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There is a crippling shortage of mental and behavioral health providers in the United States. More than half of U.S. counties have no practicing psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, or therapists, according the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Millions of Americans with mental health issues – from mild depression to schizophrenia – are not receiving adequate treatment. “If y…
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TheWall Street Journalpublished an article recently that put a point on what many investors have been saying for some time: we are seeing a contraction in the amount of venture capital funding available to entrepreneurs. The article specifically noted that Q1 represented the largest quarterly decline in VC funding since the dot-com bust – a 25% fall in cash deployment across all venture marke…
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Last month, MATTER’s Tales from the Trenches series welcomed Norbert Riedel and Joe Moskal, the leaders of Evanston-based Naurex, which was recently acquired by global healthcare giant Allergan for $560 million. ContextMedia CEO Rishi Shah interviewed the pair about their successful (if oddly coupled) partnership. Watch the full video of the event or read our recap below.
In 1983, Joe Mos…
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MATTER, the healthcare community hub and entrepreneurial incubator, announced today that the second annual Midwest University HealthTech Showcase will take place on Monday, April 11, 2016. The showcase will bring together early stage healthcare innovators from 10 midwestern universities to present their technologies to hundreds of healthcare investors and industry leaders at MATTER. The Midwe…
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A new case of dementia is diagnosed every four seconds, according to the World Health Organization. There are 47 million people living with dementia worldwide and this number is expected to triple by 2050 as advances in medicine enable longer life. Therapeutic options for dementia are extremely limited, and as dementia’s influence on an aging population grows, existing treatments will increas…
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