Novartis Biome
Welcome to the Novartis Biome
The Novartis Biome is a digital innovation lab powered by Novartis. It aims to empower and engender health tech companies and people passionate about disrupting healthcare through the use of data and digital technologies.
Boosting the Digital Ecosystem
First and foremost, the Novartis Biome is being built for entrepreneurs with a shared passion to innovate healthcare by solving real-world problems. It is intended to open up access to key Novartis resources, including relevant datasets, mentorship and customized curriculums.
The Novartis Biome is also for the digital ecosystem at large – incubators and accelerators, venture capital, industry partners, data providers and more. Working together, we’ll seek to reimagine ways to improve and extend patients’ lives by leveraging data and digital technologies.
“Tech, data and science are all coming together. Incredible entrepreneurs and smart startups are going after some of the most important healthcare challenges and through the Novartis Biome we’ll partner to accelerate these innovative solutions and reimagine medicine with data and digital.”
“Passionate start-ups and entrepreneurs are the vanguard of health tech. We want to work together to translate that innovation into real solutions for patients.”
HealthX World Series Challenges
Our newly-kicked off series of global, open innovation challenges seeks to partner with the digital health ecosystem and people passionate about disrupting healthcare to help find creative new solutions to important healthcare problems using data and digital technologies.
Sponsored by Novartis’ Chief Digital Officer, the Novartis Biome powers the HealthX World Series which launched at TechCrunch Disrupt SF in September 2018. We’re planning to host several global open innovation challenges a year. Challenges may include hackathons, virtual challenges, pitch competitions and more.
Our Inaugural HealthX Challenge Winners at TechCrunch Disrupt SF
From over 30 entries, five finalists were selected and pitched their digital solutions focusing on solving challenges around heart failure. An esteemed panel of judges selected the winners in two categories: Established Startup (Veta Health) and Virtual Hackathon (Wavy).
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Mohanad Fors
Head of Novartis Biome, co-founder
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Robin Roberts
Head of Innovation & Strategy Novartis Biome, co-founder
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Shwen Gwee
General Manager, Head of Open Innovation Novartis Biome, co-founder
For questions about The Novartis Biome, please contact our team at [email protected].