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MATTER’s Anniversary: CEO Steven Collens Looks Back on Year One

February 18, 2016

One year ago, together with Senator Dick Durbin, Governor Bruce Rauner, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, we opened MATTER with the ambitious goal of developing a better model for healthcare technology innovation.

There has never been a more dynamic time for healthcare innovation – and we built MATTER to accelerate the development of new technologies that will improve health and healthcare.

We launch…

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MATTER to collaborate with Abbott to bolster healthcare innovation

January 28, 2016

This week, Merchandise Mart-based Matter, unveiled a collaboration with global healthcare company Abbott to spur innovation in healthcare. Together, the companies will work to fuel the development of tech that improves from health and healthcare. Abbott is one of MATTER’s eight platinum-level partners from various corners of the healthcare industry.

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MATTER and Abbott to Collaborate on Next-Gen Healthcare Technologies

January 27, 2016

MATTER, the Merch Mart-based hub for healthcare innovation, announced that it’s collaborating withAbbott, the global drug and research giant, “to accelerate the development of new technologies that improve health and healthcare.” Together, they’ll identify promising, emerging technologies that are potential candidates for commercialization. Abbott will also join MATTER as a mentor to the hub’…

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Healthcare Technology Incubator MATTER and Global Leader Abbott to Support Healthcare Innovation

January 26, 2016

MATTER, the healthcare technology incubator, today announced a collaboration with Abbott, the global healthcare company, to support healthcare innovation. The two companies will work together to accelerate the development of new technologies that improve health and healthcare. Abbott joins as one of eight platinum-level partners from across the healthcare industry.

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Abbott signs on to support Matter

January 26, 2016

Abbott, one of Chicago’s biggest healthcare companies, has signed on as a top-level partner of Matter, the health-technology incubator at the Merchandise Mart.

Abbott is a platinum-level sponsor, alongside seven other healthcare heavyweights, such as AbbVie, Astellas, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois, Takeda and others.

“It’s one of the biggest healthcare brand names in Chicago,” sa…

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