matter news
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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press release
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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, 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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community
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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press release
Tonight, we unveiled the 50 on Fire, a collection of companies, CEOs, startups, and entrepreneurs that are driving the city’s innovation economy forward.
From Avant, one of Chicago’s four Unicorns, to Todd Connor, Executive Director of the The Bunker Labs, and from Catalyze, an incubator for makers, to Curiosity, an app for discovery, these people and businesses are heating up the city across …
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