Closing the Pharma-Startup Divide to Accelerate Digital Health
Host Ellie Hanson sits down with Naomi Fried, PhD, founder and CEO of PharmStars, a unique pharma-focused accelerator for digital health startups. Since its founding three years ago, the program has “graduated” 79 startups across 7 cohorts. The first three cohort startups have closed more than 98 pharma deals. With her extensive background in healthcare innovation, Naomi shares valuable insights into how startups can navigate pharma partnerships and engage pharma as customers to drive digital health adoption. She offers practical advice for startup founders seeking investment and unveils details of PharmStars’ latest cohort program.
While pharma and startups often speak different languages, there’s immense potential for collaboration and innovation. That’s where PharmStars steps in, helping startups better understand the pharma mentality and engage more effectively.
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Key insights Naomi shares for startups seeking investment include:
- Clearly articulate your value: What unique solution are you bringing to the market?
- Address the pain points: What critical problem does your product solve?
- Define your ask and its impact: How much funding do you need, and how will it transform your company?
- Highlight milestones: Show the specific achievements this funding will unlock.
- Clarity is key: If your message confuses investors, you risk losing their interest.
About the Podcast
FINN Voices
Amplifying the power of health innovation to improve people’s lives.
FINN Voices amplifies the power of health innovation and information technology. Hosted by health experts from FINN Partners, each episode offers a peek behind the curtain of innovation with healthcare’s leading changemakers. We talk about their ideas and challenges along the way; continually shaping critical conversations and introducing the new health technologies that lie ahead.
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