Siemens Healthineers to Tap Into the Thriving Indian Healthcare Startup Ecosystem

In an interaction with ETHealthworld, Gerd Hoefner, MD & President, Siemens Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., discusses the Convergence of various startup technologies that can truly enlighten the digital marketplace.

With digital transformation in med-tech industry, how will you help these startups bringing their product to the market?

NASSCOM has been instrumental in establishing the Indian startup ecosystem. This collaboration will help us in nurturing and supporting innovation in healthcare. Startups will benefit from the global experience of the Siemens Healthineers Technology Accelerator and will have an opportunity to enter pilots, clinical validations, and commercial partnerships with our business lines globally.

The purpose here is to onboard relevant startups to Siemens Healthineers digital marketplace where customers can discover, try, get quotations on curated set of third-party solutions. They will have access to Siemens Healthineers platforms, tools and data to further mature their solutions. We will also be providing mentorship on specific domains and offer expertise, for example, clinical know-how, regulatory and IP approach to accelerate time-to-market their solutions.

How is this announcement going to help the healthcare/med-tech industry?

NASSCOM has revolutionized the whole startup ecosystem in India and has been instrumental in bringing all stakeholders such as the government, organizations, startups, academia together and growing it to the third largest in the world. The Center of Excellence in IoT and AI is the largest deep tech innovation hub (in the areas of AI, IoT, Blockchain, robotics, 3D printing etc.) in India. Siemens Healthineers is a pioneer in medical technology with a long history of breakthrough innovations in the areas of precision medicine, imaging, diagnostics, digital health. We also bring a rich experience of nurturing and collaborating with startups in various geographies.