EIT Health

Receiving up to €27.5m to support innovation capacity 

Gender parity and collaboration of all the stakeholders in the healthcare sector, keys in the new Board of EIT Health Spain

CHRONIC PAIN innovation project enters the trial phase

96 start-ups receiving mentoring and financial support

Effort screens thousands, raises awareness of heart, bone health.

InPhysEd is all set to run in July

EIT Health-supported team fights skepticism in its war on cancer

4 March meeting to be followed by 15-16 May workshop

She replaces Dr. Marco Pugliese, who shepherded the organisation since its founding

Five of 17 Spanish start-ups chosen for funding are supported by EIT Health

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Co-creating new strategies to help citizens and patients be in control of their food intake

A three-day workshop in Barcelona supporting female leaders and innovators in identifying opportunities

During the event, EIT Health initiatives were promoted as well.

This course focused on co-creation methods for developing d-health solutions

EIT Health Campus Degree Programmes activity

Participating at this Congress triggered many exchanges within the scientific community

Support for early-stage start-ups

EIT Health Campus activity empowers older adults with intellectual disabilities

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

Biotech, medtech and digital health innovations backed with funding, expert advice and a powerful network

Involving stakeholders in the creation process improves the effectiveness of the digital health

Health, food or raw materials ideas sought

Smart glasses, low cost exoskeletons and anti-stress devices, among the projects selected to participate in the programme

Spanish EIT KICs present their strategy to the General Secretary of Science and Innovation

Three modules planned for this year

CaixaBank recognises Peptomyc and Bound 4 Blue as main prize winners

Stanford Biodesign Concept and other approaches employed

Registration open for some courses

Collaborating with new partners in science for further innovation

EIT Communities share business opportunities and entrepreneurship in the 7th European Innovation Forum

Online application interface is open

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

More than 100 executives and professionals trained

Kareen Forissier becomes new COO

Competition runs until July 2018

Proposals due by 8 March

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

Partners are urged to apply

Impressive evolution of the consortium is noted

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

EIT Health and other KICs included

The group is made up of EIT InnoEnergy, EIT Digital, EIT Climate-KIC, EIT Health, EIT Food and EIT Raw Materials

All are invited to join in a cooperative educational experience

A partner with greater added value for EIT Health CLC Spain

Two projects accepted

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

WE Health aims at enhancing the participation of women in health innovation

VC fund Alta Life Sciences Spain I FCR heads consortium of investors

A chance to kick-off innovation in service delivery for older adults

WE Health - Final Capacity Building Module on Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Prof. Maria Teresa Arredondo and Cecilia Vera, both from UPM

A key milestone in challenging and rethinking the status quo of Type 2 diabetes care

Some 23 biomedical research projects to receive help in transferring to the market

€330 000 in grants given to EIT Health Headstart/Proof of Concept winners

Portal currently lists 45 health-sector investments

EIT Health Spain has announced the winning start-ups who will compete in the medical technology category in the European Health Catapult Contest.

FIPSE Information Day: instruments for financing R&D&I in Health: From laboratory to market

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.

Cross-KIC event serves RIS regions

Artificial Intelligence might be a useful tool to solve some of the challenges of healthcare that originate from an increasing population, the growing prevalence of chronic diseases and a lack of healthcare professionals. Starting from that premise and anticipating the future, HelloAI aims to train the upcoming generation for the wide-spreading implementation of AI.

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.

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.

A total of 46 proposals were received in the first phase

Innovative training for a society of all ages

An explanation of Co-creating Pathways to Promote Active Citizens in Healthcare Services Improvement

Do you want to become a healthcare entrepreneur? Enroll in d·HEALTH Barcelona, a one-in-a-lifetime experience where you’ll learn by doing, solving real problems, identifying them in a clinical immersion in one of some of the top hospitals in Europe

Around 60 participants representing more than 40 organizations from Germany, Spain and InnoStars countries

Startups join an Accelerator pitch contest at the EIT Health Summit in November.

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

Thirteen start-ups were officially named today as winners of the 2019 EIT Health Scandinavia Headstart awards. Chosen from around 40 applicants, the winners come from all over Scandinavia and will receive funding that helps them take steps towards market launch and commercialisation.

Third EIT Health Spain annual meeting.

Five of our nominees were finalists for EIT Awards

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

Programme seeks to help women become successful healthcare entrepreneurs

Enhancing the participation of women in health innovation and entrepreneurship activities

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

Julie Rachline, a French entrepreneur, participated in the latest Women Entrepreneur Module

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

The 4th call of CaixaImpulse programme guides 20 biomedical projects from the laboratory to the market

This programme is addressed to programme directors and trainers of healthcare

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

Young innovators receive support and training