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MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative
Lo: How Should Vaccines Be Financed?
Vaccines are an especially risky proposition for pharmaceutical manufacturers since the costs are higher than for other types of drugs and demand could drop drastically once a crisis is over.
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Entrepreneurship
MIT Sloan to host conference in London on accelerating growth in the developing world
Legatum Center event will focus on development, entrepreneurship and finance
Nov 15, 2016
Ideas Made to Matter
Venture Capital
7 MIT-spun ventures driving prosperity in emerging markets
From professional education courses to mobile apps that monitor crop yields, these startups aim to kick-start innovation ecosystems across the globe.
Jun 12, 2024
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Entrepreneurship
Legatum Foundry Fellowship for entrepreneurs in Africa launches
Fellowship applications open on May 3, 2021 for entrepreneurs working and living in Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda.
May 3, 2021
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Data
Crowdsourcing to better forecast drug approvals
Researchers launched an in-house Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) challenge to beat MIT’s machine-learning models for predicting clinical trial outcomes. The results are now available.
Jul 20, 2021
Ideas Made to Matter
Entrepreneurship
How Nobel laureate Maria Ressa pivoted under pressure
Maria Ressa built a successful media startup — and exposed human rights issues — while fighting disinformation and attacks from the Philippine government.
Nov 24, 2021
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Growing importance of academia in accelerating biomedical innovation
MIT researchers have developed a methodology for systematically tracking the outcomes of academic licensing transactions as a means of increasing funding to bridging the “valley of death.”
Mar 11, 2021