Samsung

Samsung, Mass General and MIT announce winners of health wearables hackathon

Korean mobile communications giant Samsung Electronics, MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital recently announced the winners of  a hackathon meant to spur innovation with wearables suited for healthcare. Out of 21 teams of engineers, five winners were selected by a panel of 10 judges. The winners divided a $6,000 prize and are now eligible for a […]

Devices & Diagnostics

Medtech still struggles to define innovation as AT&T, Qualcomm & others jump in

Eighteen companies from outside healthcare have entered the medtech market, including  Qualcomm,  Sony,  Verizon,  AT&T,  Canon,  Samsung  and  Motorola, according to PwC’s latest report on medtech and innovation. While medtech companies still work to chip away slowly at what innovation means–literally without a definition, big companies from the tech and IT space dive in. “I […]

Pharma

Samsung, Biogen Idec form $300M biosimilars joint venture

Samsung Biologics, the drug manufacturing business that a South Korean conglomerate formed earlier this year with the help of pharmaceutical services firm Quintiles, is partnering on a $300 million initiative with Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB). The joint venture, which will be based in South Korea, will develop, manufacture and market biosimilars, biological products that are similar […]

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