Biocat has experience in accelerating healthcare projects and developing talent since 2008. In 10 years, Biocat has invested over €11 million, distributed in 300 programs attended by more than 2,300 students. By leveraging its expert, industry experienced, staff and extended network, Biocat has successfully accelerated 96 life sciences projects that generated 300 new job positions, increased the rate of successful commercialization and reduced the time to next phase. In 2013, in order to increase the impact of these strategic activities. Biocat launched Moebio, a new initiative that brings together diferent training programs to accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation in healthcare, that counts with the support of EIT Health. Moebio is ranked as one of the top accelerators in Europe according to rankings by Digitalhealth.careers, Mobile World Capital, Tech EU and HealthStartup. Design Health Barcelona (d·HEALTH Barcelona) is a 9-month postgraduate program to develop entrepreneurs and future leaders in healthcare innovation. The course, based on the prestigious Stanford University's Biodesign Fellowship, has a needs-driven innovation focus and it guides multidisciplinary groups of students through a full cycle of innovation, from needs identification to designing and prototyping a viable solution, as well as searching for funding. www.moebio.org

1. d·HEALTH Barcelona
#dHEALTHbcn
2019

2. NEEDS
Driven Innovation
TECHNOLOGY
Driven Innovation
NEW
5
YEARS
PARTNERS:PARTNERS:
MOEBIO INITIATIVE
In 2013, Biocat launched Moebio an initiativethat brings together diferent
acceleration programs, two of them included within the EIT Health portfolio:
TRAINING
Medtech focus

3. d·HEALTH BARCELONA: THE PROGRAM
 A 9-month full-time postgraduate program
 From January to November (Graduation
Day, October 30th)
 EIT HEALTH: Clinical Innovation
Fellowship
THE PROGRAM
 LEITMOTIV: Experience a full cycle of
innovation in lifescience
 Main goals:
 Develop talent
 Powerful projects
 Strong ecosystem
GOALS

4. Disrupting the traditional educational model

5. Joining successful methodologies to enrich medtech innovation
BIODESIGN CREATIVE LEADERSHIPLEAN STARTUP
A process to innovate
in medtech
A methodology to being
less wasteful and still
doing things that are big
An approach to leading
& soft skills

6. MULTIPLE INPUTS, THEN FILTER
FILTER1 FILTER2
BRAINST ORMING
1.1. Need
Finding
1.2. Need
Screeening
2.1. Concept
Generation
2.2. Concept
Selection
PROJECT

7. THE NEEDS: AN ECOSYSTEMIC PROGRAM
30% Hospitalimprovement needs
10% Scientificdiscovery needs
Business
needs60%
Start-up
Opportunities
170
15
1

8. Discovering, understanding & reformulating unmet clinical needs to transform them into
valuable knowledge
The teams develop a deep analysis on the final top 12 needs selected
Information included in the report:
 Definition of the problem (data on
prevalence, incidence…)
 Clinical impact (cost of the clinical
problem…)
 Analysis on the current solutions
(analysis of current treatments, risk and
benefits of each of them, unmet needs
of the current solutions, weaknesses of
the current treatments and potential
opportunities of innovation…)
 Stakeholder analysis
THE NEEDS

9. ONE OF THE 4 BIODESIGN PROGRAMS IN EUROPE
Ireland
Barcelona
Denmark
Sweden
INNOVATION FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS
OF EIT HEALTH
 Exchanges of fellows
between programs
 Network at European
level
 Interactions with
fellows and alumni
with experience in the
field

10. BENEFITS AND OUTCOMES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS
• A holistic understanding of the healthcareindustry
• Start-up and business skills plus leadershipdevelopment
• Prototyping (MVP) showcasing and fundraising hands-onexperience
• A global network of accelerators,partners, mentors and potential customers
• Exposure& connections to BAs, VCs and potential clients in Europeand beyond

11. OUTCOMES OF 5 EDITIONS
50 fellows5 editions 12 projects
5 ongoing
projects
4 hospitals
11 clinical
areas
1 product in
the market
120 people
trained

12. 11 CLINICAL AREAS IN 5 YEARS
Cardiology Endocrinology,
Diabetes, Nutrition
Gynaecology
& Obstetrics
Neonatology
Functional
Rehabilitation
Gastroenterology
& Hepatology
Nephrology
& Urology
Ophthalmology
RespiratoryBrain damage
Rehabilitation
General
surgery

13. COMPANIES RECRUITING OUR FELLOWS
90% of our fellows find a job in the healthcare sector right after the program

14. PROJECTS RUN BY OUR FELLOWS

15. Enlarging the impact to new hospitals
4 hospitals in the loop with the aim of having 6 in a rotation model
NEW

16. NEEDS REPORT 1st ROW SEATS PREMIUM
Needs prospect report
Consultancy (fellows and d·HEALTH team)
Seats in Top 12 and Top 50 meetings
Private interaction with d·HEALTH team and
hospital professionals
Choose clinical area
Access to the needs identified on a weekly basis
(250-300 needs)
Feedback of the needs by the Fellowship Director
Opportunity to follow the final selected project by
the fellows
Short programs training and Brand recognition
Collaboration opportunities

17. PREMIUM - A pilot experience in 2018
CLINICAL AREA
• Choose clinical area of
interest to study during the
program in one of the three
hospitals of 2018 edition
(Hospital Sant Joan de
Déu, Hospital Clínic,
Hospital Vall d’Hebron)
NEEDS
• Access to 250-300 needs
• Feedback of the needs by the
Fellowship Director (MIT
fellow, US-based)
• Follow-up with the fellows
TRAINING
• Access for two
people to “Short
Programs
VISIBILITY
• In all Moebio d·HEALTH
marketing materials
NETWORK
• Relevant stakeholders
and KOLs
• Access to talent

18. FIRST ROW SEATS
OTHER
BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
BRAND
RECOGNITION
TRAINING
• Attendance to Top 50 and Top 12 meetings between the fellows and the
healthcare professionals and Private interaction with them
• Invitations to attend 5 sessions of the training package opened to the ecosystem:
the Short Programs
• Visibility in all d·HEALTH marketing materials (website, leaflets, e-mailings,
social media, press releases and events)

19. NEEDS REPORT - Neurorehabilitation post-ictus needs
Need statement
• A way to early differentiate between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the ambulance in
order to reduce the following effects
• A way to measure neurons death in stroke patients circulation in order to predict recovery
Problem analysis
• A way to alert high risk patients
that they are suffering an infarct in
order to start treatment faster,
reducing mortality

20. PARTNERS
INSPIRED BY:
COLLABORATOR HOSPITALS:
INDUSTRY PARTNER:
INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP OF:
COLLABORATORS:

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