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THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Ftbody> \u003C\u002Ftable> \u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From time to time, I come across collaborations in healthcare between companies which are both promising and surprising. From IBM to Google – here are the top 10 innovative healthcare companies you didn’t expect to embrace disruptive health innovation.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital health sounds like a niche but will have an impact on all areas of our lives soon. Collaborations between innovative healthcare companies and industry leading giants underscore this notion. The ones I’m most excited about feature companies that everyone knows, but whose exciting contributions to digital health get little attention. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=Sw_8sBKYnIE\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Insurance that promotes healthy living\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hioscar.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar Health\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the hipster insurance company, works with the wearable maker Fitbit. Insured people can submit their Fitbit data and if they reach their fitness goals, they get $1 every day. It helps keep people healthy and motivated with a simple but quantifiable reward.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=4-ehZRFYOfk\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Patients helping drug research\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The patient community site \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patientslikeme.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patientslikeme.com\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started working with the pharma company AstraZeneca to support patient-driven research initiatives. AstraZeneca will use data from the community site to improve outcomes in several therapeutic areas. This is how a big company can make use of data from a startup. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Replacing animal experiments with biomaterials\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biomaterial printing company \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Forganovo.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organovo\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> teamed up with L’Oréal to print out synthetic skin samples. New substances can be tested much faster and on samples resembling actual human skin, instead of animal experiments. Organovo also works with the pharma company Merck to use a 3D printed liver for drug testing. This innovation could eradicate the use of animal testing for measuring a drug’s toxicity at pharmaceuticals.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Bioprinting Process\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fs3CiJ26YS_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4) Promoting digital health and data analytics\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fus.boehringer-ingelheim.com\u002Fnews_events\u002Fpress_releases\u002Fpress_release_archive\u002F2015\u002F5-11-2015-boehringer-ingelheim-sutter-health-establish-research-collaboration-improve-patient-care.html\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has formed a new digital health collaboration\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with California healthcare provider Sutter Health. The pharma company wants to help the healthcare provider bring new technologies to the homes of patients to ensure patients’ well-being. They will test digital health solutions, mobile technologies and data analytics. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5) Reinventing diabetes care\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Novartis signed an agreement with Google to develop and market the digital contact lens that Google patented in 2014. The idea is to use the lens for measuring blood glucose levels from tears. The technology could \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F2016\u002F04\u002F07\u002Fgoogles-amazing-digital-contact-lens-can-transform-diabetes-care\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transform diabetes management\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=3aeAt9oLsN4\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>6) Discovering diseases at the clinic\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A promising startup gets help from a prestigious clinic: \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.humanlongevity.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Longevity Inc.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is joining forces with Cleveland Clinic for a human genomics collaboration aimed at disease discovery. They will sequence and analyze blood samples from the medical center’s patient study, running whole genome, cancer and microbiome sequencing. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>7) New therapies for human longevity\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.calicolabs.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google’s Calico company\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> works together with the pharma giant Abbvie to accelerate the discovery, development and commercialization of new therapies.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>8) Delivering drugs with DNA robots\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pfizer surprised many of us when it announced its collaboration with a lab at Bar-Ilan University in Israel developing DNA robots. They could target diseases more efficiently with robots that deliver the drug to the desired location.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DNA robot could kill cancer cells\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002F4c_ilwAhGOM?start=149&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>9) Weaving smart electronics into clothes\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google is also stepping into the world of smart fabrics with the introduction of “Project Jacquard.” The tech giant is partnering with Levi Strauss & Co., the clothing manufacturer known for Levi’s denim. The goal is to enable touch and gesture interactivity so we can do things like press our sleeves to turn a light bulb on or off, and activate our phones to make a call. It sounds unbelievable, but Levi’s won’t even need to modify its looms for \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fatap\u002Fproject-jacquard\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Jacquard\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Manufacturing interactive textiles at scale is possible. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome to Project Jacquard\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FqObSFfdfe7I?start=157&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>10) Acquiring health data from ingested drugs\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otsuka Pharmaceuticals \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmedcitynews.com\u002F2015\u002F09\u002Fproteus-digital-health-and-otsuka-pharmaceuticals\u002F?rf=1\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">submitted the first digital medicine\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Drug application in 2015 with Proteus Digital Health. A sensor embedded in Otsuka’s drug used for schizophrenia, bipolar and major depressive disorder works with a patch worn on the skin. The sensor sends signals to the patch, which wirelessly transmits information such as vital signs, body position and verification of medication ingestion. It would finally let physicians truly follow how patients are doing during the therapy.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Rather than acquiring small companies for intellectual property or talent, some multinationals are pushing the limits of digital health and keeping their innovative edge by partnering with small but promising initiatives. 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