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MATTER partners with Novo Nordisk to fuel entrepreneurial innovation

September 24, 2018

The partners unveil an innovation challenge for technology startups to foster meaningful collaborations to improve diabetes care.

Chicago, IL, September 25, 2018 — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced a partnership with Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company with 95 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes. Through this challenge, MATTER and Nov…

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MATTER Shoutouts: September 20, 2018

September 20, 2018

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.

Endotronix raises $45M for next-generation heart failure treatment Cardiac medical device startup Endotronix recently closed a $45 million Series D financing round for the commercializa…

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MATTER Spotlight Video: Jen Horonjeff, Savvy Cooperative

September 19, 2018

We sat down with MATTER member Jen Horonjeff to learn how the company she founded, Savvy Cooperative, helps healthcare innovators build better solutions faster by elevating a diversity of patient perspectives.

Learn more about Savvy Cooperative.

In September, we are exploring what health equity means from the perspective of our community. Read the full blog post.

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MATTER announces programs focused on innovation in the life sciences

September 14, 2018

Chicago’s life sciences ecosystem is taking off: In the first half of this year, AveXis sold for $8.7 billion, the largest acquisition of a Chicago-area biotechnology company to date. Iterum Therapeutics, Xeris Pharmaceuticals and Aptinyx all went public, as did Exicure (whose CEO, David Giljohann, will be at MATTER in October for Tales from the Trenches). Between 2013 and 2017, 44% of funding …

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A conversation with U.S. Representative Brad Schneider

September 11, 2018

Decisions made in Washington can have profound effects on our healthcare system — everything from biomedical research, to insurance and the delivery of care, to the factors that help shape overall health and wellbeing.

In advance of the 2018 midterm elections, MATTER, the Health Care Council of Chicago (HC3) and the Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO) extended invitations to …

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