Berkshire Biomedical Secures $3M in Funding for Development of Virtual Biometric Health Care System
Berkshire Biomedical, a medical equipment manufacturer based in Dallas, announced that it had acquired third-party funding totaling $3 million, which the company will use to advance the development of its prescription-drug and virtual-care management system. The system uses dual biometric authentication, which includes dental recognition. The biometric system is currently not available for commercial use but will be used to curb nonadherence to medication. The company states that medication nonadherence causes roughly 125,000 deaths in America each year and makes up nearly 10% of hospitalizations. The system’s main product is COPA, a computerized oral prescription administrator. COPA will help improve…