Written by Elise Löwenthal on November 29, 2018
Aging of Russian population with the number of seniors expected to grow up to 30 millions is creating attractive opportunities for tech companies serving the elderly. Vozrastech project (translated from Russian as “aging tech”) is launched to create a community around aging technologies and give seniors access to…Read More
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Written by Sara Härmälä on November 20, 2018
Last week, the Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare, in partnership with Afeka Institute of Circular Engineering and Economy, organized a delegation to Tel Aviv with focus on sustainable healthcare relating to smart and circular cities. The delegation was part of a project funded by Nordic Innovation.
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Written by Elise Löwenthal on October 29, 2018
Traditionally, we’ve collected a list of healthtech and life-science focused program happening before, during and after Slush (4-5.12) that might be interesting for innovators in health and wellness.
Side events
Healthtech Networking event for startups
Time: 3.12. at 18.00-22.00
Place: Maria01, Vertical premises
Organiser: Pfizer in collaboration with Inventure and Vertical
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Written by Elise Löwenthal on October 23, 2018
Grønnköpingkið, the future’s most sustainable hospital is looking for solutions to get on board.
Implementation of innovation can be a slow process and some people just can’t wait for the future to happen. If you are impatient in terms of seeing great things turned into practice, you are on…Read More
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Written by Sara Härmälä on August 29, 2018
You know how after a big project is done you feel a bit empty and struggle to start doing something goal-oriented again? Well, we experienced that with Upgraded after this year’s immensely successful Upgraded Life Festival was done. In addition, we had a new director in…Read More
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Written by Sara Härmälä on August 22, 2018
YLE uutisoi tiistaina 21.8.2018 valtiovarainministeriön kaavailevan jopa neljänneksen leikkauksia yliopistosairaaloiden tutkimusrahoitukseen. Euroissa tämä tarkoittaisi jopa kuuden miljoonan vähennystä kliiniselle tutkimukselle elintärkeään rahoitukseen.
Tutkimusrahoituksen leikkauksella olisi erittäin negatiivinen vaikutus myös kaikille suomalaisille terveysalan innovaatioille ja kehitykselle. Suomalainen terveysteknologia-ala on ollut merkittävässä kasvussa…Read More
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Written by Sara Härmälä on July 3, 2018
During the past year we have been actively part of a project called TEKNO that has a mission to support the expertise of social and healthcare workers, students and individual citizens in the fields of well-being and healthcare technology.
Structural changes in social and healthcare caused by the…Read More
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Written by Raisamiina Rimpelä on February 22, 2018
Finnish health & wellbeing startups consider Finland to be a good platform for the development of health technology and for starting a company. Aspects contributing to this are the high level of research & education, and the possibilities of receiving funding from governmentally supported organizations. Challenges arise in later…Read More
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Written by Raisamiina Rimpelä on October 19, 2017
The English word pharmacy, or a drug store, directs us to think of mainly pharmaceutical products. As the holistic healthcare has come here to stay, it’s good to be reminded that prescripted technical devices and apps are part of the deal too, and will increasingly be part of the home-care…Read More
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Written by Elise Löwenthal on October 9, 2017
Wearables, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, have spread quickly, generating an enormous amount of biometric data for us to interpret. With a plethora of sensors available on the market and personal health data stored in the cloud, you’d think it would be easy for us to take…Read More
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