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Senior Caregiving Startup Papa: “Hanging Out & Helping Out” Backed by Health Plans & $91M in Funding

Health Tech Jun 22, 2021• By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Since it was founded in 2017, “family-on-demand” senior care startup Papa has raised a whopping $ 91M from a veritable who’s who of health innovation investors. How has this startup that matches “authentically nice people” up with seniors to “help out and hang out” convinced… Read More »

China’s Sinovac amps up COVID-19 vaccine work with new facility backed by Chinese government

Chinese biotech Sinovac, one of many drugmakers seeking a COVID-19 vaccine, is leveraging aid from the People’s Republic of China to help it cross the finish line. But first, Sinovac will have to build out a massive new facility on the government’s dime. With financial backing from the Chinese government, Sinovac will erect a new vaccine production facility… Read More »