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Six nonprofits selected to join the AbbVie Foundation Health Equity Accelerator

April 20, 2026

April 21, 2026, CHICAGO, IL — The AbbVie Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to drive transformative change and advance health equity in communities worldwide, in partnership with MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, are pleased to announce the second cohort of the AbbVie Foundation Health Equity Accelerator.

Building on the momentum of the inaugural program in 20…

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matter challenges

MATTER, KOSME and KHIDI launch U.S. Healthcare Stakeholder Insights Program for Korean SMEs and startups

April 13, 2026

MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, in collaboration with the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) and Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), has launched the U.S. Healthcare Stakeholder Insights Program to prepare a cohort of Korean healthcare companies for U.S. market success. Now in its seventh year, the program continues to evolve to meet the needs o…

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CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER open applications for SMILE Health and ACCELERATE to improve oral and integrated health

April 1, 2026

Programs advance medical-dental integration and healthcare innovation amid rising demand for access, interoperability and outcomes-driven health solutions

As the healthcare ecosystem accelerates its shift toward whole-person care, CareQuest Innovation Partners®, in collaboration with MATTER, is advancing SMILE Health and ACCELERATE to scale solutions that improve oral and overall health. Appli…

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Why AI pilots die after launch — and what commercial teams miss

March 3, 2026

Many commercial teams have already reached the conclusion that AI underperformance isn’t a technology problem. The harder realization is that adoption failure is rarely abstract — it shows up in very specific, repeatable ways inside organizations. Understanding those patterns, and how they change depending on where an asset sits in the commercial lifecycle, is often the difference between pilot…

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Commercial pharma doesn’t have an AI problem. It has an adoption problem.

February 24, 2026

It’s no longer a question of whether commercial pharma organizations will adopt AI. Most already have.

Across targeting, forecasting, access strategy and field effectiveness, many teams are running pilots or using production tools. And yet, when commercial leaders step back and look at outcomes, the results are uneven.

Some initiatives deliver localized wins. Many generate insight. Fewer mate…

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