For World Mental Health Day, we made an interview with EIT Health Catapult Semi-finalist edupression.com Whilst the pandemic has and continues to, take its toll on our mental health, the ability to reconnect through World Mental Health Day 2022 will provide us with an opportunity to re-kindle our efforts to protect and improve mental health. We asked Daniel Amann, CEO at edupression.com® by SOFY GmbH, to present us his digital health application in the field of mental health.   Could you tell us about your company? edupression.com® is an intelligent and evidence-based digital health appli ..read more

World Kidney Day takes place annually on the second Thursday of March. This global campaign aims to raise awareness about kidney health, prevention, risks and living with kidney failure. For World Kidney Day we are raising awareness on the problem but also the solutions developed in this field. For this, we did a short interview with Kirby Binayao, the founder and CEO of Binnovate Digital Health BV. The start-up took part in our Start-ups Meet Pharma 2021 programme, where they showcased their solution in the challenge: integrated care for chronic kidney disease patients. Could you tell us ..read more

With the aim of lowering healthcare system costs and reducing patient handling delay in an understaffed healthcare system, a team joined Startup School (an innovation program from hei_INNOVATION incubator of Heidelberg University) in July 2021 to get a deeper understanding of how to deliver value to patients whilst developing a viable business. Within the framework of the program, they developed a digital pharmaceutical solution, the SarAI, an oral chemotherapy bundle app to assist patients who are dealing with the posology of their medicines. We welcome Juanjiangmeng Du, Federica Fiorentino ..read more

Caroline Saï has been the European Coordinator for the EIT Health Investor Network for more than three years now and has led many start-ups through the process. She knows: making your start-up visible and gaining investor’s interest is a process that needs effort and time – often more than start-ups are initially aware of. The EIT Health Investor Network helps connect qualified companies seeking early-stage funding with more than 80 European healthcare investors. The network connects start-ups to venture capitalists, corporate venture funds, family offices, angel networks, and super angels tha ..read more

In April 2021, Charlotte Pradel received the Young Talent Award for her bachelor thesis on image processing supporting tissue engineering. Now she is in the midst of pursuing her (M.Sc.) Master’s degree in Health and Medical Data Analytics at the FAU. Read on to find out more about her motivation and unique journey.   My motivation I never expected to fall in love with programming. Like most MedTech students, I originally wanted to be a doctor, but I didn’t really feel the need to examine people or work in a hospital. For family reasons, I have always been very interested in prostheses an ..read more

The EIT Health Mentoring & Coaching Network (MCN) is a curated, quality assured matchmaking platform bringing start-ups and external experts together. The EIT Health MCN team carefully checks both the track record and the motivation of a potential mentor and coach. I experienced this right before I was elected to the MCN team of Mentors and Coaches. I have been doing academic medical research in the field of molecular medicine for almost 20 years. By training, I am a graduate chemist specialized in biochemistry and molecular biology. I found and still find it more than fascinating to learn ..read more

You are most certainly aware that Higher Education Institutions (HEI) play a key role in modern society serving as a seedbed, where not only knowledge is produced and transferred, but where the new generation is able to acquire the necessary tools for further technological developments, especially those associated with the basic science and health science. But were you aware of the influential role of HEIs in the development of start-ups? As EIT Health Germany’s Education Manager, my role within that progress is to promote the implementation of HEI programmes that aim to foster start-up creati ..read more

With the Hearings for the next Business Plan beginning this week, our very own Innovation and Project Manager, Nandor Gaus, reveals what to expect, how to prepare and what evaluators are looking out for.   After weeks or even months of working on your EIT Health BP 2022 proposal, your project or activity has now been invited to the Hearings. So, what can you expect in the Hearings, and what is expected from you?   What are the EIT Health Hearings? The purpose of the Hearings is to make a final decision on which proposals to include in the EIT Health 2022 Business Plan. Together with ..read more

In October 2020, the first programmes were listed as “Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen” (digital health applications) in the official DiGA directory of the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). Since then the list has grown to include twelve applications (as of March 2021). Henrik Emmert, CEO and founder of aidhere, was among the first five applications to be approved with his digital adiposity therapy zanadio. Today he gives five tips on what to consider for a successful application process for DiGA approval: 1. Early alignment as a medical device Anyone who intends t ..read more

In the run-up to the application deadline for the EIT Health Catapult 2021, Alexander Belcredi, CEO of PhagoMed, shares his personal journey during the competition. In Europe, we sometimes lack the mentality to show-off our science, our programmes and our company.  When building a biotech business, it feels more natural to focus on innovative science and on how to bring drugs to the patient as fast as possible. Yet gaining external visibility is without a doubt crucial to showcase the innovation that is happening right now, to raise awareness among external stakeholders and – ultimately ..read more