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Matter, the new health care-tech incubator being planned for the Merchandise Mart, has selected its first 10 companies.
All of them are from the Chicago area. Matter, which began construction last week, won’t open until early next year. The facility expects to be able to accommodate 150 to 200 people when it’s complete, with most companies expected to have one to 10 employees. It began taking …
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Sarah Doherty is a 26-year-old robotics entrepreneur on a mission to increase the safety of heart-valve replacements while saving hospitals money.
The Highland Park native teamed with Dr. Jeff Soble, a cardiologist and associate professor at Rush University Medical Center, to create TeleHealthRobotics.
The company is starting a clinical trial with 125 patients at Rush to test how well doctors…
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Chicago’s New Healthcare Technology Hub Accepts First Group of Health IT, Medical Device, and Pharmaceutical Startups
MATTER, the new entrepreneurship and innovation hub for next-generation health IT, medical device, diagnostics and biopharma companies, today announced the first 10 member companies accepted into the community.
MATTER, which will open in early 2015, will accelerate innovation …
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