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Also, heart patients at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust receive digitised remote monitoring. 

The European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) Health has announced the acquisition of one of its supported startups PhagoMed GmbH, by BioNTech SE, in a bid to find new and alternative solutions to antibiotics that are losing effectiveness.

Also, Alder Hey Children's NHS FT launches innovation lab for tech startups. 

There have been endless claims that AI will transform patient care, freeing up clinicians to spend time with patients and cutting costs, but many investors are wary of grandiose promises and prefer to hear the truth instead according to a session at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference.

The EMEA-focused accelerator was an effort between the pharma company, iPEPs and EIT Health. 

The most promising participants will pitch to investors at the “Demo Day” in November.

The EIT Health Wild Card Hackathon will comprise 45 participants from Europe who will come together online to find new solutions in women’s health and digital therapeutics.

EIT Health and McKinsey & Company research highlights the need for new organisational models and skillsets.

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As part of the program two startups will each get €2 million ($2.22 million) in funding.