Datavant is a

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company based in

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, which develops and maintains a digital ecosystem for the exchange of healthcare data. Datavant's clients include clinical research organizations, pharmaceutical companies, payers, analytics companies, hospitals, and providers, operating primarily in the US healthcare market. The company operates the COVID-19 Research Database along with the Health Care Cost Institute, Snowflake,

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, Parexel, and others, which "enables public health and policy researchers to use real-world data to understand and combat the

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History

Datavant was co-founded by

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in 2017 with a focus on data management in support of

clinical trial Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietar ...

s. Datavant's founding CEO was

Travis May Travis May (Born ) is an American technology company founder. He is the co-founder and president of Datavant and previously co-founded and was the CEO of LiveRamp. Early life May was born in North Carolina and grew up in Cary. He attended Ca ...

, a former co-founder of LiveRamp. The company received a $40.5mm Series A investment in 2018 led by

, followed by a $40mm Series B investment in 2020. In June 2021, Datavant entered into a seven billion dollar deal to acquire the EMR platform developer Ciox Health. Following the merger, May became president and joined the company's board, while Ciox's CEO Pete McCabe become the CEO of the joint entity that continued under the Datavant name. Also in June 2021, Datavant announced a partnership with Biodesix, a data-driven diagnostics company.{{Cite web, date=2021-06-04, title=Biodesix, Datavant Join in Lung Cancer Data Partnership, url=https://www.precisiononcologynews.com/business-news/biodesix-datavant-join-lung-cancer-data-partnership, access-date=2021-06-29, website=Precision Oncology News, language=en

References

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