Projects

Digital literacy enables up-to-date sleep medicine in inclusive healthcare

Project eSleep_dHealth will transform 3 European universities into drivers of social innovations in the field of digital healthcare and digital sleep medicine. Students will engage in the co-design of social innovation interventions with the elderly population, a vulnerable group that is lagging behind in benefiting from the rapid development of digital medicine. For this, we need to increase the digital literacy of the vulnerable group to achieve true co-creation of social innovation.

Development of a business accelerator for health technologies

About the project: The project “Development of a Business Accelerator for Health Technologies” addresses the insufficient connection between the healthcare and IT sectors by introducing sector-specific services for business networking and building entrepreneurial capacities, knowledge, and skills of SMEs in the IT sector to develop innovative solutions in healthcare. Project activities include a three-month accelerator programme, organization of a Demo Day, and provision of advisory, infrastructural, and mentoring support to SMEs and selected startup teams, thus helping to bridge the gap between these two sectors, develop innovative services and products, and create a more favourable environment for IT entrepreneurship development.

Network of Entrepreneurial Support Institutions – BOND Network

We are members of the Network of Business Support Organizations – the BOND Network. The BOND Network represents a platform for the overall development of capacities and quality of services provided by business support institutions and offers entrepreneurs unified access to business knowledge, skills, partners, information, and services crucial for starting and developing a business. The network was established as a result of activities carried out within the project of developing the business support organizations network. Currently, it gathers 96 members – development agencies, entrepreneurial centers, business incubators, business accelerators, science and technology parks, and competence centers.

EIT Drive

The EIT Health Drive programme equips participants with essential skills for health and life sciences innovation, offering access to leading European entrepreneurship ecosystems and facilitating collaboration with diverse stakeholders. It customizes acceleration to regional needs, enhancing technology transfer and health innovation. Building on this, the NetHub Catalyst programme provides nine months of personalized mentorship, connecting participants with experienced mentors to transform research ideas into successful businesses. This initiative fosters the creation of new health technologies, aiming to address unmet medical needs and improve patient outcomes.

Cross-Border HealthTech Venture Builder

The Cross-Border HealthTech Venture Builder project aims to strengthen healthcare innovation in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro by designing a cross-border Venture Building programme. It will connect MedTech companies and healthcare providers to co-develop new solutions, initially focusing on orthopedics and later expanding to other areas.

INVITE

The INVITE project will drive advancements in digital healthcare education and foster social innovation across Europe. Supported by the Erasmus+ Programme, this initiative is focused on increasing digital skills and healthcare competencies among teachers and students in vocational medical schools. By empowering these institutions, INVITE aims to address healthcare disparities and strengthen community support for vulnerable populations.

EU4MEDTECH

EU4MEDTECH (European Framework for Advanced Medical Technology Evaluation and Follow-up) is a Horizon Europe project dedicated to strengthening how high-risk and innovative medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices are evaluated and regulated across Europe. The project is developing the EU4MEDTECH Framework, a lifecycle-based approach to clinical and performance evidence generation, evaluation, and validation, supported by a digital platform designed to provide user-friendly tools for relevant stakeholders and streamline regulatory processes across pre-market and post-market stages.

UNCAN-Connect

The UNCAN-Connect project (Decentralized Collaborative Network for Advancing Cancer Research and Innovation) is developing a decentralised, secure and interoperable ecosystem for accessing and reusing cancer data across Europe. This Horizon Europe project is building an open-source UNCAN.eu platform and validating it through six major cancer use cases: paediatric, lymphoid, pancreatic, ovarian, lung and prostate cancers. By enabling better data integration and cross-sector collaboration, UNCAN-Connect supports the EU Cancer Mission’s goal of improving outcomes for patients.

SPIN

NetHub is a partner on Research and Development of Microencapsulated Pollen for the Modulation of Small Intestine Microbiota project, responsible for for validating the concept and preparing a feasibility study. The project focuses on developing microencapsulated corn poppy pollen, an innovative dietary supplement aimed at alleviating symptoms of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). By using advanced microencapsulation technology, the stability and targeted release of bioactive compounds are ensured, enabling greater effectiveness compared to probiotics and prebiotics. This disruptive innovation contributes to the advancement of personalized medicine and strengthens the health innovation ecosystem in Adriatic Croatia.

British Embassy

The Adriatic Croatia-UK Healthtech project connects key healthcare stakeholders from Croatia and the UK to strengthen collaboration, promote knowledge exchange, and support the commercialization of healthcare innovations. Through activities like the Adria HealthTech Conference, the project fosters cross-border dialogue and partnerships, aiming to bridge gaps between academia, industry, and healthcare providers. The conference brings together diverse stakeholders to create opportunities for networking, spark new collaborations, and showcase innovative healthcare solutions. Additionally, matchmaking between research groups and SMEs from both countries will support the formation of consortia for Horizon Europe applications, with at least seven new collaborative proposals expected to emerge from these connections.

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