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U.S. Senator Mark Kirk and former governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney today toured healthcare technology incubator MATTER to discuss the future of healthcare with entrepreneurs and innovators.

Located in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, MATTER is a community of healthcare startups and industry leaders working together to fuel innovation in health IT, medical devices, diagnostics, and …

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Fresenius Kabi has joined Chicago’s healthcare innovation incubator, MATTER, as a new strategic “gold” partner, both organizations announced today.

MATTER is a community of healthcare innovators based in Chicago. Fresenius Kabi is a global healthcare company that specializes in medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. The company is based in Germany with its…

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New specialty environment at MATTER lets healthcare innovators develop ideas and test products in real-world clinical scenarios; first project will focus on hospital observation units

MATTER, in partnership OSF HealthCare, today announced the launch of The OSF Simulation Stage at MATTER, a flexible simulation environment designed to allow early-stage healthcare technology innovators to test …

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Last month, MATTER’s Tales from the Trenches series welcomed Norbert Riedel and Joe Moskal, the leaders of Evanston-based Naurex, which was recently acquired by global healthcare giant Allergan for $560 million. ContextMedia CEO Rishi Shah interviewed the pair about their successful (if oddly coupled) partnership. Watch the full video of the event or read our recap below.

In 1983, Joe Mos…

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MATTER, the healthcare community hub and entrepreneurial incubator, announced today that the second annual Midwest University HealthTech Showcase will take place on Monday, April 11, 2016. The showcase will bring together early stage healthcare innovators from 10 midwestern universities to present their technologies to hundreds of healthcare investors and industry leaders at MATTER. The Midwe…

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