Medical & Healthcare

Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) – Vers un système de santé innovant et apprenant / Towards an innovative learning health system Dr. Fabrice BrunetPrésident-Directeur Général du CHUM English: The health care system is facing major challenges and needs to change if it wants to provide optimal health care and services throughout the course […]

AireHealth’s portable nebulizer and connected care mobile application helps 100+ million people in the U.S. living with respiratory illness (including 29 million wheezy kids) be more proactive in their respiratory care, to improve outcomes and lower the overall cost of care for their respiratory illness. PROACTIVE RESPIRATORY CAREChronic respiratory illness currently costs the U.S. healthcare

With Canadian healthcare costs increasing and the pressure for companies to implement employee health and wellness initiatives rising, healthcare innovation is blossoming through several technologies like telemedicine. Defined as “the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunications technology”, telemedicine is an integral part of the future of healthcare in Canada and Dialogue

Our mission at Recovery Centers of America (RCA) is to help 1 million patients enter a life of recovery by providing world-class neighborhood-based alcohol and drug addiction treatment. We believe that patients who get treated well—get well sooner and stay well longer. We treat the whole family in everything we do. Under our philosophy, we

Craig Mandeville, CEO of Jacksonville, Florida-based healthcare technology provider Forcura founded his company for personal reasons, hoping to lessen the time his wife spent driving back and forth to her employer’s home healthcare agency. In her role at the time, Heather Mandeville helped patients who were leaving a hospital transition into a home health setting.

MY INTELLIGENT MACHINES (MIM’s) Our MissionWe help life-science companies use their big data and AI to maximize food and drug production. Our VisionWe believe that life-science companies are ready to jump into the AI era. Our StoryMIMs beginningsArtificial intelligence and big data are transforming all industries, including life-science industries. However, to date, only a few

With roots in South by Southwest interactive and driven to find new ways to encourage healthier lifestyles, nonprofit HealthCode is working to create a healthier, happier world one step at a time. OUR STORYSteve Amos, executive director and founder of HealthCode, was struck by the state of declining health around the world during a health

CSL Behring is a global biotechnology leader, driven by our promise to save lives and meet patients’ needs. Every day we work as if someone’s life depends on it, because it does. Innovation is in our DNAOur global research and development organization is driven by an experienced team of 1,700 scientists who use the latest

A young healthcare startup is focused on helping people breathe easily with the world’s first nasal wash, Clear Nasal. This is a rinse that helps clear excess mucus, bacteria, allergens and other irritants from upper respiratory passages and promotes better breathing. This patented product is made by Version2 Healthcare India, a company focused on building

In a developing country, facilities and expertise available to treat serious health issues are none too common. A singular exception is NU Hospitals, which was the first to develop a super-specialty hospital for nephrology, urology and fertility care in South India. It effectively paved the way for a series of firsts in affordable, innovative healthcare

At the forefront of a global antibiotic revolution is an innovative deep science startup that’s developing a new class of antibiotics for targeting deadly Gram-negative bacterial infections. Thanks to this company’s revolutionary work, the world can look forward to a renewed push to develop stronger antibiotics to improve human health. Bengaluru-based Bugworks Research India Private

In a first of its kind, an independent group of specialist doctors is giving access to affordable treatment and management of liver-related diseases. Apart from the dramatic reduction in cost that they are able to achieve, what makes this practice of doctors interesting is that they use crowdfunding and corporate sponsorships to deliver these services.

How Tomika McFadden Turned Passion and Purpose into Profit How many black, successful women CEOs do you know from the streets of West Philadelphia? The answer is probably zero. Like many from her neighborhood, Tomika McFadden encountered many hardships while growing up. As a teenage mother who had to care for three children with disabilities,

Aclaris Therapeutics is a physician-led biopharmaceutical company committed to addressing the needs of people with dermatological and immuno-inflammatory diseases who lack optimal treatment options. We do this by making scientific connections not recognized by others and applying those discoveries in new and practical ways to develop impactful medicines designed with patients in mind.   OUR

MARSCare was founded in 1984 by Gerald F. Szucs, Ph.D. Dr. Szucs is a past Assistant Secretary of Health in the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, in Washington, D.C. The company was originally known as “Mid Atlantic Rehabilitation Services, Inc.” hence the acronym, “MARS.” In 1986, MARS