Like normal healthtech news but, you know, not boring.
The team at SomX bring you the audio version of the weekly Healthtech Pigeon newsletter - a panel show with journalists, VCs, podcasters, entrepreneurs, execs and those with a strong opinion to make things interesting. Regular hosts and guests are Dr James Somauroo, Jessica Smith, Belle Taylor, Huw Penson, Jess Farmery from the SomX team.
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James and Jessica dive into this week's healthtech headlines, a CRISPR therapy that halves cholesterol in a first-in-human trial, the Health Foundation's £33bn case for better NHS tech, Oura scrapping its Nasdaq IPO, and why Jessica has broken up with her smart ring.
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20 Sept 2026
500 Companies, One Very Big Drop
Belle and Elin dive into this week's healthtech headlines: Time's Top 500 Healthtech Companies list, Sword Health's discount buyout of Headspace, why cycle syncing workouts have women split, and what's at stake as the FDA weighs approval for the first psychedelic medicine.
00:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUR_VIDEO_ID) - Intro
02:58 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUR_VIDEO_ID&t=178s) - Time's Top 500 Healthtech Companies & Headspace's $300m Sale to Sword Health
16:37 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUR_VIDEO_ID&t=997s) - Menstrual Fitness: Why Some Women Are Cycle Syncing Their Workouts
30:27 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUR_VIDEO_ID&t=1827s) - FDA Hearing Weighs Access and Safety for Psychedelic Medicine
39:50 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOUR_VIDEO_ID&t=2390s) - Outro
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13 Sept 2026
Who Owns Your Health Data?
Jessica and James sit down with pharmacist and NHS non-exec director Mark Duman to talk wearables, patient data, and why AI scribes might be missing the bits that matter most.
00:00 - Intro
04:04 - Wearables Recap
13:33 - AI Scribes May Fail to Capture Patients' Experiences
32:52 - IPremom Raise 15M to Help Pregnancy Care
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