Daily Briefing · Issue №117 · 2026-09-10

Pharmacy

Forus secures $150M series C to grow AI-powered medication access platform

• Health tech startup Forus banked $150 million in series C funding as it aims to expand its artificial intelligence-powered network to more medical specialties and care settings.

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Physician Assistant

IQVIA taps AI to put overlooked prescribers on marketers’ maps

• IQVIA Digital has developed technology to help pharma marketers identify nurse practitioners and physician associates who write prescriptions.

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Digital Health

Building the Data Foundation for AI-Driven Clinical Development

• H1 is transforming clinical development with connected intelligence that improves study design, accelerates execution, and reduces cost and patient burden

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Health OS

Parakeet Health lands major AI partnership with national dermatology group Qualderm

• Parakeet Health landed a major partnership with Qualderm, one of the nation's largest dermatology organizations, as the company looks to apply agentic artificial intelligence to a growing specialty care access problem.

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