News and Press
Feb 27, 2024
USADA, Epicore Biosystems partner to expand drug detection methods to include sweat collection
Sports Business Journal
USADA and Epicore plan to apply for grants and seek research partners to study the viability of sweat for detecting the use of banned substances.
Jan 17, 2024
Epicore Biosystems Secures Strategic Investment from Pegasus Tech Ventures and Denka Corporation to Scale Its Personalized Hydration Wearable Across Asia
PR Newswire
The strategic investment will help the company tackle dehydration and heat stress in Japan and broader Asia with its portfolio of sweat-sensing biowearables.
Nov 8, 2023
The Future Of Work 50 2023
Forbes
Forbes' 2023 list highlights 50 leaders, executives, thinkers and teams rethinking the world of work at a time when everything - from the job market's future to AI's impact to a college degree's value - feels more uncertain than ever.
Sep 8, 2023
Employers turn to ice vests, sweat stickers to cope with extreme heat
The Washington Post
The cooling-gear industry has grown as temperatures have risen. Whether it all works is another question.
Aug 3, 2023
Extreme Heat Is Endangering America's Workers - and Its Economy
Time Magazine
According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 40 workers die every year from heat, most in outdoor jobs like farming, construction, and package delivery. But the official statistics don’t tell the real story, says Doug Parker, director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which oversees working conditions in the U.S. “We’re confident that’s an undercount. Probably a significant undercount,” largely because the role of heat is often overlooked when it comes to issuing death certificates for cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.
Jun 30, 2023
Sweat the small stuff: Undergoing physiological testing at the new Gatorade Sports Science Institute
Sports Business Journal
SBJ Tech senior writer Joe Lemire shares his findings from a full day of performance analysis, including a workout with the Gx Sweat Patch and more.
Feb 8, 2023
Biotech Startup Epicore Biosystems Wants To Make Tracking Hydration Health More Accessible To Everyone
Forbes
Roozbeh Ghaffari, who goes by “Rooz” to the people who know him, is co-founder and chief executive of Epicore Biosystems. In a recent interview with me conducted over email, he described his company as “a digital health company developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables that provide real-time, personalized health insights for hydration, stress, and wellness.” At CES in Las Vegas last month, Epicore showcased its newest connected wearable device. According to the company’s press release, the product, called the Connected Hydration sweat patch, is designed to “first wearable to continuously measure sweat fluid and electrolyte losses while monitoring skin temperature and movement.”
Additional Media Coverage
- NPR News "This Massachusetts startup wants to track your sweat", August 2022.
- PR Newswire "Epicore Biosystems acquires Eccrine Systems assets, adds seasoned executive Laura Lang to its Board of Directors", May 2022.
- PR Newswire "Epicore Biosystems announces agreement with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to evaluate wearable technologies for hydration and heat stress management in the workplace", May 2021.
- Northwestern Engineering News "Sweat Sticker Diagnoses Cystic Fibrosis on the skin in real time", March 2021.
- MobiHealth News "Gatorade's Gx Sweat Patch delivers hydration fitness guidance to athletes' phones", March 2021.
- Wareable "How wearable sweat trackers are providing athletes with critical hydration insights", May 2019.
- Business Wire "Leo Tech Hub Partners with Epicore Biosystems to Explore Wearable Skin Sensors to Improve Dermatologic Treatment Regimens", September 2018.
- MobiHealth News "Northwestern, Gatorade Sweat Patch Partnership", March 2018.