Biomedicine

Russian startup attracts $1.2 million to develop AI-powered diagnostics and disease risk assessment tools

December 25, 2020

Botkin.AI (Intellogic), a Russian startup that has developed an AI-powered radiology platform, has completed a 160 million rubles Series B round ($1.2 million at the current exchange rate). The money was injected by two medtech investors: investment holding Tashir Medica and RVC-backed Unicorn Capital Partners.   The funds which took part in the previous round (100 million rubles in June 2019) backed again the …

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Russian startup entrepreneur creates new mask against Covid-19

October 13, 2020

The transparent part of this mask  covers the entire face, protecting both the respiratory system and the eyes from the virus. This way users can see each other’s faces in full, along with all the expressions that are an integral part of normal conversation that were taken for granted prior to the pandemic. Oxima’s creator, Denis Medvedev, is …

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Intel-backed telemedicine service protects Russian medical workers from Covid-19

October 20, 2020

Lanit-Integration (part of the Lanit group) and Intel have developed and implemented a system for remote coordination and protection of medical workers in 39 clinics across Russia (as of August 2020). The technology — initially intended for industrial purposes — is based on ergonomic ‘smart glasses’ equipped with a video camera and a compact screen. …

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In Singapore, a Russian-born startup uses AI to penetrate the mysteries of human longevity

August 13, 2020

Can artificial intelligence and machine learning help mankind address diseases related to ageing, and delay mortality?  Gero, a Singaporean company with Russian roots, believes so. To address this biological and technological challenge, Gero has teamed up with the National University of Singapore, conducting experiments involving aged animals. These works “demonstrated mortality delay (life-extension) and functional …

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Russian startup raises $1.8 million to develop healthcare predictive analytics and go global

July 24, 2020

K-SkAI, a startup developing an AI-enabled predictive analytics solution for healthcare, has raised 130 million rubles (around $1.8 million at the current exchange rate). Company representative Anna Guseva told East-West Digital News that the funding came from Russian individual investors, including Spartak Zabolotsky and other unnamed ones. She did not disclose further details of the deal. The …

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Rosneft and Putin’s alleged daughter lead search for ‘Russian gene’

May 2, 2020

In 2018, Vladimir Putin announced a $1.7 billion genetic program, comparing the potential of genetic engineering to a new “nuclear bomb”. The following year, the president’s alleged eldest daughter, Maria Vorontsova, joined the program’s advisory council and, this week, state-owned oil giant Rosneft got involved. Russian online publication The Bell looks with some skepticism at the players …

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Russian defense firm develops a new antivirus suit

April 14, 2020

Russian state defense conglomerate Rostec has begun the pilot production of a new antivirus suit that aims to protect from any biological threats. The 500-gram costume is made from durable, membranous material and covers the body from head to toe. The suit can additionally be supplemented with gloves and a respirator.  According to the company’s official website, …

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Russian Internet majors join government COVID-19 response initiative

April 6, 2020

Last week the Russia’s sovereign fund RDIF, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE), as well as Internet majors Mail.ru Group and Yandex teamed up with the authorities to launch the ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Alliance.’ The Alliance aims to “ensure the rapid testing of people using the best available technology as well as the industrial security …

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St. Petersburg clinical software developer offers free EDC for all COVID-19 trials

March 23, 2020

Saint-Petersburg, Russia – Data MATRIX, an eClinical software developer, announces free access to its proprietary electronic data capture (EDC) system to run COVID-19 trials in 2020.  Recognizing the latest update from the World Health Organization, with the total count of people diagnosed with coronavirus surpassing 200,000, over 8,000 of whom have died, Data MATRIX’s team could not …

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The world’s leading investors call for health and wellness innovators (Paris, March 23)

February 21, 2020

On March 23, the French capital is to host the world’s leading investors searching for early-stage innovation in health and wellness. Startups from Eastern Europe are welcome to this fast-track cross-border match-making event, which covers such industry segment as digital health, precision medicine, ageing in place, pharma, medical devices and IoT. To date, 40+ investors …

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Russian startup Botkin.AI attracts $1.5 million to better diagnose cancer at early stages

December 25, 2020

Skolkovo resident Intellogic has attracted 100 million rubles (more than $1.5 million at the current exchange rate) in a Series A round for its Botkin.AI startup that diagnoses cancer. At present, this technology can diagnose lung cancer at early stages with an accuracy of 95%, Forbes reported. Part of the funding came from two Russian funds: RBC Capital, which …

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Siberian startup raises $4.5 million for alternative tuberculosis, cancer and HIV treatment technology

February 19, 2019

In late January a Russian government fund injected 305 million rubles (around $4.5 million at the current exchange rate) in Personal Medication & Health Management (PM&HM), a Novosibirsk, Siberia-based company that has developed a new approach to tuberculosis, cancer and HIV treatments.  Founded by researchers from the local branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PM&HM has designed a …

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