14. Mastering Impact: Taking Innovation from the Lab to the Market⁠

What are the trends on the market for medical technologies and medical devices in the neuro space? How much of the impressive innovation coming out of the labs carries the promise of making impact on the lives of patients? In this episode of NeuroCentury, Paweł Świeboda talks to Enric Claverol-Tinturé, Programme Manager for Medical Technologies and Medical Devices at the European Innovation Council, the EU’s prime vehicle for funding breakthrough innovation. Enric is well versed in all matters neuro. He has a PhD degree in engineering and neuroscience and worked as scientist at the California Institute of Technology and the Barcelona-based Bioengineering Research Centre. He then run a spin-off company and founded a technology start-up. Enric’s ample experience in funding innovation includes his tenure as Director General of the Catalonia Foundation for R&I and the current pivotal role at the EIC. Paweł and Enric discuss promising developments in neuro-electronics and neurotechnology more broadly. They reflect on how interdisciplinary collaboration can be further encouraged, so as to leverage advances in compact electronics, powerful computation and brain medicine. Enric explains what type of projects the EIC looks for and what entrepreneurial researchers as well as current and future founders should consider when preparing to apply for an EIC grant. #neurocentury #neurotechnology #neuroscience ________________ neurocentury.com Music for the NeuroCentury podcast is composed by Rafał Kulczycki