The document discusses the Health care Innovation Collaborative, which brought together companies and universities in Philadelphia to spur health care innovation in the region. It received 115 proposals for collaboration, 75% from the Philadelphia area and mostly from startups. Its goals included efficiently sharing needs and opportunities, providing startups resources to test and evaluate products, and attracting capital and talent to the region to accelerate growth. The most important outcomes would be securing capital, finding customers, developing infrastructure, and attracting talent. It concludes that continuing collaboration between diverse stakeholders while focusing on connecting groups and involving consumers can help drive innovation.

1. Frenemies: When Competitors
Collaborate, The Region Wins
Keith Marmer
Director, Health care Innovation
Collaborative

2. “If only the companies and
universities in my town would
just…”

3. “If I got the companies and
universities in my town to
collaborate I would define
success as…”

4. Health care Innovation Collaborative

5. Health care Innovation Collaborative
• Founding vision: Philadelphia will become the
global hub for health care innovation
• Interviews with the c-suite
• “Open Call” for innovation
– 115 proposals
– 75% from Philadelphia region
– 2/3 from start-ups
• Demo day
• Working groups
• “Share & Tell”

6. What are the most important goals
• Efficiently communicate needs and opportunities
• Develop the baseline information and evidence needed by start-ups
• Enable start-ups to efficiently secure input and feedback on market
requirements
• Establish an environment for the testing and evaluation of innovative
products and services
• Facilitate the capital needed to support product testing
• Recruit capital to seed start-ups
• Leverage and support the region’s existing initiatives and resources
• Attract and retain human and financial capital
• Accelerate employment growth, innovation and modernization
• Identify collaborative opportunities that support industry growth
• Market and communicate the assets, successes and opportunities of the
region

7. What are the most important
outcomes
• Capital
• Customers
• Infrastructure
• Talent

8. Takeaways
• We’re still around the table
• Trust
• Diversity of stakeholders
• The role of connector
• Consumers of innovation (the “customer”)