Health Tech Daily Brief - September 17, 2026

What happened in health tech today? 255 stories made the cut. Funding rounds, regulatory moves, product launches, and the deals behind them.

AI in Healthcare

ByteDance AI drug discovery spin-off Anew Labs raises $290M at $1.5B valuation

TNGlobal2026-09-17

Is the pharmaceutical industry ushering in a new narrative? Industry giants are collectively pivoting to AI4S, with high‑profile collaborations at home and abroad and the commercialization of cutting‑edge technologies driving momentum. The AI‑driven drug disc

富途牛牛2026-09-17

Is the pharmaceutical industry embracing a new narrative? Industry giants are collectively pivoting toward AI for Science (AI4S), catalyzed by major domestic and international collaborations and technological implementation, marking a critical phase for value r

Moomoo2026-09-17

Telehealth & Virtual Care

Over 20 million Koreans prescribed medical narcotics in 2024

Korea JoongAng Daily2026-09-17

National Digital Platform Planned to Link Patient Records Across Egypt

CairoScene2026-09-17

Advanced At-home Biomarker Testing Market to Record 7.6% CAGR from 2025 to 2034

Market.us Media2026-09-17

Wearables & Remote Monitoring

More Than 230 Health Groups Warn Medicare Remote Monitoring Vendor Limits Could Disrupt Care Starting in 2027

Medical Daily2026-09-16

Pharmacists' Role as Ketone Monitoring Reaches Clinics

Pharmacy Times2026-09-16

Yale School of Medicine Professor on Who Benefits Most from Glucose Monitoring Devices?

Sierra Sun Times2026-09-16

Health IT & Security

Inside Rajasthan’s Healthcare Transformation: INR 27,069 Cr Behind a Connected Care Vision

Digital Health News2026-09-17

Redox Joins CMS Health Tech Ecosystem as an Aligned Network

Lelezard2026-09-17

Luminis Health sued over alleged failure to protect patient data after cyberattack

CBS News2026-09-17

Policy & Regulation

FDA, Sanofi, Gilead Weigh AI Readiness and Validation Risk at PDA/FDA Conference

BioPharm International2026-09-16

Digital Health Roundup: Oura Plans IPO, FDA’s Home Health, Digital Tools For Alzheimer’s Detection

insights.citeline.com2026-09-16

CMS: With Pledge, States Will Shift Medicaid Quality Measure Focus to Outcomes

HCI Innovation Group2026-09-16

Funding & Deals

Evvy raises $40M to expand vaginal microbiome platform

MobiHealthNews2026-09-16

Daily Digest: Good news out of SFO, OpenAI in talks for trillion-dollar valuation

The Business Journals2026-09-16

AV Healthtech Fund 6 Announces Indefinite Exempt Offering with $34,409 Raised

Kalkine Media2026-09-16

Digital Therapeutics

San Francisco First Responders Report Fewer Nightmares in New NightWare Study

The Manila Times2026-09-16

Remepy Welcomes Pharma R&D Leader, Eran Harary, MD, as Chief Medical Officer, to Advance Hybrid Drug™ Pipeline

StreetInsider2026-09-16

Mental Health Tech

AI in the Therapist’s Chair? California Says No—and Backs It Up With $10,000 Penalties

quarles.com2026-09-15

AI apocalypse has started with our children

The Times2026-09-15