Health data aggregator Validic raises $12.5M; Microsoft encourages health app development;

> Validic raised $12.5 million to support the growth of its health data aggregation platform. News

> Microsoft ($MSFT) provided developers with tools to create apps for its Band fitness tracker. Article

> The Wall Street Journal looked at insurer Humana's ($HUM) mobile app development operation. Feature

> PHT Corporation chose a Windows tablet from Hewlett Packard ($HPQ) for its SitePad System. Item

> Cypher Genomics teamed with the University of Pennsylvania to gather exome data from people with progressive supranuclear palsy. Release

> Simulations Plus targeted pharma R&D with the introduction of version 9.0 of GastroPlus. More