Polish startups master the medtech market - "Top Disruptors in Healthcare 2022" report
Enrolment is now open for the next edition of the "Top Disruptors in Healthcare - an overview of innovative medical start-ups in Poland" report, which is produced by the Polish Federation of Hospitals, by its team Young Medical Managers and the company inHealth. It is the only report in Poland to inventory the Polish medtech market.
One of the main goals of the Report is to help facilitate collaboration between startups and other entities - investors, medical entities, partners and end customers. This year's edition will be distinguished by in-depth research statistics, taking into account the current needs of the start-up, information about the solution and organisation, problems, the team, financing and international expansion. It will be published in both Polish and English.
– More and more revolutionary medical solutions are appearing on the market that are impacting the healthcare sector, not only in Poland but also abroad. However, there is still an information gap that prevents startups from developing further. The report aims to bridge this gap by providing access to full and structured knowledge on modern technological solutions, whose implementation in healthcare entities and assistance in obtaining funding for further research and development will contribute to supporting the innovation ecosystem and improving the quality of services provided to patients, saving thousands of lives - says Ligia Kornowska, Managing Director of the Polish Federation of Hospitals. – By creating a publicly available Report, we want to provide access to reliable, comprehensive knowledge on the medical start-up market and modern medical technology - he adds.
Despite the information gap that exists in the medical market, it is extremely positive that nearly 70% startups create their solutions in partnership with hospitals. The openness of hospitals to implementing innovations and cooperating with young companies will certainly influence the speed of adoption of solutions in the healthcare sector and the level of market readiness of solutions presented by Polish startups, which are already characterised by a high level of development. In 2021, 90% of them had a marketable product at the level of at least MVP (Minimum Viable Product), with more than half of the respondents already offering their product commercially on the market. Just over 60 startups announced plans to internationalise their product. A very positive factor was that as many as 1/3 of those surveyed were already active on foreign marketsThis includes signed letters of intent, signed commercial contracts or registered revenue. This indicates that Polish start-ups are realising that the domestic market is too small or difficult to access to achieve significant success.
Last year's edition of the Report
The "Top Disruptors in Healthcare 2021" report was met with great success - it was attended by 115 medical start-ups, also received the patronage of more than 50 institutions, including the support of 11 public entities, key in the medical community and supporting innovation. The results presented in both the first and second editions have been referenced at numerous industry conferences and in numerous scientific publications. Experts commenting on the innovative impact of the Report included Radosław Sierpiński, President of the Medical Research Agency, Maciej Kawecki, Chairman of the Board of the Poland of the Future Institute, as well as Małgorzata Oleszczuk, President of the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development.
An important objective of the Report, which the creators also want to pursue this year, is to identify startups offering solutions that can contribute to the fight against the COVID - 19 pandemic and its long-term effects. According to statistics from last year's edition, only 12% startups indicated that the pandemic had not affected their business.
– The medical start-up market in Poland has been characterised by rapid development and growing potential in recent years, particularly in the area of medical innovation. Most start-ups in the second edition of the Report presented solutions operating in telemedicine, supported by artificial intelligence or developing in the field of collecting and processing medical data. By bringing together the most important information about start-ups, the Report has the potential to contribute to the development of new medical technologies and the popularisation of their use, which will affect the quality of patient care. - indicates Karolina Kornowska, Coordinator of the 3rd edition of the Report.
The 3rd edition of the Report will be published at the international AI in Health Conference in June 2022. The Main Partner of this year's edition of the Report is Google for Startups. The report has also received the patronage of the Medical Research Agency, the Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Research and Development, among others.
Contact with twóhe Report's authors
Organisations interested in cooperation and startups willing to participate in the 3rd edition of the Report are invited to contact Karolina Kornowska, Coordinator of the 3rd edition of the 'Top Disruptors in Healthcare' Report, at the e-mail address: karolina.kornowska@wzdrowiu.com
Last year's edition of the Report is available via this link: http://www.pfsz.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Top-Disruptors-in-Healthcare.pdf
The Institute for Patient Rights and Health Education has taken the report 'Top Disruptors in Healthcare - an overview of innovative medical start-ups in Poland' under its patronage.