In March, a panel of female leaders from AbbVie joined us at MATTER to share their advice on opportunities in STEM for the next generation of women. The group discussed why diversity in healthcare innovation matters and how to shatter glass ceilings — or rather, glass beakers. Tara Bannow, a reporter at Modern Healthcare, moderated the conversation, which featured AbbVie’s Joan Byrne, Vice Pre…
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community
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.
Apervita takes the stage for data analytics
Apervita was named a Top 10 Most Promising Healthcare Tech Startup for 2019 by CIOReview. Founded with the vision of connecting healthcare o…
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insights
Most healthcare startups share a common goal: to improve lives. Whether through a new drug, medical device or digital health platform, most healthcare companies are focused on helping individuals live better and longer.
However, living better doesn’t always mean living longer. Like all healthcare companies, MATTER startup Vynca shares the goal of improving lives, but their focus is on a part o…
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community
Our newest MATTER members are challenging conventional views of cancer treatment, helping reduce the effects of dry eye in North America and revolutionizing personal care monitoring.
Tieös Pharmaceuticals
Tieös Pharmaceuticals was formed in an operating room theater by two anesthesiologists who were frustrated with the current status quo of treatment outcomes for cancer. Dr. Arun Anand and Dr…
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stories that matter
Next from Stories That Matter, Blueprint CEO Danny Freed shares how the loss of a friend led him to uncover the need for better communication between physicians and patients in mental health treatment.
Blueprint is both a patient and physician-facing platform that helps psychiatrists monitor patients between visits and make more efficient and effective treatment decisions. Recently, the comp…
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