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Interview with Adi Barel, the Managing Director of EIT Hub in Israel

InnoStars Awards 2022 semi-finals

EIT Health survey reveals

Twenty early-stage innovations have been chosen to receive support.

The call aims to respond to the rising problem of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

The recently published interactive compendium highlights the most significant milestones of the EIT Health InnoStars Awards.

Medical data driver of change in Poland

Formula AI showcase their innovation

EIT Health supported start-up's sustainable solution for UV Protectors.

Clynx, a Portuguese start-up that participated at the 2018 InnoStars Awards has raised €150K pre-seed investment round from Think Bigger Capital.

EIT Health launches HelloAI RIS and HelloAI Professional

A Romanian start-up, .lumen has partnered with Kaufland Romania

Winners of the EIT Jumpstarter 2021 Health category announced

Portuguese start-up reaches $2B valuation

Start-ups from the CEE and Southern Europe closed a prosperous year in terms of fundraising.

Second acquisition in recent weeks

EIT Health strengthens its presence in Italy to support more entrepreneurs, facilitate new innovation partnerships and contribute to the Italian healthcare system.

EIT Health InnoStars Awards Grand Final showcased the finest of healthcare innovation

Vigo Health became the first digital therapeutic company in the Baltics to receive an official reimbursement code from the Latvian health authority.

Roche Italy and PatchAI launched the innovative app “Roche Smart Health Companion”.

Students and professionals learn basic theoretical and practical use of AI.

The partnership of the Medical University of Gdańsk with EIT Health

Winning best Regional Collaboration Initiative 2021

Supporting innovators in Central and Eastern Europe

Up to €75 000 for proof-of-concept projects

Longenesis receive investment to digitise biomedical research

“You have to convince investors that you are disruptive”.

EIT Jumpstarter semi-finalists selected.

A joint initiative between government and business

Overview of innovative medical start-ups in Poland.

Next step of 2021 InnoStars Awards.

Rise to the challenge is back again!

EIT Hub Israel present the report on Israeli Tech Companies in Europe.

Evaluate before invest – the healthcare path from idea to market.

Interview with Cristina Baghiu, the Board Member of EIT Health Alumni Network.

Successful comeback of InnoStars Awards 2021.

New edition of report is supported by EIT Health InnoStars.

International success of Italian start-up Allelica

Design thinking methodology brings innovation.

The success of EIT Jumpstarter programme.

Interview with Monika Paule, CEO and Co-Founder at CasZyme.

The great success of InnoStars start-ups.

The success of EIT Health SmartUp Lab's graduate.

Closer look at start-ups accelerated by InnoStars.

Cluj-Napoca regonized with EIT Health award.

Winners of the 2020 EIT Jumpstarter.

EIT Jumpstarter Grand Final is coming soon!

The 2020 EIT Health Headstart finalists by InnoStars.

14 start-ups chosen in pre-selection round of Start-Up Amplifier.

We know the finalists of InnoStars Awards 2020.

EIT Health InnoStars Think Tank 2020 in Warsaw.

Be a part of InnoStars Grand Finals.

Morning Health Talks go international.

The first Clinical Research Support Centres in Poland co-shaped by EIT Health partners.

Mini Ignition Event by EIT Jumpstarter.

Israeli entities selected by EIT Crisis Response Initiative

Łukasiewicz joins EIT Health InnoStars.

EIT Health iDays 2020 comes back.

The next phase of the 2020 EIT Jumpstarter.

Start-up journey of Lithuanian start-up - Ligence.

UVera gets €2.5. M from European Innovation Council.

EIT presents Success Stories 2019, 9 of them coming from InnoStars.

InnoStars awards Latvian start-up during WOLVES Summit 2020.

Italian start-up gets €1 M VC funding.

Launch of EIT Health DRIVE programme.

Discussion about VBHC model during HCC 2020.

EIT Health InnoStars manages the programme

InnoStars rewards Polish start-up during HCC 2020.

The success of Hello AIRIS Summer School.

InnoStars accelerates game changers.

Innovations from eight countries in emerging Europe

96 start-ups receiving mentoring and financial support

Meet 15 semi-finalists of InnoStars Awards 2020.

Winners of #EUvsVirus Hackathon 2020.

EIT Jumpstarter 2020 has been kicked off.

Interview with Jan Kubalik from DEX Innovation Centre.

EIT Health InnoStars Partners fight back COVID-19.

Statistically, start-ups by entrepreneurs of age fifty and up have a two to three times bigger chance of success than companies started by younger people.

Five dreamed-of solutions against COVID-19 pandemic.

Catalyst framework programme has been successfully launched.

Head of Israel office seeks stronger ties.

Interview with Stefan Iarca from Xvision.

Developing algorithms to predict risk of heart disease.

EIT Health Think Tank report 2019 on Portuguese telemedicine.

EIT Health Hubs Assembly in Budapest.

The first edition of InnoStars Talks in 2020 already here.

Mikolaj Gurdala talks about medical start-up scene in CEE region.

Linking European and Israeli innovation ecosystems

European, Israeli innovation ecosystems linked.

EIT Health coordinates EIT initiative to scale up cooperation in Israel.

DEX Innovation Centre, one of EIT Health Hubs from Czechia, co-organised the 2019 Start-up Campus

6 November 2019, in Lisbon during an intensive week of EIT Health events in Portugal

A series of EIT Health Grand Finals and Final Pitches took place during the first weeks of

Italian partners of EIT Health met Farmindustria in Rome

InnoStars Talks is a series of interviews with healthcare innovators

Restorative Neurotechnologies, a spin-off from

The Grand Final took place in Riga, Latvia as the side event of Digital Freedom Festival 2019.

Eco-friendly and safe UV protection compound from

Italian start-up TeiaCare announced today that the EIT Health Investor Network

The 2019 Call for Reference Sites.

InnoStars at Italian matchmaking event on Life Sciences.

Winners, chosen from 116 applicants, get €25 000 in smart money, training, mentoring

EIT Health InnoStars at EU-Med Summit 2019.

EIT Health Think Tank in Portugal.

HeaLIQs4Cities starts a roadshow to promote healthy lifestyles in rural areas.

EIT Health Partners works on missions in Horizon Europe (2021-2027).

New call is planned at a later stage

Jorge Fernandez Garcia, Director of Innovation, announces 2019 quest for transformative innovations during EIT Health Summit

Two-day event brings together more than 400 EIT Health Partners, start-ups and other stakeholders

Smart Ageing Camp within the Regional Innovation Scheme

Consorzio ARCA & Medical University of Gdańsk ran successful networking events to raise interest in EIT Health

The programme allowed participants to better focus on health-related entrepreneurship

The healthy lifestyle event for citizens of Porto

Hernâni Zão was selected to join the EIT Health StarShip programme 2018

The discussion about healthcare in Hungary involved InnoStars as well as 300 managers

An affordable turnkey hysteroscopy simulator

Three French start-ups pass the semi-finals and progress to the EHC final in Łódź

Non-adherence to medical plans by seniors is considered an important problems in developed countries.

New Porto4Ageing Reference Site project dedicated to Empowering adult Citizens for a Digital world

Active Ageing can make a real difference, but needs to be more popularised in EU

Online consultations with InnoStars Managers can be vital to the effective project preparation

The idea of deep learning AI tools for automated karyotyping wins €5K

E-Health Forum Digital Transformation in Healthcare with exhibition of EIT Health

Winners announced at INNOVEIT conference

Pitching will take place at the EIT Health Germany Annual Symposium

Click to watch, and vote!

An opportunity to network with partners and SMEs from the EIT Health community

The Academic Ranking of World Universities has been released

EIT Health Campus Degree Programmes activity

EIT Health CEO and Board Members among panellists

First EU network of investors focused solely on healthcare innovation

Guillaume Rollin, a French young physician, participated in all three HelloAI sessions and shares his experience

To be presented at the 4 October INNOVEIT conference

GE Healthcare has introduced the Accelerator programme in Budapest

Applying the Stanford Biodesign approach

Better health for European citizens with better use of Scandinavian biobanks and data registries

The presentation during the 19th Diabetes Poland Society scientific meeting

Specialised in research

Selected start-ups will have a chance to influence the future of the healthcare field

Experts on Big Data in Healthcare suggest innovative solutions to improve healthcare systems

EIT Health concludes its ten-day training for innovators and entrepreneurs

EIT Health France will support the fight for healthy active aging in Nice

Six UK and Ireland Biotech, MedTech and Digital Health companies will participate in the 2018 EHC semi-finals

Potential projects for the BP2019 2nd Innovation by Ideas Call for Proposals

The eleven start-ups will be able to develop their innovative ideas in the healthcare market

Eight start-ups were selected for the Headstart Funding programme and additional training

New EIT Hub will be led by EIT Health and will involve 4 EIT Innovation Communities.

Published by SensUs project

Health, food or raw materials ideas sought

UBI Global issues bi-annual awards

Stanford Biodesign Concept and other approaches employed

Registration open for some courses

Project group defines future activities in historic Vienna

Online application interface is open

Upcoming important dates and UKI regional innovation hub Support links included

Intelligent mobile application helps users achieve a healthy work/life balance

Call runs through 2 March 2018

Apply Now and Turn Your Idea into a Business

EIT Health supports courses, offered in both French and English, that feature five training modules

Kareen Forissier becomes new COO

Competition runs until July 2018

Proposals due by 8 March

Application deadline 8 March 2018

€4 million in funding available for ideas aimed at transformative innovation

Recognizing Europe’s successful start-ups, innovative projects and entrepreneurial talents

Partners are urged to apply

EIT Health joins dialogues with local innovation ecosystems 03 January 2018

EIT Health-supported project offers a wearable system that has attracted hundreds of developers

StarShip, the InnoStars Innovation Fellowship programme itself aimed to bring together the research with the industry on the field of real innovation solution, where ideas could be piloted in hospital environment and the best could turn into execution. Young, individual talents could apply for StarShip who had a high interest in the health sector, and bring in relevant background from biomedical, technical, engineering, economical, business, design or similar fields. Master or PhD was a plus. They should come from a European country with moderate innovation performance (Central-, Eastern-Europe or Southeastern Europe).

80 start-ups applied for 2017 InnoStars Awards competition. Top ten applicants had a randezvous in Naples to compete for the final awards.

EIT Health and other KICs included

From the EIT Health Supervisory Board Chair

All are invited to join in a cooperative educational experience

Educational activity involves cross-KIC cooperation with EIT RawMaterials

Innovators in health and raw materials win up to €10 000

Receiving funding to bring innovations to market

EIT Health partner developed a new failure prediction system for Industry 4.0

Portal currently lists 45 health-sector investments

Participants acquired fundamental business planning skills for the health, food and raw material fields

Safety Belt to Go2China is led by E-Group and supported by IMEC and the University of Groningen. Out of the 38 applicants, 18 Biotech, Medtech and Digital Health Scale-ups and SME companies have been selected to participate in the Go2China programme’s Bootcamp in Groningen - of which 5-10 will be chosen in Groningen to join the outbound mission to China-Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

CDTM and EIT Health collaborate in seminar based on CLOSE project

The weekend programme consisted of two parts, a training and a coaching session. During the training, the groups learned the basic tools for running their own business: designing the business plan, discovering their motivations, targeting the costumers, and pitching in front of investors.

Two early registrants going to CONNECT and INNOVEIT

Members of the European AI Alliance can interact with the experts of the High Level Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLG), established by the European Commission, in a forum-style setting. By signing up to the Alliance, members will find a dedicated platform where they can offer input and feedback to the AI HLG.

The 34th edition of EHMA Annual Conference, organised by the European Health Management Association in collaboration with the Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest, and supported by EIT Health, aims to seek answers to healthcare systems’ actual questions and challenges.

In this brief video, one of a series of interviews with EIT Health Activity leaders, Wolfgang Eberle discusses the Product/Market Fit programme, which helps healthcare start-ups move into markets outside of their home country.

EIT Health issued on 28 June 2018 a Position Statement supporting Horizon Europe – the European Commission’s Research and Innovation Programme, which will replace Horizon 2020 and was outlined in the European Commission’s 7 June 2018 proposals – while also urging increased funding for research and for the EIT in particular.

We are pleased to announce that the collaboration of EIT Health InnoStars partners and RIS Hubs have proven very successful in the recruitment of start-ups of high value for competitions organised by EIT Health.

Join to receive our free EIT Health Accelerator membership

Starship fellows met at GE ‘s site in Budapest to address current challenges of digital health

Explore a potentially career altering experience

Activity leader video interview: Alexandre Duclos on E-Labs Corner

Enjoy the benefits of staying connected

10 start-from InnoStars in the next stage of Start-ups Meet Pharma.

E-Boat Programme has kicked off.

InnoStars participates in medical conference in Bratislava.

The Medical University of Łódź wants to become a research university.

They will assist in implementing the EIT Health Regional Innovation Scheme

EIT Health InnoStars celebrates European Day in Budapest.

InnoStars supports the first of a series of Round Table talks regarding health literacy in Portugal.

A new series of regular events for healthcare executives in Budapest.

InnoStars partners Impact 2019 in Krakow, Poland.

13 innovative teams trained in Budapest at the EIT Jumpstarter Bootcamp last weekend.

Part of a series of interviews with inspiring innovators in the InnoStars community

In the interview translated here, Gurdała highlights how EIT Health responds to innovation trends in healthcare

Helping start-ups in cooperation with EIT RawMaterials and EIT Food

EIT Health has recently been involved in a seed collaboration project with Space Application Services.

InnoStars joins interactive workshop on the future of personalised medicine.

EIT Health InnoStars presents inspiring stories of people involved in the EIT Health Community

EIT Health InnoStars' representative will join the Winning Project's Advisory Committee

InnoStars joines one of the biggest healthcare events in Portugal.

Medical University of Łódź hosted an exclusive debate around digital transformation, with EIT Health participation

Pilot launched on 6 February at Semmelweis University

Session held during EIT Health Summit in December

Developed by InnoStars

EIT Health programme helped start-up receive €50 000 in funding

MatchPoint: A student initiative in Budapest

From Portugal and Hungary

StarShip and Jumpstarter

Held in Lisbon in December

Organised through the EIT Health E-Lab Network

Blog post from a Climate KIC Alumnus

GE Healthcare and Hiventures sign an agreement to support innovative healthcare ventures and initiatives

A great cooperation of two Polish Medical Universities within the EIT Health network

Promising start-ups who will make a significant impact Europe's healthcare.

This year’s edition brought truly innovative ideas that can impact the healthcare sector.

Over two days, over 400 attendees participated in panel sessions, matchmaking events and unparalleled networking opportunities to drive forward healthcare innovation.

Finals held for European Health Catapult and Bootcamp pitch contest

Instituto Pedro Nunes, Coimbra, Portugal, to act as incubator and host for Abtrace over the next two years.

Join us 4-5 December in Lodz, Poland, to network and discuss healthcare innovation

An event organised in the context of the European project Healthy Lifestyle Innovation Quarters for Cities and Citizens (HeaLIQs 4 Cities)

Five of our nominees were finalists for EIT Awards

Students work on healthcare innovation in teams; one more date set for March

Competition culminates 16 November 2018 in Budapest

A four month programme integrated into the UT IdeaLab programme STARTER

Raising awareness of innovation in healthcare in the emerging markets

Porto Living Lab intends to scout innovative ideas born in the academy and in companies from the city

Understanding the benefits of the Living Labs for society

RIS Hub increasing awareness of EIT Health at the Medical University of Gdańsk

A long-time friend and supporter of EIT Health and the Spanish CLC

EIT Health InnoStars Partners joined the Innovation Days initiative that spread across Europe

An excellent need-driven innovation tool for athletes won at the flagship programme

Inspiring networking organised by EIT Health InnoStars Partner in Portugal

Praça Vida+ announced as the winner of the Knowledge+ category

EIT Health Smart Technology Mix involved 100 participants

40 finalists and 22 top winners shared €200 000 for further development in the area of health, raw materials and food

Israel Institute of Technology gave the EIT Health group insights about the key success factors of the “start-up nation”

Regional hubs are the main catalysts of EIT Health knowledge transfers to develop local ecosystems

Sharing knowledge, best practices, and utilising the mutual benefits of collaboration

Smart Technology Mix at HUNGAROMED

After winning regional pre-selection, Medical Magnesium and SensArs succeed at European Semi-Finals

The University of Oxford awarded four PhD/DPhil Transition Fellowships

EIT Health partners will host the 2nd Business in Biobanking and Population Health Data event

Using the Action Plan Finder tool developed by InnoStars

The company earned prize money and a chance to join the 'Grow' programme

U. Porto is part of Portugal Ventures’ Ignition Partner Network (IPN)

Improving the way sperm is preserved for a successful fertilisation

'Leadership Week' in Porto focuses on entrepreneurship and leadershi

Medical innovation created in the regional community

Explore and develop health-related business ideas

Experienced mentors and coaches help in getting products to market faster

Partners in healthcare and innovtion

Support early stage innovative medtech project in reaching the CE marking

Enabling students to collaborate in small groups on major health challenges

EIT Health has chosen the six best healthcare start-ups

EIT Health InnoStars Awards' top 25 start-ups started their training at IPN Incubator

Take your healthcare start-up to the next level with a programme powered by GE Healthcare

This programme is addressed to programme directors and trainers of healthcare

Shaping the global future of science and technology and celebrating Merck's 350th anniversary

Make full use of the opportunities offered by EURAXESS and connect with highly trained professionals

From 15-16 October, EIT Alumni CONNECT 2017 took place in Budapest, the annual alumni event facilitating collaboration and knowledge transfer at an interdisciplinary and multicultural level and boosting entrepreneurial action across the alumni communities of EIT

Nine promising teams of Smart-up Lab students presented their innovative ideas to 12 investors

Winners will go on to compete for up to €30 000 in a pitch competitions

Young innovators receive support and training

Innovation Open House lets partners host information events in Hungary, Poland, Italy and Portugal

On June 14th, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Center of the Medical University of Lodz in cooperation with EIT Health organized Innovation Open House - mobile conference

Entrepreneur with a strong business idea but no business plan yet? Get engaged with Europe’s largest thematic innovation networks and learn how to develop and improve your business plan.

A landing page was launched in preparation for a bigger launch, which is due to begin in September, the EIT Health Bootcamp: LaunchLab.