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MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION

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The 9th MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION will take place at MEDICA. Top innovators from the fields of Health Apps, Diagnostics, AI in Healthcare and Robotics present their solutions here. The aim of the competition is to promote the development of innovations in order to be able to apply them in daily use by patients, physicians and hospitals.

Submit your solution and take the opportunity to present it at the 7th MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM, the hotspot for digital innovations.

Submissions are possible until 23 September 2020 (23:59 PST). The participation is free of charge.

Register now!

Forum and Conference program at virtual.MEDICA 2020

Experience a medical technology highlight in virtual form that can be accessed by anyone from anywhere - virtual.MEDICA from 16 - 19 November 2020. And where you can still discover innovations, maintain contacts and stay up to date through knowledge transfer.

 

CONFERENCE AREA


Also at virtual.MEDICA there will be exciting lectures, discussion rounds, live pitches and much more from our forum and conference area to experience.

We will put together an interesting program for you with live and also pre-produced highlight contributions. And this during the entire 4-day period in two video streams:

  • an English stream daily from 10:00 to 16:00 o'clock
    and
  • a German stream from 10 to 14 o'clock.

All contributions will be recorded and will be available on demand via MEDICA.de also after virtiual.MEDICA.
Learn more in the Conference Area at virtual.MEDICA
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Conditions of participation

  • Categories of participation: Health Apps, Diagnostics, AI in Healthcare, Robotics
  • Market entry by the end of Q2 2021 and not launched before 2017
  • Submission in English by 23 September 2020

All submissions to the MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION will be evaluated by the international jury according to the following criteria: degree of innovation, commercial potential, technological feasibility, marketing approach, time to market, required investment.

Conformity with the "Medical Device Directive" or an "FDA Approval" is not required.

Pitch and Award Ceremony

Photo: Winners' trophies of MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION; © Messe Düsseldorf/ctillmann

The jury will select 12 finalists who will present their solutions to an audience of international healthcare industry experts, potential partners, investors and customers live on stage at the MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM in a pitch on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.

All participants become part of the leading innovation ecosystem and receive valuable business connections, free marketing packages, extensive media coverage on a global level and support from international tech experts in business development.

Additionally, there are cash prizes to win:

1st Place: 2.000 €
2nd Place: 1.000 €
3rd Place: 500 €

Register now for the 9th MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION!
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Review: These are the winners of the MEDICA App COMPETITION 2019:

1. Price

Synphne Pte Ltd (Singapore)

Product:
SynPhNe
Connected wearable solution that trains brain and muscle for persons with disability after stroke or injury, or due to ageing
www.synphne.com

2. Price

DeePathology.ai (Israel)

Product:
DeePathology STUDIO
Customized AI solution for digital pathology
www.deepathology.ai

3. Price

midge medical GmbH (Germany)

Product:
midge App
Device and App for simplified blood extraction and testing
www.midge-medical.com

Video: MEDICA App COMPETITION: clear the stage for mobile Health

The MEDICA App COMPETITION is all about medical solutions for smartphones. The competition aims to advance the development of innovations and integrate them into the everyday lives of physicians, hospitals and patients. From more than 100 entries, an international jury selected 15 finalists to present their app-based solutions at MEDICA 2019.
Click here for more videos in our MediaCenter

These were the other pitch participants of the MEDICA App COMPETITION 2019:

Cardiomo Care, Inc. (USA)

Product:
Cardiomo
Non-invasive solution for monitoring heart health and shared up to the minute data dashboard and alerts system when unusual behavior is detected
www.cardiomo.com

ClarityTek Inc. (USA)

Product:
Virtual Reality Deep Brain Stimulation Cognitive Therapy For Alzheimer's
Virtual Reality deep brain stimulation cognitive therapy for Alzheimer disease
www.claritytek.com

Computational Life (USA)

Product:
Digital Avatar Platform
A digital avatar (digital version of the human body) to rapidly design medical solutions
www.computational-life.com

Diagnosia Internetservices GmbH (Austria)

Product:
Diagnosia Drug Companion
App for medical practitioners: medication, side effects, similar medicaments
www.diagnosia.com

GROVES Sound Branding GmbH (Germany)

Product:
SonicTonic e-Health-App
Soundscapes App with positive effect on health (e.g. stress, anxiety, sleeping disorder)
www.sonictonic.io

Keleya Digital-Health Solutions (Germany)

Product:
Keleya
Wellness App for presonalized Yoga workouts and nutrition during pregnancy
www.keleya.de

Medicus AI (Austria)

Product:
Medicus AI
AI-based platform that explains and interprets blood tests and medical reports to provide personalized health tips
www.medicus.ai

MedVisit (Spain)

Product:
MedVisit
Request a Doctor at home anytime, anywhere
www.medvisit.io

Silibrain LLC (USA)

Product:
Incognimed
Medical record hosting service that allows professionals to collaborate and keep track of important medical data and information while keeping patients' identities hidden
www.silibrain.com

Smart EpiGenetX (Romania)

Product:
NutriCare.Life
Nutrigenomics kit and App
www.genetx.eu

Therapify (Poland)

Product:
Therapify
App to track progress in psychotherapy and share results with therapist
www.therapify.ai

viMUM GmbH (Germany)

Product:
viMUM
Online course for birth preparation
www.vimum.com

The following partners supported the 8th MEDICA App COMPETITION 2019:

Bayer G4A
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Bayer G4A is a global program that offers support to startups and companies that are developing innovative solutions in health and care. We do it by providing: places to work, mentors and experts to guide companies with business development, financial support, and networking opportunities through our extensive networks.
Founded in 2013 in Berlin initially giving out grants to innovative healthcare apps (hence the name Grants4Apps), we are now a global program dedicated to help innovative health & care startups grow and enable positive disruption and progress within the digital health & care universe.

In the last 3 years, not only have we brought our approach to many other countries, we’ve developed programs like our G4A Accelerator, programs to strike deals with leading innovators through our Dealmaker, and offered places to work and network. For us, every program and chapter unlocks its unique potential by focusing on different topics and markets.

What do our programs all have in common? It’s simple: striving to accelerate and support you in creating the best and most innovative solutions in health & care available today.

If you’re interested in joining our growing community, we have meetups across 33 cities worldwide! To us, meetups are one of the most important ingredients of G4A - it’s where we meet, discuss opportunities, share knowledge, and create amazing new experiences together.
Find out more about G4A under: https://www.grants4apps.com

Roche Startup Creasphere

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Roche Startup Creasphere is the Digital Health Accelerator founded by Roche and Plug and Play which provides an open innovation platform to engage with startups and further healthcare players. Most recently Sanofi joined the accelerator beginning of 2019.
The main focus of the program is to run joint pilot projects covering topics such as digital biomarkers, disease management, big data analytics, AI for personalized healthcare or future lab solutions.

Organizers of MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM and MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION

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Navispace GmbH

Program:
Dr. Sonja Sulzmaier
Managing Partner Navispace GmbH
Phone +49 (0)8152 99886-23

E-Mail: s.sulzmaier@navispace.de
Partner and Organization:
Hanh Nguyen/ Philipp Bühr
Project and Event Manager Navispace GmbH
Phone +49 (0)8152 99886-24/-14

E-Mail:
h.nguyen@navispace.de
p.buehr@navispace.de