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The GLP-1 adherence gap and the role of pharma digital partnerships in patient support and obesity care delivery
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The GLP-1 Adherence Gap: Why Digital Partnerships Matter More to Pharma in 2026, Even as Deal Volumes Fall

Pharma’s partnerships with digital health ventures fell 21% in the first nine months of 2026, yet deals with obesity care-delivery ventures hit a record nine, because GLP-1 drugs only pay off if patients stay on them.

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APAC pharma digital health partnerships in 2026, including regional market trends and the most active Asian ventures
Pharma PartnershipsDigital Health Partnerships

Ten of the 15 Most Active Pharma Partners Are Now Asian Ventures: APAC Is Building Its Digital Health Ecosystem From Within

Pharma partnering with digital health ventures has shrunk sharply in North America and Europe. In Japan, South Korea, China and Hong Kong it has grown, creating a regional flywheel set to define APAC digital health in 2027.

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Seven things to stop funding before your 2027 digital health budget is signed
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Seven Things to Stop Funding Before Your 2027 Budget Is Signed

Early-stage digital health rounds fell 63% since 2022. Seven things to stop funding before your 2027 digital health budget is signed.

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Build, Buy or Partner: How to Spend a 2027 Digital Health Budget

The AI label now carries a 16% funding discount and acquired ventures average 10.7 years old. How to choose between building, buying and partnering in 2027.

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Digital Health FundingInvestment Trends

The Ten-Week Window: A Q4 Planning Guide for Your 2027 Digital Health Budget

Most 2027 innovation budgets are written in the next ten weeks. Part one of Galen Growth’s Q4 planning guide: the market you are budgeting into

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Read-Only Is the Whole Story: OpenAI's Epic Integration and the Clinical Reasoning Layer, September 2026

OpenAI's Epic integration is read-only — no notes, no orders, no codes. Epic, Abridge and Ambience shipped chart reasoning first, and $1.32B backed them in 2025.SEO key phrase: OpenAI Epic integration

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Pharma's Digital Health Partnerships: The Asset Investors Don't See

Pharma holds 1,707 Digital Health partnerships across 13 portfolios — a measurable asset investors ignore. Novartis converts 31% to evidence grade; Bayer 18%.

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The Operating System Around the Drug: Patient Support Programmes in 2026

281 ventures, US$5.9bn raised, 628 pharma partnerships: patient support programmes are becoming treatment infrastructure. Galen Growth, 2026.

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Why Hinge Health Paid $105 Million for a Company Worth Just $8 Million in Revenue

Hinge Health paid $105M for Cylinder Health, but the deal adds just $7–8M in 2026 revenue — Galen Growth's analysis of the platform-building logic behind it.

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FundingDigital Health Funding

Digital Health Funding 2026: Ventures with Strong Clinical Evidence Raise 3.5x More

Ventures with strong clinical evidence raised 3.5x more in 2026 YTD ($112.9M vs $24.3M/round) — Galen Growth digital health funding analysis.

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FundingDigital Health Funding

Digital Health Investment Trends in H1 2026: 5 New Rules of Healthcare Innovation Venture Capital

Deal volume fell 63% in H1 2026, yet capital held at $16.6B. Galen Growth's H1 2026 Key Trends analysis reveals the 5 new rules reshaping digital health VC.

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Point of ViewFunding

H1 2026 Healthcare Trends: Health Systems Are Buying Infrastructure, Not Apps

Health-system partnerships with infrastructure ventures rose to 22.8% in H1 2026 from 18.8% in 2022, Galen Growth's H1 2026 data show.

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FundingDigital Health Funding

The Return of the Strategic Buyer: M&A Captured 98% of Digital Health Exits in H1 2026

M&A captured 97.6% of digital health exits in H1 2026 as IPOs fell to one listing. Galen Growth's H1 2026 exit analysis, powered by HealthTech Alpha.

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H1 2026 Digital Health Trends: Why Partnerships Matter More Than Funding

Partnerships fell 20% vs a 37% funding deal decline in H1 2026. Galen Growth’s definitive read on why partnerships now signal digital health demand.

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FundingDigital Health Funding

Global funding held broadly steady at $22.6B — H1 2026 data shows capital concentrating in fewer, larger, more scrutinised bets.

Global digital health funding held steady at $22.6B in H1 2026, but deal count fell 38% to 608. Galen Growth's definitive analysis of the maturity era.

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Digital Health Exits in 2026: M&A Dominance, Longer Hold Periods, and Strategic Consolidation

95% of 2025–2026 digital health exits were M&A. Galen Growth analysis of exit routes, hold periods, and capital concentration for 2026.

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The Q3 Intelligence Window: Why Alpha Briefs Matter Before the Q4 Push

Q3 offers a 12-week window to turn healthcare innovation noise into Q4-ready decisions with Galen Growth Alpha Briefs.

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HealthTech Alpha data shows Europe’s startup problem is not formation. It is late-stage capital density and ownership retention
Point of ViewFunding

The €5 billion question: is Europe finally building strategic capital — or still thinking too small?

Scaleup Europe Fund targets €5bn, but HealthTech Alpha data shows Europe’s real gap is Series C–E growth capital

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