"Sprechstunde" on digital health applications on March 24
This is the right place for anyone who wants to launch a digital health application and has questions about approval, differentiation from other medical devices, or the topic of evidence:
In the DiGA consultation, interested startups get input on digital health applications from Dr. Henrik Matthies from the Health Innovation Hub and Ekaterina Alipiev from our Healthcare Hub in Berlin. Afterwards, the renowned experts will be available to answer questions on all aspects of regulatory approval, differentiation from other medical devices, and evidence planning in two Q&A rounds.
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Review of the network event "Zukunftsnavigator"
Extended Reality, AR and 3D perception: This was the topic of the fourth edition of the network event "Zukunftsnavigator" of the startup accelerator BadenCampus, supported by the Pfizer Healthcare Hub, on October 20th. Together with EIT Manufacturing and the Digihub Südbaden the event was organised around a highly relevant topic: Mixed Reality in production.
MR is now ready for application in this field and will shape innovations in production in the coming years. During the network event, XR startups had the opportunity to get to know interested corporations in personal matchmaking and to discuss possible applications.
Peter Neske from the Healthcare Hub Freiburg was present to stimulate the discussion with a short report on user perspective. The main focus was on the user acceptance of new technologies. An exciting journey into the future of extended reality!
Pfizer at Frontiers Health Conference: November 12/13
The annual Frontiers Health Conference is one of the world's most important meetings for digital innovation in healthcare. This year it will take place from November 12 to 13 – with Pfizer as Gold Sponsor.
What does the future of the healthcare industry look like? The Frontiers Health Conference, which will take place from November 12 to 13 as a hybrid event in Berlin and virtually, aims to answer this question. Pfizer will be joined by Jim Mangione, Director of Emerging Technologies Pfizer Digital Innovation Lab, who will be speaking with Patrick Meier, Co-Founder & CEO of WeRobotics, about drug delivery using drones. They will discuss a pilot program in a rural community in the Dominican Republic, the role of drone technology in the digital healthcare ecosystem and its potential future applications.
Pfizer will also be joined by Thomas Kleine, Head of IT DACH, who will speak on a panel about the opportunities offered by the new German legislation on the prescription and reimbursement of digital applications.
Review of the DemoDay at BadenCampus
Since April start-ups have been working together with mentors at the BadenCampus-Accelerator to realize their business ideas – now the finals came up. On November 5th the DemoDay took place, where the participating start-ups pitched their innovations in front of a top-class jury, investors and business angels.
Before the jury's verdict, Peter Neske, head of the Healthcare Hub Freiburg, gave the participants impulses for cooperation between startups and corporations by reporting on current projects. Following, the winners of this year's DemoDay were announced: First place went to the startup Recyda, which produces the first global tool to rate recyclability. Furthermore, the startups MyCabin and ConstellR made it onto the winners' rostrum. The virtual event marked the end of the support program of BadenCampus, a state start-up accelerator and cooperation partner of the Healthcare Hub Freiburg.
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