Device Week, 25 September 2020 – Cognoa Develops Autism Detector; Longitude Launches New Fund

This episode of our weekly podcast covers Cognoa’s development of an app to detect autism spectrum disorder early, Novocure’s customer-focused business strategy during the pandemic, and the new $585m fund created by Longitude Capital to invest in medtech, pharma and biotech.

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