Start-ups Meet Pharma 2021
Start-ups Meet Pharma 2021 is on! Five challenges and five pharma companies ready to work with you!
We are delighted to announce the opening of the application process for Start-ups Meet Pharma 2021. For two years now the challenge-based acceleration programme connects key pharma partners in Europe with start-ups at the forefront of technology innovation. In 2021 we have partnered with five pharma companies, Abbott, Takeda, Merck, Amgen and AstraZeneca, and we now invite start-ups to jointly address the challenges they face with operational products and services.
If you are developing innovative technologies and services representing potential solutions for the selected challenges for 2021, submit your application now!
Programme structure
The program consists of four different modules with the objective to train and prepare startups to discuss collaboration opportunities with pharma companies.
- Module 1 (17-21/05/2021, Online/Heidelberg): 5 days “Entrepreneurship training”. Startups will receive tailored workshops on different tools and methods to successfully build their business.
- Module 2 (07-11/06/2021, Online/Heidelberg): 5 days workshops by pharma partners involved in the program on how to collaborate with big players in the market.
- Module 3 (2-23/07/2021, Online/pharma companies’ premises): Startups will visit selected pharma companies involved in the program to discuss collaboration opportunities.
- Module 4 (November 2021): Demo Day. Startups pitch in front of pharma company representatives, investors, EIT Health partners, stakeholders.
Who should apply
You should have a company with a validated proof of concept, market validation and prototype that matches one of the challenges released by the pharma companies. Your company must be based in any Horizon Europe country.
Application
Application period: 25 January – 16 March 2021, 23:59 CET via Optimy platform.
Webinars
Interested start-ups are kindly invited to participate in our upcoming webinars aimed to provide a detailed overview of the programme, its timeline, and the application process.