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stories that matter

#storiesthatmatter: Maneuvering care after trauma

July 2, 2019

For many who have chosen a career in healthcare, their work is more than a job — it’s personal.

Next from Stories That Matter: We’re teaming up with our partners at Horizon Therapeutics to spotlight Horizon employees whose personal experiences within the healthcare system have uniquely equipped them for their careers.

As a patient access manager at Horizon, Dorelia Rivera spends each day help…

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community

Startup Shoutouts: June 28, 2019

June 28, 2019

Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into the most noteworthy headlines from the past few weeks.

Vynca scores $10.3M to honor end-of-life wishes

Vynca, a leading advance care planning solution, received $10.3 million in Series B funding from strategic investors including First Tru…

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insights

Building a mission-driven company: A fireside chat with Forty Seven, Inc.’s Dr. Mark Chao and Mark McCamish

June 26, 2019

A race is underway to develop the next major checkpoint inhibitor that harnesses the innate immune system.

At the forefront is Forty Seven, Inc., a clinical stage immuno-oncology company founded in 2015 that developed out of a lab at Stanford University. The company focuses on targeting the CD47 pathway as a way to engage macrophages — the body’s first responders — in fighting tumors.

Last mo…

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insights

Diversity in clinical trials: A conversation with MATTER member Kwaku Owusu

June 19, 2019

Most people take a medication trusting that it has been studied and approved by an official organization to be effective and safe for everyone. However, for many minority groups, that trust is not a given.

According to Kwaku Owusu, chairman of MATTER startup, Ilerasoft, and founder of Drugviu — an online platform that helps minority populations find medications that will actually work for them…

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tales from the trenches

Tales from the Trenches with Frank Naeymi-Rad, Founder of Intelligent Medical Objects

June 13, 2019

Last month, Dr. Frank Naeymi-Rad, founder of Intelligent Medical Objects (IMO), joined us at MATTER to share the entrepreneurial story behind a revolutionary breakthrough in health IT.

Frank’s work has been monumental in helping to pioneer a standard approach to clinical language. His doctoral research became the foundation for some of the earliest electronic health record (EHR) systems — sold…

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