Montreal, October 22, 2018 – The Consortium for Industrial Research and Innovation in Medical Technologies, MEDTEQ (Canada), and Sheba Medical Center (Israel) are proud to announce the signature of an agreement aiming to foster the growth of the medical technologies’ ecosystem on a global scale. This agreement aims to facilitate collaboration opportunities, knowledge transfer and support of startups.

 

Collaborative engagement towards healthcare of the future

MEDTEQ and Sheba Medical Center, together with its Innovation Centre, are partnering in order to grow their ecosystems. They will look to identify opportunities for collaboration between companies and institutions, facilitating access to complementary resources including events, networks and innovation support services, with special focus on SMEs. They will also work to support joint projects and challenges.

As a Centre of Excellence for Commercialisation and Research, MEDTEQ, through its 150 members – SMEs and large healthcare technology companies, universities, teaching hospitals and support organizations – has a pan-Canadian reach. Collaborations with members and partners across the country aim to support world class innovations in the medtech sector.

“MEDTEQ is delighted to be partnering with Sheba. We share the same vision of Innovation for health and the same commitment to supporting the development of our ecosystems. We look forward to launching the first activities of our action plan!” – Diane Côté, Chief Executive Officer, MEDTEQ 

“As Montreal and the Province of Quebec possesses a vibrant and innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem, especially within the realm of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Sheba Medical Center, an ARC Innovation Center, which is also focusing on AI development, believes that our collaboration with MEDTEQ will be mutually beneficial to both of us and look forward to working closely with them.” – Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, Chief Medical Officer and Director of the ARC Innovation Center, Sheba Medical Center-Tel Hashomer.

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About MEDTEQ

MEDTEQ’s mission is, through collaborative industry led projects, to accelerate innovation and position, on a global scale, products and services developed by the Canadian medical technologies industry, thereby generating major economic impacts while improving healthcare systems for the ultimate benefit of patients in Canada and around the world. https://www.medteq.ca/en

About Sheba Medical Center

Serving as a university teaching hospital (affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University) and as a tertiary referral center, the Sheba Medical Center uniquely combines Israel’s largest Acute Care Hospital with its national Rehabilitation Hospital. Sheba merges Israel’s best advances in high-tech science and medicine with traditional healing services, including the finest nursing faculty and outstanding care for the elderly. https://www.shebaonline.org/

 

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