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AWS Health Innovation Podcast
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September 24, 2024#102, Decoding Human Biology with Single-Cell Insights, with Lindsay Edwards from Relation In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, host Yin He, Principal Business Development for Healthcare & Life Sciences Startups at AWS, sits down with Lindsay Edwards, CTO and President of Platform at Relation, a biotech company leveraging single-cell multi-omics, machine learning, and clinical insights to develop transformational medicines.
1. What is Relation's unconventional approach to drug discovery?
- Lindsay Edwards, a former musician turned drug hunter, embodies Relation's bold mission to transform drug discovery through multidisciplinary expertise bridging biology, data science, and creative intuition.
- Relation harnesses human genetic insights and single-cell data to pinpoint superior drug targets, addressing a critical bottleneck in pharmaceutical R&D.
2. How does Relation integrate lab experiments and machine learning?
- Relation's "Lab-in-the-Loop" approach tightly integrates wet lab experiments with machine learning, iteratively refining models that map genetic variation to disease mechanisms.
- Interdisciplinary collaboration between biologists, data scientists, and computational experts catalyzes this symbiosis of lab and AI.
3. How does Relation's initial focus in developing precision medicines for osteoporosis open opportunities in other therapuetic areas?
- By studying osteoblasts and genetic determinants of bone density, Relation aims to develop anabolic therapies driving new bone growth, addressing the large unmet need in osteoporosis with precision medicine.
- Their traction in osteoporosis shows how Relation can apply biological signals to improve machine learning modeling, uncover novel therapeutic targets.
To learn more about Relation and their transformative approach to drug discovery, visit their website: https://www.relationrx.com/
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...more September 17, 2024#101, Improving Lab Workflows with Robotics and AI, Mostafa ElSayed of Automata In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, Yin He, Principal Business Development for Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups at AWS, sits down with Mostafa ElSayed, Co-founder and CEO of Automata, a company revolutionizing the way scientists work in labs by providing a full-stack solution for lab automation.
- How does Automata's LINQ platform streamline drug discovery workflows?
- Automata's LINQ platform integrates robotics, instruments, and cloud software, addressing inefficiencies in life sciences labs. As a modular "work cell", it captures structured data to accelerate collaboration and time-to-market for therapeutics.
- What inspired Mostafa ElSayed's vision for Automata?
- Mostafa ElSayed's background in architecture sparked an interest in robotics, leading him to co-found Automata and pioneer a full-stack lab automation solution. His vision fuses design principles with cutting-edge technology to transform drug R&D.
- What does ElSayed envision for the future of drug discovery?
- ElSayed envisions AI-driven drug discovery becoming the norm within a decade, with a shift towards computational "in silico" approaches over lab-based "in vitro" methods. Robust data and transparency will increase confidence in clinical candidates.
- How does Automata balance product vision with user feedback?
- Automata balances product vision with user feedback, investing heavily in hardware modularity, software UX/UI, and developer experience. Design drives customer success by optimizing different user journeys through an experience lens.
To learn more about Automata and their innovative lab automation solutions, visit https://automata.tech/.
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...more August 30, 2024#100, Enabling Personalized Medicine with Virtual Biopsies, Rajarshi Banerjee from Perspectum In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, Amrita Sarkar, Principal Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services, sits down with Rajarshi Banerjee, aka 'Banjo', the CEO of Perspectum, a company revolutionizing the way we diagnose and monitor chronic diseases. Perspectum's medical imaging software applies artificial intelligence to enhance MRI scans, providing greater precision in measuring organ inflammation and enabling non-invasive "virtual biopsies" to avoid complications associated with invasive approaches.
- How did Perspectum's innovative approach to medical imaging originate?
- During his PhD research on cardiac MRI at Oxford, Banjo developed non-invasive tissue characterization methods. This led to creating Liver MultiScan, addressing the massive need for non-invasive liver disease diagnosis.
- What is Perspectum's vision for personalized medicine, and how are they working towards it?
- Perspectum strategically expanded beyond liver disease to conditions like long COVID, diabetes, and cancer, aligning with their vision for personalized medicine. They collaborate transparently across ethnicities and geographies to address healthcare inequities.
- How has Perspectum's user-friendly approach contributed to the adoption of their solutions?
- Perspectum designed FDA-cleared reports to effectively communicate liver disease status, replacing invasive biopsies with non-invasive LiverMultiScan in early-stage clinical trials. Their solutions influenced regulatory decisions and diagnostic criteria.
- How does Perspectum prioritize data security and privacy in their solutions?
- Meeting stringent cybersecurity standards from early collaborations with U.S. military hospitals, Perspectum emphasizes standardizing and signposting cybersecurity requirements for safe AI healthcare delivery. Their software augments physicians' capabilities while ensuring patient communication.
- What insights does Banjo share about fostering an entrepreneurial mindset and driving innovation?
- Inspired by his mother's pioneering work in computing, Banjo encourages entrepreneurs to embrace making their own mistakes. Perspectum envisions improving patient outcomes through safer procedures, faster diagnoses, and multi-organ disease analysis capabilities.
- In what conditions has Perspectum's non-invasive AI powered scans been shown to facilitate safer assessment and monitoring?
- Diabetes: Quantitative Imaging Reveals Steatosis and Fibroinflammation in Multiple Organs in People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Real-World Study
- Liver disease: Tirzepatide for Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatohepatitis with Liver Fibrosisy
- Liver transplant care: MRI-serum-based score accurately identifies liver transplant patients without rejection avoiding need for liver biopsy: A multisite European study
- Cancer: Novel multiparametric MRI detects improved future liver remnant quality post-dual vein embolization
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...more August 20, 2024#99, Soothing Cries & Saving Lives with Innovative Baby Tech, Dr. Harvey Karp from Happiest Baby In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, Yin He, Principal Business Development for Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups at AWS, interviews Dr. Harvey Karp, Founder and CEO of Happiest Baby, the company behind the SNOO Smart Sleeper - a robotic bassinet designed to calm fussing infants and establish healthy sleep patterns.
- How did Dr. Karp's experience as a pediatrician lead to the creation of the SNOO?
- As a pediatrician and child development expert, Dr. Karp witnessed firsthand the challenges parents face with excessive infant crying and sleep deprivation. His quest to soothe colic and promote healthy sleep led him to develop the SNOO, a smart bassinet that mimics the womb environment by responding to fussing with gentle rocking and soothing sounds.
- What makes the SNOO a groundbreaking product in the healthcare industry?
- In a pioneering move, the SNOO bassinet received FDA de novo approval in March 2023 as a medical device, making it the first smart crib to achieve this status. This clearance paves the way for insurance coverage and rental programs, aligning with Karp's vision of making this technology accessible to families through employer benefits and other initiatives.
- What challenges did Dr. Karp face in bringing the SNOO to market?
- Transforming the SNOO concept into a viable product took over two years of engineering challenges to create a smooth, quiet rocking motion. Despite funding obstacles, Karp leveraged his existing brand and persevered, demonstrating the entrepreneurial perseverance required to bring innovative healthcare solutions to market.
- How does the SNOO challenge traditional beliefs about infant care?
- The SNOO raises intriguing questions about optimal infant care practices. While conventional wisdom suggests leaving babies alone is best for brain development, Karp theorizes that rocking and shushing may be neurological needs beyond just soothing techniques, challenging traditional beliefs about infant care.
- How has the SNOO been received by customers and healthcare professionals?
- With a remarkable net promoter score of 89 and use in 160 hospitals, the SNOO demonstrates extremely high customer satisfaction by reducing nurse workloads. Karp's focus on solving real family pain points is driving strong product-market fit, as evidenced by the positive reception from both parents and healthcare professionals.
To learn more about Happiest Baby and the SNOO Smart Sleeper, visit http://www.happiestbaby.com/.
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...more August 13, 2024#98, Advancing Adaptive Clinical Trials with Causal ML, with Raviv Pryluk from PhaseV In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, Guy Spigelman, EMEA lead for Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups at Amazon Web Services, sits down with Raviv Pryluk, CEO and Co-Founder of PhaseV, a company leveraging cutting-edge technologies like reinforcement learning and causal machine learning to revolutionize clinical trial design and execution.
1. How did Raviv and his co-founder identify the clinical trials space as ripe for innovation?
- Raviv shares the extensive research and criteria-driven process he undertook with co-founder Elad to identify the clinical trials space as ripe for innovation. They sought an area with major positive impact potential that leveraged their expertise in machine learning, neuroscience, and engineering.
2. What innovative technologies does PhaseV employ to transform clinical trials?
- PhaseV's platforms harness cutting-edge technologies like reinforcement learning and causal ML to enable adaptive trial designs and advanced data analysis. This allows more efficient, ethical trials with faster detection of subgroups responding differently to treatments.
3. How does PhaseV's causal ML platform extract insights from complex biological data?
- PhaseV's causal ML platform can analyze intricate biological mechanisms and multi-endpoint trials to identify true causal relationships, not just correlations. This surfaces actionable insights into why certain patient subgroups respond better to specific drugs.
4. How does PhaseV aim to accelerate drug development timelines?
- By leveraging machine learning for surrogate endpoints and virtual head-to-head comparisons in Phase 2, PhaseV aims to predict trial outcomes faster. This could dramatically reduce the 10+ year, $3B+ timeline for new drug approvals.
5. How is PhaseV positioned to capitalize on regulatory shifts post-COVID?
- The pandemic prompted increasing regulatory flexibility and digitization in clinical trials. PhaseV is well-positioned to capitalize on this evolving landscape and usher in a new era of precision medicine through innovative trial methodologies.
6. How does PhaseV build its multidisciplinary team?
- Raviv discusses PhaseV's strategic hiring approach, carefully assembling a diverse team spanning software, data science, medicine, and biology. Maintaining an "adaptive" mindset allows continuous reevaluation based on new data.
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...more August 06, 2024#97, Preventing Adverse Drug Events at Scale, with Avishai Ben-Tovim from MDI Health Medication-related problems are a massive burden on healthcare systems, leading to adverse events, suboptimal treatments, and skyrocketing costs. MDI Health has developed an AI-driven pharmacology platform that autonomously optimizes personal medication regimens by analyzing thousands of pharmacological and patient parameters. Joining us today is Avishai Ben-Tovim, CEO and Co-Founder of MDI Health, to share how their powerful AI identifies high-risk patients, provides clinicians with evidence-based recommendations to reduce risks in real-time, and helps payers and providers execute those recommendations - ultimately reducing total care costs while improving quality.
- What is MDI Health's approach to Medication Therapy Mastery?
- MDI Health's AI platform analyzes thousands of pharmacological and patient parameters to optimize medication regimens across populations. It identifies high-risk patients for adverse drug events and provides real-time recommendations to reduce risks and lower care costs.
- How did MDI Health overcome barriers in the healthcare industry?
- Avishai discusses how MDI Health conducted clinical studies, secured early customers through resourcefulness, and provided clinical validation to convince chief medical officers of their value proposition.
- What is the concept of a Collaborative AI Co-Pilot?
- MDI Health's evidence-based algorithm maps pharmacological rules, trained by comparing to expert analysis on real cases. It complements existing systems by surfacing insights and suggested actions clinicians often miss.
- How does MDI Health aim to align healthcare incentives?
- Avishai aims to enable data exchange and aligned incentives between health plans and providers. MDI Health's solution improves efficiency and holistic patient care impact for all stakeholders.
- What is MDI Health's approach to building a mission-driven culture?
- From the start, MDI Health prioritized building a strong organizational culture focused on the mission. They foster ownership, openness, learning, and retaining employees who deeply care.
- How does MDI Health educate the market on their solution?
- MDI Health leverages conferences, relationships, and continuous improvement to educate the market on their proven AI technology and value proposition for medication optimization.
Learn more about MDI Health here to understand how their AI-driven pharmacology platform can optimize medication regimens and reduce healthcare costs.
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...more - What is MDI Health's approach to Medication Therapy Mastery?
July 30, 2024#96, Unlocking Precision Health with Oculomics, with Carlos Ciller from Ikerian Accelerating medical decision-making with AI is the mission of Ikerian, a Swiss software company enabling healthcare teams to harmonize and analyze data at scale. In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, Alex Merwin, Head of Growth for Healthcare and Life Science Startups at AWS, is joined by Carlos Ciller, CEO and co-founder of Ikerian, to discuss their innovative platform and approach.
Carlos shares insights into Ikerian's journey, from its origins as a retinal imaging AI startup called RetinAI, to evolving into a comprehensive data platform serving pharmaceutical companies, physicians, and researchers across therapeutic areas. The discussion explores how Ikerian is empowering stakeholders to detect diseases sooner through biomarker identification, optimize treatment decisions with curated insights, expedite clinical collaboration through efficient workflows, and accelerate drug development by aggregating learnings. Carlos also discusses the key components of their scalable cloud platform, their focus on user experience and education, and the entrepreneurial resilience required to bring such an ambitious vision to reality.
- Founder's Entrepreneurial Journey
- Carlos Ciller shares his background, from studying in Barcelona to co-founding Icarian in Switzerland. He discusses the resilience and commitment required as an entrepreneur, learning from failures, and the importance of time management after becoming a father.
- Oculomics: Unlocking Systemic Health
- The eye provides a window into systemic diseases, a field known as "oculomics." Retinal scanning offers a low-cost, automated diagnostic modality compared to alternatives like MRI, enabling early disease detection and optimized treatment decisions.
- Diverse Customer Needs, Unified Solution
- Ikerian caters to pharmaceutical companies (AI, medical, market access teams) and physicians, offering AI analysis, clinical studies, patient identification, decision support, and patient engagement through a unified, cloud-based platform.
- Scalable Cloud Infrastructure Enabler
- Leveraging Amazon's scalable cloud infrastructure, Icarian's platform can dynamically scale based on customer needs, comprising image/data management, task processing, clinical viewer, and modular AI components.
- User-Centric Design for Adoption
- Recognizing the importance of user experience and education in healthcare, Icarian focuses on user-centric design to drive platform adoption among pharmaceutical companies and physicians.
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To learn more about Ikerian and their innovative platform, visit ikerian.com.
...more July 24, 2024#95, Boosting Pathologist Productivity with AI, with Joseph (Yossi) Mossel from Ibex AI In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, we explore how Ibex AI is transforming cancer diagnosis with artificial intelligence. Host Guy Spigelman, EMEA lead for Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups at Amazon Web Services, sits down with Joseph (Yossi) Mossel, Co-Founder and CEO of Ibex AI, a pioneering company in AI-based cancer diagnostics for pathology.
How did the founders of Ibex AI recognize the potential for AI in digital pathology?
- Yossi Mossel and Chaim Linhart had no prior healthcare experience but were driven to start a mission-driven company that could leverage Israel's strengths in tech and digitized health records.
- Their "aha moment" came when they learned about digital pathology scanners, leading them to apply AI to pathology diagnosis.
What key milestones did Ibex AI achieve in deploying their AI solution?
- Ibex AI deployed its first AI algorithm for prostate cancer diagnosis at Maccabi Healthcare Services in Israel in early 2017, quickly validating its clinical impact by catching a misdiagnosis within days.
- Wales was the first country to nationally deploy Ibex's AI across NHS trusts for prostate and breast cancer diagnosis.
How does Ibex AI prioritize seamless integration of their AI into clinical workflows?
- Ibex AI focuses on partnerships to integrate its AI into existing healthcare workflows and platforms, recognizing that key factors for successful healthcare AI adoption include innovation, workflow integration, and an appropriate economic model.
Learn more about Ibex AI and their AI-powered cancer diagnostics platform on their website.
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...more July 17, 2024#94, Decoding Infant Cries to Enable Timely Interventions with Roberto Iannone from Zoundream Imagine if a baby's cries were no longer a mystery, but a window into their needs and well-being. Today we welcome Zoundream to the show, a company focused on transforming infant care through advanced cry analysis. Roberto Iannone, CEO and Founder of Zoundream, joins Alex Merwin, Head of Growth for Healthcare & Life Sciences Startups at AWS, to discuss Zoundream's groundbreaking solution that utilizes AI to analyze infant cries and sounds in real-time, pinpointing reasons such as hunger or tiredness with remarkable accuracy and also detecting digital biomarkers for conditions like autism, with the potential for providing lifelong benefits for babies and their families by enabling earlier diagnosis.
- How does Zoundream's AI solution decode baby needs?
- Zoundream's pioneering AI solution analyzes infant cries to accurately identify needs like hunger or tiredness. This technology has the potential to improve infant care by providing real-time insights into babies' states before they can communicate verbally.
- What progress has Zoundream made in autism early detection?
- Remarkably, Zoundream's cry analysis can detect early signs of autism spectrum disorder, enabling timely interventions. This groundbreaking application highlights the potential of vocal biomarkers in diagnosing developmental conditions.
- How did Zoundream involve healthcare professionals in developing their solution?
- From the outset, Zoundream involved pediatricians and neuropsychologists to ensure their solution addressed valuable clinical applications. This collaborative approach was crucial in building credibility and onboarding hospital partners for data gathering.
- What motivated Roberto Iannone's transition from corporate to entrepreneurship?
- Roberto Iannone transitioned from a corporate career to entrepreneurship, driven by the autonomy of being a founder/CEO. This pivotal decision enabled him to pursue his vision of transforming infant care globally.
- What is Zoundream's approach to regulatory compliance for clinical adoption?
- Recognizing the regulatory requirements for clinical applications, Zoundream meticulously tests and versions their AI models.
Learn more about Zoundream here to understand how their innovative solution is transforming infant care.
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...more July 08, 2024#93, Harnessing Data to Scale Innovations, Part Five of the Health Innovation Compilation Series To scale health innovation, we need to take a broad view and redefine the art of the possible in Real-World Evidence, Data & Population Health. In the fifth and final episode of our Health Innovation Compilation Series, we hear from Mendel, Akrivia Health, Epistemix, Ovation, and Evidation Health, innovative companies that are transforming how we leverage data to drive better health outcomes.
1. How does Mendel reconcile conflicting medical data?
- Mendel's AI structures unstructured patient data into coherent journeys, reconciling conflicting information from sources like pathology reports and genomics.
- It enables querying consolidated data through intuitive interfaces, providing faster answers backed by evidence.
2. How is Akrivia Health unlocking insights in mental health?
- Akrivia Health uses AI/NLP to curate and deidentify unstructured clinical notes from electronic medical records, translating them into structured data for mental health research.
- This enables safe data sharing and treatment development for mental health and dementia.
3. How does Epistemix simulate population health interventions?
- Epistemix created a synthetic US population to model infectious disease spread, expanding to chronic conditions and social determinants.
- Their simulations evaluate cascading effects of interventions like faster testing on community outcomes.
4. How is Ovation bridging genomics and healthcare?
- Ovation envisioned being a genomic data company, building a biobank and research network from diagnostic lab data.
- Linking genomic and longitudinal patient data enables studying disease origins and advancing therapeutics.
5. How does Evidation Health incentivize healthy user behaviors?
- Evidation Health incentivizes users to contribute real-world data from wearables to impactful research studies.
- This provides insights into health outside clinical settings for disease prevention and management.
Featured Companies:
- Mendel: Karim Galil, Co-founder & CEO (https://www.mendel.ai/about, Full Episode)
- Akrivia Health: David Newton, COO & Co-Founder (https://akriviahealth.com/, Full Episode)
- Epistemix: John Cordier, CEO & Co-Founder (https://www.epistemix.com/, Full Episode)
- Ovation: Barry Wark, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Curt Medeiros, Chief Executive Officer (https://www.ovation.io/, Full Episode)
- Evidation Health: Alessio Signorini, CTO (https://evidation.com/, Full Episode)
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