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As Halo's first customer, Baxter has always been an early adopter in R&D partnering. Matt Muller (Applied Innovation at Baxter) shared takeaways from Baxter's kidney dialysis research engagements on Halo, including surprising new partners.
"By conducting a pilot with a startup, large organizations can mitigate risk through a small, controlled test of existing technology applied to their customers and start to show the exciting opportunities that are possible."
Baxter is a Fortune 500 medical device and healthcare company and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of home dialysis machines. Today, Baxter must ship 900 pounds of dialysis solution to every patient each month. Last year Baxter posted...
A 20+ year veteran of global ag giant Syngenta, Stuart Harrison, Phd heads up the company's R&D partnerships and open innovation strategy. Ahead of the World Agri-tech Innovation Summit, where three finalists from Syngenta’s latest startup challenge...
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Out of over 600 proposals from nearly 40 countries, Dr. Elizabeth Skellam’s proposal on fungi as a biocontrol agent was one of 24 projects funded by Bayer’s Grants4Ag initiative. As a researcher based at the University of North Texas (UNT), this...
It’s no news that plastics and packaging are driving the global waste crisis, but VCs see this challenge as a unique investment opportunity. To learn more about the role of venture capital in developing sustainable innovations for plastics and...
Sustainability has taken center stage in the past year. The Biden administration recently reentered the US into the Paris Agreement and committed to reduce carbon emissions at the Climate Summit 2021 Conference. The administration is also doubling...
Halo CEO Kevin Leland and Bayer Open Innovation Lead Phil Taylor sat down with Village Global Co-Founder and Partner Erik Torenberg for a new episode of the VC firm’s podcast series, Venture Stories. The three gathered to discuss the evolution of...