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Merck and 5-HT Digital Hub intensify their partnership

The partnership between 5-HT and the Merck Group based in Darmstadt has already started in 2019 with the intention to foster digital innovation and to combine our efforts to boost entrepreneurial, innovative thinking and acting in the chemical and health sectors.  

A remote monitoring solution for home and outpatient pediatric care

Worldwide, 17-23% of children are chronically ill and require continuous medication. In disease areas such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, arthritis, type 1 diabetes, asthma - not to mention rare diseases - there is little real-world clinical data from caring parents who need to give these medications to their children on a regular basis. 5-HT X-Linker "Digital Health for Pharma" alumni Symba Health is addressing this very problem by collecting this critical data with parents and children.

Group therapy for like-minded people with peers

Sustaining our own mental health is a lifelong journey. Founded in 2022 by Julia Maria Rüttgers, Philippe Driessen and Sophie Schürmann, the Aachen-based startup peers. uses the power of humanity to provide mutual mental support. Here, the users are accompanied by real psychologists. 

Take a selfie, know your healthie!™

NuraLogix is one of Canada’s fastest rising tech companies whose sole vision is to bring their patented science-backed health wellness analytics software products to the market.

With AI software for efficient bioprocess development

The development of a new drug goes through many stages. It usually takes more than 13 years from the idea to the first approval. Helsinki, Finland-based startup AnalysisMode (Fibo Labs Ltd) aims to reduce these lengthy processes to enable more capacity, lower costs and accessible medical treatments.

Less bureaucracy in everyday care through the digitization of healthcare

People in need of care and their relatives know how bureaucratic, tedious and lengthy the application process for care is in Germany. With its DeinePflege.de platform, the health startup DeinePflege supports those affected on the path to the best care for them - uncomplicated, fast and accessible.

enna enables everyone to use the internet

Munich-based startup enna, founded in 2020, enables people with little online experience to independently access digital services such as communication, entertainment or support.

Five questions with X-linker Alumni Malthe Muff from Inniti

Founded in 2017 after realizing the lack of modular automation solutions in chemistry laboratories, the Danish startup is providing laboratory professionals with a solution for automating the design, execution, and documentation of experiments. In an Interview with 5-HT Malthe Muff talks about Inniti´s participation at the 5-HT X-Linker 2021 and 5-HT X-Linker: Smart Production, Inniti´s solution for digitalizing laboratories and working together with 5-HT.

Uma - Ready for anything to come

Pregnancy is always something very special and, above all, individual. Unfortunately, countless women struggle with confusing and contradictory information during the course of their pregnancy. Our network startup uma is now proactively countering this with the app of the same name.

AI-Enabled Cognitive Assessment by Stimulated Brain Activity

Vistim Labs is a data science company using cleared medical devices to provide the world's first cognitive evaluation by brain analysis. “In detecting the first signs of neurological disorders, we accelerate patient access to care,” explains CEO James Hamet.

Improving Brain Health with OptiChronix

Founded in 2020 and located in Schönenbuch, Switzerland, the American-Swiss Digital Health company OptiChroni improves brain health with paired digital health apps. Therefore, our ecosystem startup provides a late life dementia risk predictor, continuous screening for cognitive change and focusses on modifiable factors in ones lifestyle and current health status.

How Lifespin revolutionizes the diagnosis of diseases with metabolic information and artificial intelligence

All living organisms have a metabolism. Because diseases always affect it, they are detected directly here. Health startup Lifespin, based in Regensburg, Germany, is taking advantage of this by developing a software-as-a-service solution for general health assessment and faster disease diagnosis.

Empowering neurological patients through acceleration in research

There's one phone call that Neeraj Kothari, co-founder and co-CEO of Cogniant, will likely remember for the rest of his life. In the phone call, the strange voice informed him that it had found his grandfather, who had Alzheimer's disease.

Speech based biomarkers as innovation drivers in medical processes

What does speech say about us and how can automated speech analysis help in diagnostics and early detection of various diseases? The health startup ki:elements has developed an answer.

Trialflow enables faster planning and completion of clinical trials

Clinical trials need to be faster, smarter and more efficient so that millions of people can receive urgently needed treatments more quickly. Münster-based startup Trialflow, founded in 2020, ensures this by creating the basis for clinical trials to be planned and conducted more efficiently with its digital platform.