insights
A discussion with Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider
Last month, we hosted a screening of End Game, the Netflix documentary The New York Times calls a provocative and intimate look at how doctors, nurses and patients cope with death.
What’s it going to take for us to see talking about care at the end of life as a normal wellness practice? -@ShoshUMD #RoadtoEndWell pic.twitter.com/QpTcwZiXI0— MATT…
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stories that matter
For many who have chosen a career in healthcare, their work is more than a job — it’s personal.
Next from Stories That Matter: We’re teaming up with our partners at Horizon Therapeutics to spotlight Horizon employees whose personal experiences within the healthcare system have uniquely equipped them for their careers.
As a patient access manager at Horizon, Dorelia Rivera spends each day help…
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community
Every day, innovators across the MATTER community are building new solutions that accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives. Here’s a look into the most noteworthy headlines from the past few weeks.
Vynca scores $10.3M to honor end-of-life wishes
Vynca, a leading advance care planning solution, received $10.3 million in Series B funding from strategic investors including First Tru…
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insights
A race is underway to develop the next major checkpoint inhibitor that harnesses the innate immune system.
At the forefront is Forty Seven, Inc., a clinical stage immuno-oncology company founded in 2015 that developed out of a lab at Stanford University. The company focuses on targeting the CD47 pathway as a way to engage macrophages — the body’s first responders — in fighting tumors.
Last mo…
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insights
Most people take a medication trusting that it has been studied and approved by an official organization to be effective and safe for everyone. However, for many minority groups, that trust is not a given.
According to Kwaku Owusu, chairman of MATTER startup, Ilerasoft, and founder of Drugviu — an online platform that helps minority populations find medications that will actually work for them…
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