Who won the field of Medcity Invest Pitch?

Health entrepreneurs took advantage of the Pitch Perfect competition in Spotlight during our annual investment conference(Opens in a new window) in Chicago this week. The 24 finalists participated in the event and were tried by groups of investors. The tracks included: Biopharma; devices and diagnoses; Health technology for consumers and self-assured employers; and health technology for payers and providers.

The winners are:

Biopharma: infectious diseases

Yaso Therapeutics(Opens in a new window) is a clinical pharmaceutical company developing anti-infective anti-drug products as well as a contraceptive. Its mission is to develop advanced treatment and prevention products based on a large -scale polyanion with a basic effort focused on the health of women.

Mary Weitzel, CEO and co-founder of Yaso Therapeutics, explained in her height that Yaso pioneer the next generation of non-hormonal contraceptives and antimicrobials. Among its targets are gonorrhea strains resistant to drugs.

Devices / diagnostics: Chronic diseases

Medical micro-leads(Opens in a new window) Seeking to help people with chronic pain, diabetic neuropathy, sleep apnea, urological disorders and migraines thanks to its intelligent implant technology. Micro-Leads has developed “intelligent programmable electrodes” to unlock a new class of implants. It uses hermetic electronics in each network of electrodes. Intelligent memory implant electrodes are self-expansion and provide mini-invasive and injectable delivery paradigms by unlocking treatment in a larger therapeutic area 3x-5x, according to its website. ​

Chad Andresen, VP Business Development, presented the company’s land.

Health technology, payer / supplier: Artificial intelligence

Poirie suite(Opens in a new window) Although health plans want to contract contracts with community health workers (CHWS) to fill in care gaps and fill social health engines, CHW often do not have tools and expertise to become network suppliers, safely share health care data and subject complaints, prevent these partnerships. Pear Suite sees the need for turnkey solutions to associate with Chws. Thanks to the all-in-one of Pear Suite platform, community organizations can support members of health and health tests (SDOH), health education, navigation and resource references in a sustainable and focused manner. Its network of providers helps health plans to strengthen network capacity while contacting large -scale care gaps.

Colby Takeda, CEO and co-founder, delivered the company’s land.

Health technology, consumer / employer: Navigation and care coordination

Duos(Opens in a new window) focuses on help for the elderly. He deals with critical gaps in health care by adopting a holistic approach to health and well-being. It seeks to improve access to programs to reduce food insecurity. He also wishes to facilitate the maintenance of their medical appointments and connect users to unexploited financial resources.

The CEO and co-founder Karl Ulfers, who presented the company land, wishes to use AI to help the elderly make complex decisions on health care. This vision extends beyond technology, reshaping the health care landscape to ensure that the elderly and their caregivers can access the support they need.