Brainy Innovation Tips from Edward Kliphuis, Investment Director with Merck Ventures

By Alvaro Fernandez | August 1, 2017

Ques­tion: Edward, please share 1–2 major brain health needs you observe right now whose solu­tion demands a cre­ative and sig­nif­i­cant tech-enabled inno­va­tion. Answer: We need to tar­get depres­sion, stress and fatigue in a quan­tifi­able man­ner (ie. no well­­ness-like claims, but real data sup­port­ing an improve­ment in the afore­men­tioned indi­ca­tions). Treat­ments and ear­ly detec­tion too. Also, ways…

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Save the Date: Reinventing Brain Health at 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit — December 6–8th, 2016

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 15, 2016

Dear col­league, The 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit will take place on Decem­ber 6–8th, 2016, and fea­ture over 30 of the world’s top sci­en­tists, inno­va­tors and experts work­ing on ways to rein­vent brain health in light of emerg­ing sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, soci­etal needs and mar­ket demand. A dis­tin­guished Steer­ing Com­mit­tee will shape the Sum­mit Agen­da and Speak­er Ros­ter over the…

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