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Award for Winners of the Skolkovo Startup Village Tour
As part of the collaborative efforts between Prix Galien Russia and the Skolkovo Foundation, the Prix Galien Jury has agreed to review the scientific files of Skolkovo’s Startup Village 1st-place winners within the biomedical category and select the file that offers the most promising perspective in terms of Therapeutic Innovation.
The selected candidate will be invited to participate at this year’s award ceremony that will be held on October 23rd at the Pashkov House in Moscow.
Skolkovo’s Startup Village is a unique space where entrepreneurs, innovators, government officials, investors, scientists and students gather together to discuss technological ideas and ways to bring to success young ideas. The event includes a contest where entrepreneurs get a chance to pitch their ideas in front of a panel of experts for the chance to win a monetary prize and specialist guidance to further develop their projects.
The Startup Village had a total of five winners for health projects under the following categories:
- Antiinfectives
Sante Pharm
Novel broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent, first-in-class, for the treatment of bacterial, fungal and viral infections.
- Medical Devices
Microflexis – saliva ovulation test
Hi-tech company specialized on home (personal) medical devices of IVD (in vitro diagnostics) class in the field of family-planning and women’s health.
- Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment
GammaLocator
Portable gamma-ray detector with the output unit information, providing diagnosis of superficial malignancies.
- Regenerative Medicine
Personalized effective complex approach to the treatment of endometriosis
- Breakthrough in Healthcare /
Center for Early Neurodegenerative Diseases Diagnostics
Test system DiaPark – a unique technology for of Parkinson’s disease diagnostics at an early preclinical stage for preventive treatment.
