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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.

Abbott will work with MATTER…

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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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Congresswoman Robin Kelly Visits with Healthcare Innovators at MATTER

January 22, 2016

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U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL) today visited healthcare technology incubator MATTER to discuss healthcare innovation with early-stage entrepreneurs and industry leaders.

Launched in February 2015, MATTER is a community of health technology startups and industry leaders from across the ecosystem that are working together to foster innovation in health IT, medical devices, diagnostics…

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Tales from the Trenches: Jeff Aronin of Paragon Biosciences

January 17, 2016

Jeff Aronin, CEO of Paragon Biosciences, was a featured guest in MATTER’sTales from the Trenchesseries. Paragon focuses on identifying unmet medical needs, novel science, and then builds companies with world-class talent to bring medications to market. He and ContextMedia CEO Rishi Shah discussed how he got into healthcare; his work, management, and investment style; and pharmaceutical industry…

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MATTER Welcomes 20 More Healthcare Tech Startups Into The Community

December 9, 2015

MATTER is pleased to recognize 20 healthcare technology companies who have recently joined the community. The new members are:

American BioOptics is developing a method for population-wide colon cancer screening via a minimally invasive test performed during a patient’s annual physical exam. With early detection of colon cancer precursors, the company aims to streamline efficiency of care, red…

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