The healthcare data company has secured $70m from backers including Partners HealthCare, Kaiser Permanente and Indiana University Health Company.

Seachaid Pharmaceuticals-backed Cidara, which is developing therapies to treat fungal infections, has raised $74m in the past two years.

Pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and Innate Pharma have joined a range of backers to launch a centre focused on therapies for cancer and inflammatory disease.

Pittsburgh University, its medical centre, and Carnegie Mellon partner on Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance to use data to solve health challenges to generate spin-outs.

Pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and Innate Pharma have joined a range of backers to launch a centre focused on therapies for cancer and inflammatory disease.

Merck has followed up a $30m investment in the data management company with funding that brought its total equity financing to $90m.

Johnson & Johnson-backed cancer drug developer Aduro has filed for an initial public offering, following a $51.4m series D round in January.

Stethoscope manufacturer Eko raises $2m in round back by Stanford StartX Fund.