Headspace Health confirmed it has laid off 50 employees, or about 4% of its workforce.

First reported by Bloomberg, the cuts on the meditation and psychological well being firm are the most recent in a spate of layoffs at digital well being and well being tech corporations this 12 months. 

Calm, one other meditation app that has been increasing with clinical mental health offerings,  laid off 20% of its staff in August. 

Click Therapeutics introduced Friday it had acquired FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for a prescription digital therapeutic for episodic migraine.

CT-132 is beneath growth as an adjunctive preventive therapy for episodic migraine in grownup sufferers. The Breakthrough Device Designation isn’t a advertising and marketing approval from the FDA, nevertheless it goals to speed up evaluation of merchandise that might assist deal with debilitating or life-threatening situations.

Click stated it has accomplished or began three medical research on the migraine therapeutic. It will use the info from these trials to undergo the FDA for regulatory clearance.

“We are thrilled to receive this Breakthrough designation as it will facilitate collaborative discussions with the FDA and help expedite the process of bringing a first-in-class migraine digital therapeutic to patients,” Austin Speier, chief technique officer of Click Therapeutics, stated in a press release. “This is also powerful recognition of the innovative work led by our in-house science and development teams to create a new approach to treating migraine, one supported by early, promising clinical data.”

Earlier this 12 months, the corporate secured a $15 million mortgage from Silicon Valley Bank, which might go towards retiring an present mortgage and advancing its product pipeline. It raised $52 million in Series B funding in 2021. 

Texas-based Superior HealthPlan introduced a house care partnership this week with MedArrive and digital behavioral well being supplier Brave Health. 

The program will use MedArrive’s paramedics, EMTs and different suppliers to supply in-home diagnostics, well being assessments and preventative care. If sufferers have larger acuity wants, house suppliers can join with physicians by way of telehealth. They may also assist with transportation issues, mobility points and vitamin help in addition to provide entry to psychological healthcare by means of Brave.

The program will initially be supplied to about 40,000 Superior plan members.

“We’re proud to partner with MedArrive and Brave Health on this initiative, which will expand our abilities to provide quality healthcare to many of our members,” Dr. David Harmon, chief medical director at Superior HealthPlan, stated in a press release. “This new collaboration paves the way for hands-on, personalized and integrated services provided by MedArrive and Brave Health, and we believe our members will greatly benefit from this new relationship.”

Digital musculoskeletal (MSK) well being firm EmbraceHealth is teaming up with Yale New Haven Health System to supply a hybrid MSK care mannequin for the system’s sufferers.

The mannequin combines Yale New Haven’s in-person providers with digital bodily remedy supplied at house utilizing EmbraceHealth’s Musculoskeletal Operating System. The partnership started early this 12 months at Yale New Haven Hospital, and choices will now scale throughout the well being system.

“We are grateful to partner with such a well-respected clinical organization as Yale New Haven Health,” Ryan Eder, CEO of EmbraceHealth, stated in a press release. “We are strong believers in a hybrid model of care, putting our technology in the hands of a patient’s trusted provider to strengthen the patient-clinician relationship. We look forward to the impact this will have on patient access and outcomes.”

According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, EmbraceHealth raised $10.7 million earlier this 12 months.