Start-ups Meet Pharma: take up the challenge

Open Innovation: Collaborate with Abbott to Solve Healthcare Challenges

Are you prepared to push the boundaries of healthcare innovation? This is your opportunity to collaborate with Abbott to address critical challenges in healthcare through the Start-ups Meet Pharma programme. Over the course of 2024-2025, three different challenges will be launched, offering a unique platform for start-ups to collaborate with a global leader in healthcare innovation.

Start-ups Meet Pharma is a challenge-based matchmaking programme that bridges the gap between life science corporations and innovative health start-ups. The programme is the unique gateway to present your solution and explore potential partnerships, co-development prospects, and strategic alliances that can propel your startup to new heights.

Over the course of three months, a series of meetings and workshops with global pharma executives will be co-designed, tailored to the potential collaboration opportunities that each challenge brings. The programme is tailored to maximise value for both the corporations and start-ups involved, opening doors to co-development and growth.

Applications to this programme are currently closed. Be the first to know about upcoming programmes and opportunities that may be a good fit for you by joining our mailing list.

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How it works

Challenges

Welcome to Abbott’s Challenge Series! We’re excited to present three innovative challenges designed to inspire groundbreaking solutions in healthcare. Stay tuned as we unveil each challenge, with the first launching on 7 October 2024.

Challenge 1

EIT Health, in partnership with Abbott is actively seeking a solution to enhance the development of nutritional products by addressing the challenge of ingredient stability during processing. The objective is to predict these stability challenges early in the development process to avoid time-consuming and resource-heavy testing.

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Coming soon

We’re currently working with our partners on our upcoming challenges If you’d like to know when the challenge is launched, sign up for updates in our form below.

Info session

Webinars are a great way to find out if the programme is a right fit for you. See our webinar recording to receive firsthand information from the programme manager.
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