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Novo Nordisk and MATTER announce innovation challenge semi-finalists

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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

BCBSIL and MATTER announce $30,000 Health Equity Innovation Challenge

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

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MATTER partners with Novo Nordisk to fuel entrepreneurial innovation

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MATTER announces programs focused on innovation in the life sciences

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

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MATTER startups team up to create better outcomes and a friendlier experience for surgical patients

Sangamo Therapeutics CEO Sandy Macrae on pioneering genetic cures

The future of blockchain in healthcare

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Novo Nordisk and MATTER announce innovation challenge semi-finalists

Nov 19, 2018

Congratulations to the Novo Nordisk Innovation Challenge semi-finalists, who represent four countries and six U.S. states. These teams each proposed an idea for how to use data from Novo Nordisk’s marketed pen injector device to improve diabetes care. The semi-finalists were selected for the ingenuity and creativity of their ideas, and for the potential of their solution to improve life for peo...
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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

Oct 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
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BCBSIL and MATTER announce $30,000 Health Equity Innovation Challenge

Oct 5, 2018

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is collaborating with MATTER to source innovative solutions for advancing health equity.
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MATTER & Kellogg launch new course to help students learn the business of healthcare entrepreneurship

Sep 26, 2018

As a business, healthcare is weird.
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MATTER partners with Novo Nordisk to fuel entrepreneurial innovation

Sep 24, 2018

The partners unveil an innovation challenge for technology startups to foster meaningful collaborations to improve diabetes care.
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MATTER announces programs focused on innovation in the life sciences

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

Jun 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.
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MATTER startups team up to create better outcomes and a friendlier experience for surgical patients

Jun 6, 2018

Ten years ago, Tom Riley’s mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. As she embarked on her journey as a cancer patient, Mr. Riley began his journey as her caregiver and advocate.
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Sangamo Therapeutics CEO Sandy Macrae on pioneering genetic cures

May 22, 2018

Last November, Sangamo Therapeutics made medical history by treating the first patient with an in vivo genome-editing therapeutic delivered intravenously to “edit” cells within the patient’s body. In a recent talk at MATTER, Sangamo CEO Sandy Macrae discussed how the company’s zinc finger technology for gene editing will fundamentally change how we care for patients and treat disease. ...
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The future of blockchain in healthcare

May 3, 2018

On May 3, MATTER, the University of Illinois at Chicago, SAP and Advanced Clinical hosted Chicago’s first Blockchain in Healthcare Summit. This sold-out event brought together experts from industry and academia to discuss the potential of blockchain technology to improve clinical outcomes, map the patient journey, advance public health goals and more.
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