Bridging the Valley of Death in the Health Innovation Ecosystem

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Bridging the Valley of Death in the Health Innovation Ecosystem
A recent Health Community of Interest (COI) meeting brought together people from manycorners of the ecosystem to share thoughts on moving from R&D to implementation andproduction. This fatal gap from inception to fruition is often described as the “Valley ofDeath.” The COVID-19 pandemic created an urgency to bridge this gap, but the questionremained, could accelerated innovation implementation be institutionalized to occur in
times of normalcy?

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