Bayer eyes Korea’s 'deep tech' startups for digital healthcare push

 08-Oct-17, The Korea Herald

In the age of digital healthcare, high-tech wearables, cutting-edge medical devices and integrated apps combined with major breakthroughs in data computing and analytics capabilities are set to pave new frontiers in the health care sector.

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And in the global race to take over this emerging industry, South Korea’s innovative tech startups with an expertise in so-called “deep tech” involving complex engineering skills and software expertise could gain an upper hand, according to the founding chief of German pharma giant Bayer’s digital health care startup accelerator program.

“The first thing that’s very clear about Korean startups is that they’re very high-tech. What they do is very complex,” said Jesus del Valle Rosales, the global head of Bayer’s Grants4Apps Accelerator program, which discovers, funds and supports selected digital health care technology startups worldwide.

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