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Meet the makers of innovations

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It is not only the big corporations and market leaders whom you can meet at MEDICA – the tradefair is also an established meeting point to get to know young start-ups and their ideas. This year, we are not only opening the extremely popular MEDICA START-UP PARK again for you, with the 13th Healthcare Innovation World Cup and the 10th MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION we will also have two competitions for start-ups. Learn everything about the newcomers of medicine here!

MEDICA START-UP PARK

Hall 12, stand 12E53

MEDICA is the world’s largest event for the medical industry. As a young and innovative company, you should make use of this dimension and secure a space in our new MEDICA START-UP PARK for the Digital Health Sector. We will bring you together with the TOP decision-makers of the medical industry as well as experts and personalities from the worlds of business, research and politics.

More than 40 start-ups display their solutions in this year's MEDICA START-UP PARK!

From the editorial team of MEDICA-tradefair.com

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Preventing patient falls using an anonymous monitoring system

Falls are one of the most common causes of patient injury in both hospital and nursing home settings. Without technical assistance, falls are difficult to predict and prevent. But even if care facilities use technology, it tends to be based on outdated approaches.
Learn in our interview how the start-up qumea wants to change this
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Digital transitional care management - with CareNext

Some patients need continued inpatient or outpatient care after they have been officially discharged from the hospital after treatment. Finding an acceptable discharge placement to ensure continuity of care is a very time-consuming process for hospitals.
The start-up care next presents a solution for this problem at MEDICA 2021!

MEDICA CONNECTED HEATHCARE FORUM

MEDICA DISRUPT - Start-ups present innovations from the health sector

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Hall 12, stand 12E35

MEDICA 2021 welcomes hundreds of healthcare start-ups among the exhibitors and speakers. The world’s largest medical trade-fair brings innovators and investors together through diverse program features. In particular, the 9th MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM gives start-ups the chance to present their solutions, gain more visibility and generate valuable contacts. Be it as a finalist of the 10th MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION or the 13th Healthcare Innovation World Cup®, or as part of one of the five exciting MEDICA DISRUPT sessions for start-ups.

These are the topics of the MEDICA DISRUPT start-up sessions:

Discover the complete program of the MCHF in our event database!

13. HEALTHCARE INNOVATION WORLD CUP®

Top Health Techpreneurs of the 13th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® – How connected solutions are changing the healthcare industry

The 13th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® focuses on smart medtech and technologies for digital healthcare. It stands among the world's leading programs for health start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs. This year, more than 290 solutions were submitted.

The international judges selected the Top12 Health Techpreneurs 2021 based on the level of innovation, technological feasibility, marketing and go-to-market approach, potential time to market, commercial potential, and sustainability. The pitch & award ceremony will take place at the central meeting point for healthcare innovations – the 9th MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM, on Monday, 15 November 2021.

Here are the TOP12 Health Techrpreneurs 2021 (in alphabetical order per company name):

AiSteth – Smart stethoscope to screen, detect and predict cardio-respiratory disorders (India)

Cynteract – Rehabilitation glove (Germany)

Esper – Bionic prosthetic hand (Ukraine)

EYEMATE by Implandata Ophthalmic Products – Remote glaucoma care system (Germany)

GlucoActive – Non-invasive glucometer technology (Poland)

NEOLA® by GPX Medical AB – Continuous non-invasive lungs monitoring of preterm born infants (Sweden)

iLoF – Cloud-based library of disease biomarkers and biological profiles for drug discovery (UK)

Nukute – Respiratory analysis wearables (Finland)

re.flex – Motion sensors for physical rehabilitation (Romania)

respiray - Wearable air purifier (Estonia)

Rubitection – Skin assessment & care management system for chronic skin-related conditions (USA)

Feelix by Sonavi Labs – AI-enabled diagnostic device to detect and monitor respiratory diseases (USA)

Programm overview of the 13th IWC

Monday, 15 November 2021

MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM, Hall 12, stand 12E35

13:00 – 13:10 h
Welcome and introduction

13:10 – 14:15 h
The TOP12 Health Techpreneurs 2021 pitches

14:15 – 14:40 h
Panel discussion: How the Internet of Medical Things will change the future of healthcare

14:40 – 15:00 h
13th Healthcare Innovation World Cup award ceremony

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Program overview of the 10th MSC

Tuesday, 16 November 2021

Hall 12, stand 12E35

13:00 – 13:10 h
Welcome and introduction

13:10 – 14:15 h
The TOP12 Medical Start-ups 2021 pitches (health apps, robotics, AI in healthcare & others)

14:15 – 14:40 h
Panel discussion: Collaborative innovation in healthcare - a guide to successful collaborations between startups, corporates and investors

14:40 – 15:00 h
10th MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION award ceremony

Finalists of the 10th MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION

Get to know tomorrow's medical solutions today

The health innovation scene at MEDICA 2021 is spectacular. The 10th MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION alone accounted for over 250 ground-breaking solutions in AI in healthcare, health apps, robotics and others.

Among these, only the Top12 Medial Start-ups 2021 were selected to enter the finals, which takes place at the 9th MEDICA CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM, on Tuesday 16 November. The breadth of applications ranges from AI-based applications for fast detection of diseases, digital therapies for chronic disorders, robot-assisted systems for rehabilitation, to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners and 3D printing.

The TOP12 Medical Start-ups 2021 of the 10th MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION are (in alphabetical order per category):

AI in healthcare

  • ExactCure – Personalized drug simulation (France)
  • IKOSA by KML Vision – Artificial Intelligence for bioimage analysis (Austria)
  • Phonolyser – Smart heart analyser (Finland)

Health apps

  • Kranus Edera – Health app to treat erection problems (Germany)
  • Invirto by Sympatient – App-based psychotherapy, mobile VR & telehealth treatment for anxiety (Germany)
  • Tarabios – Mobile connected blood coagulation diagnostics platform (Turkey)

Robotics

  • ACCREA – Auxiliary robotic arms for medicine (Poland)
  • Esper – Bionic prosthetic hand (Ukraine)
  • Existo – Wearable robotic grasping tool (Italy)

Others

  • Macu4 – Orthopedic solutions with 3D printed devices (Switzerland)
  • Neoscan – Innovative and compact neonatal MR System (Germany)
  • Virtonomy – Data driven clinical trials on virtual patients (Germany)
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Networking with the AI-based matchmaking tool of MEDICA/ COMPAMED

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That's what we offer to you:

 Intelligent algorithm makes contact suggestions based on your interests and product focus
 Interact via chat and virtual meeting rooms
  Efficient trade fair participation via meeting scheduling and networking even before the trade fair starts
Optimize your sales activities as an exhibitor!

Welcome to DxPx Conference 2021!
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The DxPx Conference was first hosted in 2019 as an international Industry & Investor Partnering Conference for executives of the Diagnostics, Digital Health, Precision Medicine & Life Science Tools industries to explore financing, licensing, and M&A partnerships. It takes place each year parallel to MEDICA and is accompanied with satellite conferences in the US and China throughout the year.
Get your ticket to DxPx Conference now!

Safety notice

Our hygiene and infection protection concept for MEDICA and COMPAMED trade fair 2021

Back to Business. To make sure only good ideas are circulated at our end we do our utmost: with standards for hygiene and infection protection for all our events at the Düsseldorf exhibition grounds – for our exhibitors, visitors, partners and members of staff. All take action to make trade fairs also an experience in this day and age – safely and jointly. #PROTaction

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