we receive e we publish the following press release issued by Amplifon.
Amplifon, a world leader in hearing care services and solutions Plug and Play Italy, Milan headquarters of the international open innovation platform, announce new partnership with the aim of connecting and collaborating with startups globally.
"Open Innovation plays a fundamental role in the healthcare field, facilitating access to external expertise and accelerating technological development. It promotes the secure exchange of healthcare data, reduces research and development costs, and promotes a dynamic innovation ecosystem. The agreement with Amplifon was born from these premises, which for Plug and Play marks the first step in Italy of a new division dedicated to healthcare" declares Thomas Mask, Director Plug and Play Italy.
“Amplifon is always at the forefront of innovation, continuing the path started almost three years ago with AmplifonX, the division dedicated to the development of new digital solutions that works as an internal research and development center. We are always looking for new technologies to guarantee our customers an increasingly personalized service and improve their quality of life. For this reason, we are developing new collaborations with innovative companies at a global level on the topics of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The new partnership with Plug and Play will support us on this path” explains Antonio Curci, Global Director of AmplifonX.
Amplifon operates with over 20.000 people and nearly 10.000 stores in 26 countries across five continents. Founded in Milan in 1950, the company is a world leader in its sector. Through its internal startup, AmplifonX, the company develops new digital solutions to enable its hearing care professionals to offer an increasingly personalized service to their customers, both inside and outside the stores.
Since 2015, Plug and Play has already accelerated over 300 startups in collaboration with more than 30 companies and finalized over 80 investments in the sector.
Plug and Play's health programs focus on five thematic areas: TechBio, for AI-based software that facilitates the development of pharmaceutical assets and diagnostic assays, or that enables the analysis and processing of biological data; Health tech, for AI-powered diagnostic and decision-making software that is or can be integrated with medical devices; Healthcare IT, for AI-powered SaaS that support healthcare infrastructure along the patient journey and value chain; Digital Therapeutics, for clinically validated patient-facing applications that enable treatment or diagnosis and Digital Care Provision, for clinically validated digital systems that support the entire patient journey.
