connected Health Initiative, the coalition's membership includes big names like Google, Boston Children's Hospital, Microsoft, ResMed and others.

The companies will be collaborating on a prescription digital therapeutic for patients with schizophrenia built on Click Therapeutics' tech platform.

Also: Salesforce Health Cloud powers Humana's integrated care coordination platform, and ConnectiveRx invests in HelpAround to jointly offer its patient-facing mobile tool.

The data-driven blood glucose monitor system-maker will use the money to push into new areas of disease management, such as cardiology, oncology and women's health.