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Challenge

Bring cutting-edge health solutions to developing countries with Siemens Healthineers

Improving healthcare access in low and middle-income countries
Challenge owner

Siemens Healthineers

Registration deadline

23 April 2023

Status

Closed

What we are looking for:

The ideal solution should:

  • Focus on areas of screening, diagnostics, and therapy, which include, but are not limited to, imaging, lab testing, or remote monitoring. We are also open to solutions in the area of non-pharmacological cancer therapy, e.g. radiation therapy.
  • Be able to target rural health centers, primary care facilities, hospitals and secondary centers in low and middle-income countries.

We have a particular interest in (but are not limited to) solutions for:

  • Diagnosis and treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
  • Screening and multi-dimensional diagnostics across the spectrum of communicable and chronic diseases, such as tuberculosis, kidney disease, or diabetes.
  • Improving the general provision of secondary care in low-income countries.

European incorporated companies with a product or technology that addresses the challenges released. At least, a prototype of the solution should exist. There are no further specific requirements in terms of Technology Readiness Level (TLR), sales, minimum investment attracted, or country of registration.  

Click on „Apply now“ and follow the instructions to submit an application. You will answer different questions about your company and the product you present as a possible solution to the challenge. 

The main selection criteria is product-challenge fit. Applications are sent to the relevant teams in each challenge-owner, who decide which companies are selected. To increase the chances of a successful application, make sure you carefully read the information we have published about each challenge and show in your application how your product could be a perfect match. The questions in the application will guide you!

Yes, of course! However, you will need to submit one individual application per challenge and customize it according to the challenge.

Yes, the main requirement is that your solution addresses the challenge. In case you are selected, during the meetings with the challenge owners, you can clarify the needs of both parties and decide on possible changes/modifications/extra features, etc. 

We encourage you to apply even if your solution only fulfills some of the requirements of the „ideal solution“ described above. Both off-the-shelf and customizable options are relevant!

Mostly online, with the possibility to organize meetings in person in the third module. If that happens, the travel and accommodation costs for the participants will be covered by a grant.  

None, it is free of charge. No fee, no equity taken. You only need to bring professionalism and commitment to make the best out of this opportunity. The costs for services are covered by the EU-funded Interreg NWE Codex4SMEs project. 

Neither party is obliged to enter into a partnership. We will create the optimal environment for a collaboration to start, but whether this happens, and the conditions of the collaboration, will be exclusively decided by the parties involved. 

However, we guarantee 100% of the selected companies will be connected to the relevant teams within the challenge-owner, will have 1-on-1 partnership exploration meetings, and will receive support to prepare for that occasion in the best possible way. 

We constantly release different challenges in collaboration with industry leaders and healthcare providers. Join our start-ups database and you will be immediately notified when new challenges are out! 

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