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The many projects received demonstrate that it does not necessarily take a lot of money to improve the quality of life of patients.

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«Let’s build our future together!»

The Debiopharm-La Solution.ch-Inartis Challenge aims to push forward innovative projects in the field of Healthcare that are targeting physical and moral comfort of patients as well as their relationship with other patients, medical personnel and family members. This competition is oriented towards new emerging projects rather than existing technologies that will improve and enrich patients’ lives.

The “Challenges” are promoting the best approaches as well as helping teams and candidates proposing innovative projects for patients’ quality of life. As such, this contest rewards projects with the objective of accelerating their implementation or marketing.

Innovation can be defined as:
• The creation of a competitive advantage by an organization, a process, a product or a new service
• Is not necessarily a complex new technology
• A change in the legal and regulatory framework of an existing product
• The result of a strategic management or idea
• A source of profitability and development

What is Debiopharm-La Solution.ch-Inartis Challenge ?

This challenge is a business idea competiton with an aim to promote innovation in the field of hospital patient care. The goal of this challenge is to accelerate innovative projects and their commercialization.

Why Debiopharm and not any other pharmaceutical company is organizing this challenge?

The cause is of high interest to Debiopharm as the company finds innovation in the patient care sector a challenging and highly relevant issue.

Why Fondation Inartis and not any other supporting foundation is organizing this challenge?

Fondation Inartis is lead by top professionals aiming to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. It has extensive experience in particular in Pharma, Biotech and Medtech areas.

What are the criteria on which the projects will be selected?

The project should be innovative, feasible, preferably linked with Academia and/or the Industry, and have an impact on the end-user and have a potential socioeconomic impact.

When is the deadline to submit the projects?

The projects should be submitted by 30th April 2024 end of day.

What is the planning and timeline of the Challenge?

April 30, 2024: Project submission deadline
May 2024: Announcement of the winning projects
Autumn 2024: Final pitch and Award ceremony

What are the prizes?

The prize money amount to CH50’000. CHF25’000 will be awarded to the winner and the rest of the money will be distributed between the finalists. Additionally Fondaiton Inartis will provide support and coach the projects close to commercialization.

Who is the jury?

The jury is composed of :

David Deperthes, Consultant en entrepreneuriat, Président du jury

Pierre-Luc Maillefer, Ingénieur en dispositifs médicaux

Catherine Djaouti, Infirmière et COO de La-Solution.ch

Michèle Joanisse, Directrice de la Fondation CHUV

Pietro Scalfaro, Médecin pédiatre, Co-fondateur biotech

Gaetan Cherix, directeur de la HEI-HES-SOValais

 

What is the acceleration/implementation program?

Fondation Inartis has a network of more than 20000 professionals and offers support for entrepreneurs in coaching, licensing, hosting and access to investors. The winning projects will be able to profit from this infrastructure in order to accelerate their product development.

Are there any other Challenge in the making?

Several others are available on the Inartis Foundation Challenge platform.

How many projects will be selected for the Challenge?

5 projects will be selected for the acceleration.

What is the media coverage of the Challenge?

The Challenge will be featured in multiple newspapers including the student newspapers on the campus (to increase the awareness of young professionals) additionally the Challenge will receive social media coverage and will be mentioned in the news of Republic of Innovation, the leading Life Science blog in the Health Valley.

Will the winning projects have a chance to meet investors?

Yes, Fondation Inartis provides such services as the access to the investors and have a number of venture capitalists in its network.

How is the Challenge different from other existing business idea/start-up competitions?

Currently no business idea competition addresses the patient care area. Additionally the Challenge aims to answer this issue with new solutions from a broad range of people, not with existing start-ups.

Why do we need such a Challenge?

The quality of patient care in Switzerland is extremely high, however being in a hospital for a long time can be psychologically challenging and potentially even cause depression. Activities oriented to entertain and stimulate the patients can have q high impact on the recovery rate. Thus, our Challenge aims to improve the overall quality of patients care, and make the time in the hospital more pleasant for them to achieve a better and faster recovery.

What are the possible long-term outcomes of the Challenge?

The most likely outcome is the development of new technologies and activities improving the patient’s stay in the hospital.

Are the Universities (EPFL, UNIL, CHUV, HUG. etc.) involved in the Challenge?

We are accepting applications of young professionals and encourage students and employees of Universities and Research Centers in Switzerland to submit their ideas and projects to the Challenge.

Is the government involved in this project?

Fondation Inartis is in a close contact and collaboration with multiple cantonal governmental organizations that support entrepreneurship. In case of interest they can support the promising projects.

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