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The Agency That Ate Its Own Org Chart
Inizio Evoke spent years collecting specialist agencies. Then it made the unusual admission that the collection had become the problem - and began turning a maze of names into one healthcare commercialization machine.
The Agency That Turned One Nutrient Into a Whole Medicine Cabinet
Calcium+Company built a health-marketing group around a surprisingly sticky idea: brands, like bodies, need more than one nutrient. The interesting part is not the pun. It is the operating model hiding underneath it.
The Company Selling Confidence Before a Medicine Can Be Sold
A drug can work perfectly and still fail to reach patients. OPEN Health built a global consultancy around the awkward middle - the evidence, access, education, and human judgment that turn a scientific result into a confident decision.
Ogilvy Health’s Real Product Is Translation
A health campaign has to satisfy the scientist, the regulator, the payer, the physician, the patient, and the person scrolling at lunch. Ogilvy Health built one company to keep all six in the room.
The Drug Launch Has Too Many Translators
Citrus Health Group bought its way across the pharmaceutical launch journey. The clever part is not owning every specialty - it is deciding when each one enters the room.
RevHealth Put the Boring Parts on Fast-Forward
A private-equity transition dented revenue. RevHealth's answer was not a louder campaign, but a quieter reinvention of the agency workflow - putting medical, access, creative and AI in the same room before the brief hardens.
The Agency That Learned Persuasion Has Side Effects
Publicis Health built a global machine for making medicine understandable. Then a $350 million settlement made the industry confront a harder question: what happens when the machine works too well?
Assembled Intelligence and the Art of Making One Brief Do Nine Jobs
Four specialist agencies, nine capabilities and one expensive promise: that a drug launch gets smarter when the scientists, creatives, data analysts and access strategists stop passing the brief around.
The Best Therapy in the World Still Needs Someone to Say Yes
MEYA Health works in the awkward distance between scientific approval and real-world access - where evidence must become a story that payers, health systems and field teams can actually use.
McCann Health Put the Medical Record on a Child’s Wrist
The agency’s sharpest ideas did not ask people to learn a new behavior. They hid better health inside habits people already trusted - a bracelet, a loaf of bread, a breath into a phone.
WOLGroup and the work between a click and a customer
A growth-marketing agency, an industrial sales platform and a sustainability-minded shop sit in WOLGroup’s orbit. Their common problem: helping a good product find its next buyer.
T-Hub Built a 572,000-Square-Foot Answer to India’s Startup Bottleneck
Hyderabad did not merely commission an incubator. It built a piece of civic machinery where founders, corporates, investors, universities and government are expected to collide - then turn those collisions into companies.
French Tech Méditerranée: €100 and a Better Address Book
In Gard and Hérault, an entrepreneur-run association turns national startup programs into local introductions. Its real test is what happens after the handshake.
Hub71’s offer: build your startup, put down roots
Abu Dhabi’s startup hub offers cash, subsidized services and introductions to people who can buy what founders build. The bargain asks something in return: equity, commitment and a reason to stay.
BEYOND4’s startup bet begins before the startup
In Malaysia, BEYOND4 connects skills training, startup programmes and routes into new markets. Its Pahang experiment shows why building the people can come before building the company.
Biocat Wants Catalonia’s Health Inventions to Leave the Waiting Room
Catalonia can produce the science. Getting it into everyday care is another job. Biocat is building the connections, training and routes into the health system that make that journey possible.
MYStartup Wants Malaysia’s Founders to Stop Knocking on the Wrong Door
Malaysia has grants, investors and plenty of ambition. MYStartup’s job is to help founders find the right support - then turn that introduction into a business.
Leaders International Wants Small Businesses on the Purchasing List
From Jordanian suppliers to Tunisian tourism, the nonprofit connects business support to buyers and jobs. Its projects show what that takes - and its accounts show the financial strain behind the work.
Intelak Hub: where a baggage problem became a dnata deal
A suitcase delivery startup shows what Intelak can offer beyond a grant: a route into the companies that run travel. Dubai’s incubator and accelerator now applies that approach to everything from cargo handling to the airport lounge.
ACE.SG opens doors for Singapore's startup hopefuls
The trade association runs an equity-free incubator, connects founders with investors and helps overseas startups find their feet. Its real proposition is access - with homework attached.
Parachute16 knows the jump. Now it builds the landing.
After eight earlier ventures, Ghassan Halawa built a company to help other founders. From Palestinian startups entering Saudi Arabia to PepsiCo’s youth hackathons, Parachute16 makes a business of getting people ready for their next move.
SACII takes on the hardest part of creativity: getting paid
In South Africa, a township-based incubator puts business coaching, production tools and industry connections within reach of creative entrepreneurs. Its real test begins when the training ends and the invoices should start.
AIC-ISB helps startups face the hardest test: a customer
At the Indian School of Business in Mohali, startup support gets practical: build the prototype, find a pilot, and work out who will pay. The price of that help depends on which door a founder walks through.
Innovate360 puts a factory behind the food startup
Born out of a Singapore sugar manufacturer, Innovate360 helps founders turn food experiments into products they can manufacture, distribute and sell. Its latest stop is the shop floor on Orchard Road.
Brinc wants to get startups past the pitch
The Hong Kong accelerator began with the messy business of making hardware. Its next test is turning corporate introductions into working pilots - with very different prices for admission.
Startup Réseau gets founders into the room where business happens
A Singapore delivery startup needed a foothold in Mumbai. Startup Réseau helped it test demand and make local connections - a revealing example of how this consulting company turns market access into practical work.
LaStartupStation wants your startup to land a purchase order
In Casablanca, Mehdi Alaoui’s accelerator brings young companies into the orbit of corporate buyers. Its next test: helping Moroccan education startups reach learners who are too often left out.
Komodo Health Bet Tens of Millions on a Map. Then It Had to Teach Customers How to Read It.
The healthcare-data unicorn spent a decade stitching together patient journeys. Its harder problem was turning that expensive map into answers that scientists, sales teams and regulators could actually use.
The Buyers' Club Keeping Cancer Clinics Independent
How a group-buying network built by former pharma executives quietly became the largest independent community-oncology network in the country - and why staying small and independent is the whole point.
AcuityMD
AcuityMD is a Boston-based commercial intelligence platform built specifically for the medical device (MedTech) industry. It translates large volumes of healthcare claims and procedure data into intuitive workflows, AI-powered insights, and recommendations that help medical device sales and marketing teams find high-value physicians and care sites, size and segment markets, manage territories, and accelerate product adoption. Founded in 2019 by former MedTech and consulting operators, the company serves hundreds of device makers - including a majority of the largest MedTech firms - and raised an $80M Series C in 2026 at a near-$1B valuation.