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NATHEALTH, TiE Mumbai launch startup interface series’

The industry-startup interface series has been organised to present opportunities for startup organisations to network and collaborate through industry tie-ups on corporate partnerships

NATHEALTH-Healthcare Federation of India, in collaboration with TiE Mumbai, and with IQVIA as knowledge partners, has launched its initiative ‘Reimagining Healthcare: Industry-Startup Interface Series’. The initiative is set to serve as an effective and credible interface that facilitates meaningful partnerships between the healthcare industry and the startup community.

The Renal Project working in the area of dialysis management; V Engage working in the area of teleconsultation and telemonitoring; Meradoc working in the area of telemedicine access; CanceRX providing clinical support for oncology and Bynocs which provides a software to accurately diagnose binocular vision anomalies and works for related therapies – were the few start-ups that participated in the event and shared successful collaborative model with the industry that have been implemented so far.

The startups highlighted the need for better collaboration between the industry and the startups to pace up the momentum of innovation in healthcare. The emphasis was on digitisation taking a front seat during COVID and how with the help of technology, Indian healthcare has been able to deliver health services in remote parts in the country.

Speaking about the initiative, Dr Harsh Mahajan, President, NATHEALTH said, “NATHEALTH with its industry connect eco system focus can lead to development and success of pathbreaking innovation in the healthcare sector of India and will ensure birth of many more unicorns.”

Amit Mookim, MD, IQVIA, South Asia and President, TiE Mumbai, “There is immense opportunity to re-imagine this sector with disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, internet of things, healthcare aggregators that are key to improving access to quality care. There is a need to develop citizen centric and consent based digitised health data and maintaining transparency of information is crucial to ensure better patient outcome.”

Eshika Arora from NATHEALTH Innovation forum presented a report based on an extensive research undertaken with various healthcare providers highlighting the potential for co-innovation between the industry and the startup ecosystem to address the gaps in healthcare capacity, quality, and access. The other industry leaders who attended and spoke at the webinar include Dr Om Manchanda, MD, Dr Lal Path Labs, Meenakshi Nevatia, MD, Stryker India; Harshad Reddy, Director-Operations, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre; Dr Vidur Mahajan, AD at Mahajan Imaging; Anurag Saxena, Principal and Head – PPG Business, South Asia at IQVIA, Naveen Raju, Executive Director, TiE Mumbai and Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Secretary General – NATHEALTH.

The one-day virtual event brought together top healthcare industry leaders and start-up organisations to reimagine India’s present healthcare scenario to build resilience towards future emergencies and pandemics. The industry-startup interface series has been organised to present opportunities for startup organisations to network and collaborate through industry tie-ups on corporate partnerships.

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