Technological development in LatAm: What’s wrong?
A couple of days ago, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its Global Report on Information Technology 2012, in which analyzes the development of countries in a hyper-connected world. Besides presenting a list of each individual country’s development as compared with others, it became clear that Latin America is ‘behind the ball’ in terms of technological development. Puerto Rico is the first territory (it was treated separately than the US) to appear at...
read more1st EmTech conference in LatAm to be held this July in Colombia
For the first time, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Emerging Technology conference (EmTech) will be landing in South America via Technology Review en español. Opinno, as the magazine’s publisher, is incredibly excited to be organizing an event that looks into the future of technology and the impacts it will have on everyone in a region that is experiencing tremendous entrepreneurial growth. The two-day conference will be held in Medellin, Colombia July...
read moreFinancing in Spain: Lemons to lemonade
Teresa Gonzalo has linked her vocation as a researcher with a doctorate in Biomedicine with the ambition to release products conceived in the laboratory to benefit society. The need to develop a business plan to transform the market in product innovation motivated Teresa to found and direct a spin-off from her university: Ambiox Biotech. The company’s objective is to curb the impact of AIDS with a nanotechnology-based microbicidal gel that enables individuals to...
read more5 Mexican female founders gaining attention in Silicon Valley
By Arturo Garrido of emprende.la for Opinno. Emprende.la focuses on entrepreneurial innovation in Mexico. Women 2.0, one of the most important organizations for recognizing and supporting female entrepreneurship recently published an article about five women entrepreneurs in Mexico to look out for. It’s important to note that Women 2.0 recently announced partnership with Ellas 2.0 with the intention to stretch their efforts all over Latin America, this will...
read moreI am a biotech company. How about you?
Elena de Benavides, CEO of the International Institute of Phlebology S.L., is an economist by training and a specialist in Health Economics and Management of Healthcare Organizations. She is also one of the winners of Spain’s 2011TR35 competition, which is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s prize in recognition of top innovators under 35. Referring to the headline, this could be a real conversation between two biotech companies that have just met. Today...
read moreTransparency Life Sciences: Open-source pharma
Transparency Life Sciences is a new company that seeks to use open innovation to promote greater efficiency and productivity and lower the cost the development of new pharmaceuticals, as well as produce more pharmaceuticals targeted towards unmet medical needs. Open innovation has successfully been used in the technology to develop computer software and the operating system Linux, so why not medicine? According to the founder and CEO of Transparency Life Sciences,...
read moreInnovator Spotlight: When I grow up I want to be…
Teresa Gonzalo has linked her vocation as a researcher with a doctorate in Biomedicine with the ambition to release products conceived in the laboratory to benefit society. The need to develop a business plan to transform the market in product innovation motivated Teresa to found and direct a spin-off from her university: Ambiox Biotech. The company’s objective is to curb the impact of AIDS with a nanotechnology-based microbicidal gel that enables individuals to...
read moreInnovator Spotlight: Outside innovation in health care
Elena de Benavides, CEO of the International Institute of Phlebology S.L., is an economist by training and a specialist in Health Economics and Management of Healthcare Organizations. She is also one of the winners of Spain’s 2011TR35 competition, which is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s prize in recognition of top innovators under 35. At the end of last year, the latest World Marketing Forum 3.0 took place in Madrid, in which the present environment...
read moreMeet Glooko: Diabetes Monitoring on an iPhone
It has become evident that in today’s world, technology is advancing rapidly even as we speak. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a great example of how entrepreneurs are building “not for today but for the future,” which was apparent in this years showcase. A key issue in these conferences is finding a linkage between health and the use of technology to essentially help people live longer. One company that stood out in this year’s conference is, Glooko,...
read moreInnovator Spotlight: Pharma Taking Open Innovation Medicine
Teresa Gonzalo has linked her vocation as a researcher with a doctorate in Biomedicine with the ambition to release products conceived in the laboratory to benefit society. The need to develop a business plan to transform the market in product innovation motivated Teresa to found and direct a spin-off from her university: Ambiox Biotech. The company’s objective is to curb the impact of AIDS with a nanotechnology-based microbicidal gel that enables individuals to...
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