event recap
AbbVie’s Commercial CIO Chad LaCrosse shares a framework for identifying meaningful AI opportunities across the commercial value chain.
Key insights
Content development and review represent one part of AI’s potential in commercial pharma. AI opportunities span the commercial value chain, including brand strategy, patient access, HCP education, treatment initiation and adherence. Creatin…
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insights
In May of 2026, healthcare leaders from across Chicago met at MATTER’s headquarters to discuss what’s keeping them up at night. The event put a range of leaders, from new startups to investment groups, at a table for an authentic chat, and, no, it didn’t turn into a pitch competition. Instead, MATTER partnered with ZoCo, a healthcare-focused UX and research consultancy, to facilitate conversati…
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matter challenges
Six nonprofits presented innovative, community-led approaches to expand access to care at the 2026 program’s final showcase event.
CHICAGO — The AbbVie Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to drive transformative change in communities worldwide so everyone can live their healthiest life, in partnership with MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, is pleased to announc…
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matter challenges
Innovators developing solutions for rehabilitation medicine now have an opportunity to connect directly with the leaders shaping the future of the specialty.
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) and MATTER have launched the 2026 PM&R Pitch Tank.
Physical medicine and rehabilitation spans one of the broadest and most human-centered fields in healthcare….
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insights
Healthcare leaders share five lessons every early-stage healthcare startup founder should know about AI, health system partnerships, compliance and growth.
Healthcare is changing quickly — and so are the expectations for startups building solutions to improve it.
At a recent private gathering hosted by MATTER, healthcare investors, health system leaders, payers and policy experts discussed th…
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