Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and German Klinikum Stuttgart hospital, the largest provider in the region, announced they have signed a comprehensive 10-year innovation partnership agreement. 
Siemens Healthineers has launched the ACUSON Redwood, a new ultrasound system built on the company's new platform architecture and features advanced applications for greater clinical confidence, AI-powered tools for smart workflows and has shared services cardiology features used by different hospital departments. 
Bayer launched LifeHub UK to accelerate and optimize disease detection and data-driven drug discovery by developing artificial-intelligence-enabled imaging solutions. The new hub is the seventh pillar of Bayer's global network of LifeHubs designed to accelerate the co-exploration and development of pioneering solutions to solve global challenges in health and nutrition. 
The Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Fitbit announced at the TIME 100 Health Summit in New York that they are working together to help drive timely diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AFib) with the aim of improving earlier detection in individuals at increased risk of stroke. 
The Berlin-based digital health platform Heartbeat Labs hired Chad Jennings as Chief Product Officer (CPO). Chad is a product and design leader with twenty years of experience at the intersection of product, design, brand, user experience, and technology. 
Almirall, S.A. (ALM) has launched its first call for innovation to start-ups focused on dermatology digital health. This initiative is the first step in the creation of an accelerator programme called the Digital Garden, powered by Almirall and strengthens the company's commitment to digital innovation based on developing services and solutions to tackle some of the present and future dermatological challenges. Building on their successful partnership providing medication adherence solutions to high-acuity patients in the U.S. Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Spencer Health Solutions announced the expansion of their partnership to Europe.