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October 2024 | | | | | | Igniting Ideas,
Elevating Care. | | | | | | | | | | | Dear Partners and Industry Leaders,
Welcome to the First Edition of our Newsletter!
First things first, thank you! Your association is vital to our mission in nurturing innovation in healthcare and life sciences to make it more affordable and accessible across the globe.
This newsletter is a new initiative to keep you in the loop on what’s going on at our Global Innovation Hub (GIH) in the grand scheme of things.
We are excited to share recent updates, some interesting reads and opportunities for collaboration. Please do share your feedback and help us drive better outcomes for you.
Thank you,
Global Innovation Hub (GIH)
Hyderabad, India. | | | | | | | | | VISION | | To nurture innovation at the intersection of healthcare,
life sciences and technology to make care accessible and affordable across the globe. | | | | MISSION | | To create the largest healthcare and life sciences innovation hub by 2030, fostering collaboration and driving breakthroughs to improve patient outcomes. | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | AIMS: Augmented Intelligence for Medical Systems | | A synergetic system that empowers health professionals through innovative technologies in order to enhance patient safety and quality of care | | | | |  | | Mental Wellbeing Application | | Personalised mental wellbeing applications that predict stress based on user-specific triggers and offer tailored holistic solutions to enhance self-awareness, engagement and effectiveness in managing mental health. | | | | |  | | Story-driven behavioural therapy & education | | An interactive story generation application that enhances learning and engagement by allowing children to define characters and themes, fostering personalised learning and cognitive development through storytelling. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Digital Therapeutics for Neurodivergent Children | | AI-powered platform for early intervention in neurodiverse children, offering personalized e-learning and parent-therapist collaboration to improve outcomes. | | | | | | | | | | KalArm - Affordable
Bionic Hand | | KalArm, India’s first affordable bionic hand, offers advanced functionality and local manufacturing, improving prosthetics access and independence. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | XR Solutions for Pain & Rehabilitation | | VerityXR uses XR and AI for pain management and rehabilitation, reducing medication use and accelerating recovery with personalized treatments. | | | | | | | | | | Comprehensive Hearing Health Services | | Hearzap offers remote hearing tests, consultations, and affordable hearing aids across India, bringing hearing care to underserved areas. |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Financial Solutions for Healthcare | | Affordplan helps individuals plan and save for healthcare with customized savings plans and seamless payment through hospital partnerships. | | | | | | | | | | Medical Logistics and Healthcare Network | | Tenmed delivers rapid ambulance services, skilled personnel, and telemedicine solutions across India for timely and improved care. | | | | | | | | | | | | | What’s new at GIH? | | | | R&D Partnerships for HealthTech - We’ve partnered with iHub-Data, IIIT-Hyderabad and IIT-Hyderabad to support GIH in developing deep-tech models for healthcare and life sciences.
GIH’s Accelerator - We are now accelerating the journey of global companies in healthcare and life sciences to the Indian market. Our accelerator acts as the gateway by supporting with market discovery, validation, localisation and entry.
Middle East Market Exploration - We presented our solutions to healthcare providers in the UAE and discussed pilot opportunities for our augmented intelligence solutions.
LSI Emerging MedTech Summit ‘24 - Life Science Intelligence, Inc organised the event in Portugal, our leadership worked on building an EU-India market access bridge for MedTech startups.
HIMSS Korea ‘24 APAC - The region’s largest health and technology showcase held in Seoul, Korea. Our team participated to gain insights on the Asian market and learn from global innovators.
International Startup Festival- India ‘24 - One of the biggest startup summits in India, we showcased our studio incubatees and innovations by our portfolio startups. | | | | | | |  | | Dr. Ravindranath Kancherla moderating the HealthTech Roundtable | | | | | | GIH Team setup an innovation showcase and presented our Studio Incubatees and startups - Cognitivebotics, KalArm by Maker’s Hive and VerityXR | | | | | | | | | Interesting Reads | | AI algorithms can now detect Alzheimer’s up to five years before symptoms by finding early markers in EHRs and genomics—potentially delaying onset with early intervention.
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Digital twin technology simulates patient-specific responses to treatments. In cardiology, these models helped reduce surgical complications by 40% in pilot studies. Read more
Synthetic microbiomes are being trialled to combat neurological conditions like depression by modulating the gut-brain axis, offering a novel approach beyond traditional antidepressants. Read more
Quantum computers are solving molecular simulations that took classical computers years, fast-tracking drug discovery for complex diseases like cancer. Read more | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | © 2024 Global Innovation Hub. All Rights Reserved. | | | |
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