SomX
Healthtech Pigeon
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.🐦 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com🚀 Learn how SomX can help your healthtech company at www.somx.health
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Episodes
What are the benefits of the breast milk microbiome? 21.09.2025 36:35
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and James Somauroo dive into this week's healthtech news with help from BoobyBiome's Lydia Mapstone. 00:00 - Intro 02:08 - British startup BoobyBiome raises €2.8 million for infant health with breast milk microbiome breakthrough 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with...
What are the benefits of the breast milk microbiome? 21.09.2025 36:35
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and James Somauroo dive into this week's healthtech news with help from BoobyBiome's Lydia Mapstone. 00:00 - Intro 02:08 - British startup BoobyBiome raises €2.8 million for infant health with breast milk microbiome breakthrough 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with...
How do healthcare professionals truly feel about digital health? 14.09.2025 36:15
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and DNV's Stephen McAdam dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 03:53 - Digital Health Gains Still Out of Reach, BMJ Commission Finds 21:12 - Accelerating Digital Health: DNV Ventures invests in Patients Know Best`s global expansion of personal health records 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Co...
The ethical dilemmas of AI in healthcare 07.09.2025 32:22
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Belle Taylor dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:48 - Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt 18:25 - Soul Machines unveils empathetic AI ‘Digital Workforce’ for healthcare 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect w...
Is ChatGPT worsening mental health crises? 31.08.2025 55:23
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Amy Thomas dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 02:10 - Are AI Chatbots Making Mental Health Crises Worse? // Parents of teenager who took his own life sue OpenAI 30:40 - Mounjaro price inequality in full play 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect wit...
Is tech allowing us to be more human? 24.08.2025 36:43
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo, Amy Thomas and Taffy Kahari dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - The warning signs the AI bubble is about to burst 18:36 - MND left her without a voice. Eight seconds of scratchy audio gave it back to her 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect wit...
Preventive healthcare is the future 17.08.2025 45:32
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo, Amy Thomas and Hollie Ruda are joined dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 02:34 - Beyond the AI buzz: Nina Capital’s critical view on healthtech hype 19:45 - 9 out of 10 Brits changed their lifestyle after clinically-guided at-home blood tests, new study finds 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form...
Why healthtech regulation is sexy 10.08.2025 47:55
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Amy Thomas are joined Sanome's Benedikt von Thüngen as they dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - MEMORI becomes first UK-built, certified software-as-a-medical device for real-time infection prediction 27:03 - ChatGPT adds mental health guardrails after reports of bot feeding people’s delusions 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍...
The challenges facing longevity startups 03.08.2025 33:37
Daisy, Belle and Hollie from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter. 00:00 Intro 01:26 Let a breakthrough in measuring body clocks ease the ills of shiftwork 12:19 Why VC-Backed Longevity Startups Are Dying In A $5 Trillion Wellness Market 23:58 This DNA test can predict if a 5-year-old will be obese as an adult 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be...
Can AI chatbots have more emotional intelligence than humans? 27.07.2025 38:29
SomX’s Amy Thomas, Hollie Ruda and Taffy Kahari dive into this week's healthtech news. 00:00 - Intro 01:04 - Artificial Intelligence, real emotions — AI is more emotionally intelligent than humans, new study finds 14:55 - Medical chatbot firm OpenEvidence raises $210m 25:50 - Black women ‘denied pain relief’ on NHS maternity wards 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a...
Tackling the stigma around obesity 20.07.2025 55:37
SomX’s Amy Thomas and Daisy Makin dive into this week's healthtech news with Reset Health's Dr Laura Falvey 00:00 - Intro 04:55 - Tandem Health raises $50M Series A to scale its AI scribe across the NHS 19:12 - NHS staff unsettled by patients filming care and posting videos on social media 29:20 - Weight loss jabs 'may protect against dementia and stroke', study suggests 🗞 Grab the newsletter at...
How can we see real scale in the NHS? 13.07.2025 52:23
SomX’s Belle Taylor and Huw Penson dive into this week's healthtech news with PocDoc's Steve Roest 00:00 - Intro 02:25 - Tech-led NHS could boost UK economy by £40bn 29:00 - Samsung to buy US health tech firm Xealth in digital health push 42:50 - Comprehensive policies for scaling systemic and equitable integration of digital health technologies 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com...
Is the NHS 10-Year plan worth reading? 06.07.2025 1:00:29
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Huw Penson dive into the NHS 10 Year Plan with Malte Gerhold and Liam Cahill. 00:00 - Intro 04:00 - 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Huw on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Malte on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Liam on L...
How is AI helping to speed up diagnosis? 29.06.2025 39:09
SomX’s Belle Taylor, Andrew Hair and Leed's Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Dr Fahmid Chowdhury dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories. 00:43 - New AI chest X-ray software to speed up diagnosis and improve patient care 21:35 - NHS plans to DNA test all babies to assess disease risk 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Belle o...
2025 HLTH Europe roundup 22.06.2025 42:34
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo is joined by Dr Derrick Khor and Blanca Baez at HLTH Europe for the latest news and developments from across the healthtech ecosystem. 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Derrick on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Blanca on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at ht...
How can women protect their health data? 15.06.2025 45:04
SomX’s Jessica Somauroo and Amy Thomas dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories. 00:00 - Intro 17:28 - Public health bodies urged to launch period tracking apps to protect data 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Amy on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team at https://somx.health
How is Neurotech changing the industry 08.06.2025 26:35
SomX’s Huw Penson, Andrew Hair and Hollie Ruda dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories. 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Musk's Neuralink raises $650 million in latest funding as clinical trials begin + A Neuralink Rival Just Tested a Brain Implant in a Person 12:10 - atai Life Sciences and Beckley Psytech to Combine Creating a Global Leader in Psychedelic Mental Health Therapies 20:13 - NHS England pauses...
Is the UK is becoming a leader in healthtech? 01.06.2025 33:21
SomX’s Huw Penson, Amy Thomas and Hollie Ruda dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories. [00:00] - Intro [01:34] - Amazon-style’ prescription tracking goes live on NHS App [13:14] - Hinge Health goes public, raises $437.3M in IPO [21:45] - UK health tech startups worth £32bn, report finds 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with...
How to effectively tackle digital exclusion in healthcare 25.05.2025 44:08
SomX’s Belle Taylor and Amy Thomas dive into the weeks’ healthtech stories with the help of The Health Foundations’ Tom Hardie. 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Digitizing the NHS and adult social care 16:10 - Can AI therapists really be an alternative to human help? 30:40 - Digital Inclusion Under the Microscope as Digital Poverty Alliance launches NHS Sector Inquiry 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechp...
One month Countdown to HLTH Europe: Everything you need to know 18.05.2025 43:43
Huw and Amy from SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from HLTH's Henry Stoneley. 06:18 - The new Finland: How Portugal has become a hub for health tech innovation 17:00 - Mark Zuckerberg wants you to have more friends … but AI 28:10 - Only 30% of Health and Social providers Using AI, New Survey Reveals 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply...
All things digital twins 11.05.2025 52:40
James SomX breaks down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Sanome's, Benedikt von Thüngen , 01:31 - Belfast Digital Twin Centre to fast track industrial adoption of deep tech 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ Apply to be a podcast guest using this form 🖇 Connect with James on LinkedIn 🖇 Connect with Benedikt on LinkedIn 📖 Learn more about the SomX team a...
Ambient scribes: Are they or aren't they a medical device? 04.05.2025 44:36
Huw and Amy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Tandem Health’s, Dr Katie Baker. 02:45 - Accurx and Tandem Health roll out AI scribing tool across the NHS 18:48 - Ambient voice technology guidance launched by NHSE to support adoption 32:40 - Few digital health technologies can address multimorbidity 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️ A...
Rich data collection is the backbone of healthcare 27.04.2025 45:06
Belle and Amy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter with help from Faces of Digital Health podcast host, Tjasa Zajc. 02:55 - Europe’s healthtech and AI startups raise $13.9B in Q1 as global investors return 16:00 - Driving Fertility And Perimenopause Innovations For Women’s Health 30:24 - Single-dose psychedelic boosts ‘brain flexibility’ for weeks, study finds 🗞 Grab t...
Is remote monitoring the future of healthcare? 20.04.2025 39:32
Amy and Taffy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter. - Fierce Healthcare Fundraising Tracker—Hellocare.ai banks $47M; SignalFire raises $1B to invest in AI startups . - Lab-grown chicken ‘nuggets’ hailed as ‘transformative step’ for cultured meat . - Innovative Blood Testing Tech Could Spell the End of Needle Phobia - Digital Health Technology News 🗞 Grab the newsle...
How should we address health inequalities? 13.04.2025 35:20
Huw, Adama and Taffy from SomX break down the best stories from this week’s newsletter. 01:34 - A startup space where women’s representation is growing: digital health Cavenagh Health's survey: https://xrgpfimzcdu.typeform.com/to/lplPfikk?typeform-source=www.linkedin.com 19:51 - Wes Streeting pledges to retain digital workforce amid NHS reforms 🗞 Grab the newsletter at www.healthtechpigeon.com ✍️...
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