Kota Kubo – The Health Care Blog https://thehealthcareblog.com Everything you always wanted to know about the Health Care system. But were afraid to ask. Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:50:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 Kota Kubo, Ubie https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2024/01/23/kota-kubo-ubie/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:50:14 +0000 https://thehealthcareblog.com/?p=107784 Continue reading...]]> Kota Kubo is the CEO of Ubie, a Japan-based symptom-checking company. Ubie has raised over $75m including a $45m round in 2022. They were focusing on the Japanese market but have been available in the US since 2022, and are expanding their presence there dramatically in 2024. It’s a direct to consumer product with a business model of helping pharma companies understand their patients better–while of course not letting them have patients’ private or identifiable information. This is a little different than most symptom checkers who tend to work with providers or plans, and I met Kota in Tokyo late last year to discuss the business and get a little demo–Matthew Holt

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