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First-ever Chicago-Israel Health Tech Summit opens door to U.S. market for 20 of Israel’s most promising health tech startups

October 30, 2018

Mayor Rahm Emanuel opens three-day summit featuring leaders from Chicago-area health systems and 20 of Israel’s most promising health tech startups

Chicago, IL, October 30, 2018 — Today, MATTER welcomes twenty of Israel’s most innovative health tech startups and healthcare leaders to the Chicago-Israel Health Tech Innovation Summit, hosted in partnership with the Center for Digital Innovation …

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MATTER & Kellogg launch new course to help students learn the business of healthcare entrepreneurship

September 26, 2018

As a business, healthcare is weird.

In other industries, if you produce a product that solves a problem, someone will buy it. Of course, you have to play with all the things that you learn about in business school, such as pricing, promotion and product refinements. And it’s never a sure thing: Someone may not be willing to pay enough for it. You might not be able to get your message out. Your…

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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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HabitNu grows up at MATTER, wins CDC recognition for diabetes prevention

July 17, 2018

Like many, HabitNu Founder Sindhu Rajan, PhD, has lost family and friends to diabetes. More than 90 million adults in the U.S. are at risk of developing the disease. Without intervention, 50% of these adults will likely develop diabetes in the next five to seven years.

“I’m a scientist, and researching type 2 diabetes was not a coincidence,” she said.

Before founding HabitNu, Sindhu spent 12 …

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MATTER and Consulate General of Canada collaborate to help Canadian life science entrepreneurs enter U.S. market

June 11, 2018

Bringing a new healthcare product to market is no easy task. But bringing a new healthcare product to market in another country with a different health system, regulatory environment and business landscape can be an even more daunting challenge.

To reduce the friction of entering the U.S. healthcare market, MATTER and the Consulate General of Canada work together on a mentorship program to sup…

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