GE Healthcare, the US$18 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC), a multi-disciplinary R&D center of IIT Madras today announced a three-year collaborative research and development agreement for innovating a range of disruptive and affordable healthcare solutions.

Commenting on the partnership, Terri Bresenham, President & CEO, GE Healthcare, South Asia, said, We at GE Healthcare are at work for a healthier India through development of innovative and affordable technology solutions. Accelerating innovation for affordable healthcare requires an ecosystem of partners and collaborative efforts by all stakeholders. We firmly believe that the ideas and innovations developed by the next generation of researchers will be an added benefit to the healthcare ecosystem. This collaboration between HTIC and GE Healthcare will bring together start-up dynamism and corporate scalability to healthcare innovations while putting the unserved customer at the centre of healthcare innovation.

Dr. Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, Head, Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre, IIT-Madras said, We at HTIC believe that a collaborative ecosystem is essential for innovative and disruptive solutions for affordable and accessible healthcare. HTIC today anchors a dynamic med-tech innovation ecosystem of healthcare institutions, industry and government agencies in pursuit of delivering high impact healthcare technologies. We are pleased to join hands with GE Healthcare, a healthcare technology leader with tremendous knowledge on disruptive innovations. Together, we look forward to develop a pool of affordable and accessible technologies & solutions that create large impact in healthcare in India, and the world.

This initiative will address the unmet and unvoiced needs in the areas of mother and child health, cardiology and cancer. GE will provide a grant of Rs. 75 Lakhs to HTIC towards research and development of these disruptive solutions that can benefit all emerging markets. The collaboration will encourage open innovation and leverage co-creation of solutions with the involvement of multiple stakeholders such as academia, start-ups, governments, NGOs and clinicians to achieve these goals.

IIT Madras is proud that HTIC is partnering with GE Healthcare to address the challenges of unmet healthcare needs in India and other similar emerging economies. We need to take a completely new approach to screening, diagnosis and treatment in order to make healthcare affordable and universally accessible, said Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras.

Making Healthcare accessible and affordable is a global challenge and requires a unique approach. Last year, during a very brief visit to the Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC) at the IIT Madras research park, I was impressed with the work and caliber of the organization. I am extremely delighted with this partnership and am excited about the potential impact of the joint work in the Healthcare segment. said, Gopichand Katragadda, Managing Director, John F Welch Technology Center.

This partnership will combine HTICs Med Tech innovation ecosystem and GE Healthcares deep expertise in bringing disruptive innovations to address healthcares biggest challenges

– ENDS –

Like

Dislike

Be a part of Elets Collaborative Initiatives. Join Us for Upcoming Events and explore business opportunities. Like us on Facebook , connect with us on LinkedIn and follow us on Twitter , Instagram.