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Dec 1st CIMIT Forum: Life Science Innovation

By Lily | Published: November 29, 2009
I’ve posted about the CIMIT forum before — it’s a terrific series of talks on the integration of technology and medicine.  This week there’s an especially cool program on investing in life science innovation, including speakers Juan Enriquez of Excel Medical Ventures and Biotechonomy and Luis Barros of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. In [...]
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Healthcare X PRIZE: Competition timescale and the choice of finalists

By Lily | Published: June 3, 2009
Last week I blogged about the Healthcare X PRIZE, a contest designed to help improve the value of our healthcare system. Timelines in healthcare move slowly. Drug development is slow. Our personal health evolves slowly. And the culture of medicine can be reluctant to embrace change. The Healthcare X PRIZE, however, spans only three years. It [...]
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Blog rally for the Healthcare X PRIZE

By Lily | Published: May 26, 2009
Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, has organized a blog rally to help design the Healthcare X PRIZE, a competition to improve the value of health care. Deadline for public comment is this Friday (5/29). Scott Shreeve, MD Senior Health Advisor at the X PRIZE Foundation, writes: … the X PRIZE [...]
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