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Synapse

Synapse

By: Emma Barbier
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Despite hopeful gasps and flashy promises, many healthcare innovations never make it to the market, ultimately stalling against the countless barriers preventing their adoption. The culprit ? Increasingly complex healthcare systems, lack of understanding of market realities, a disconnect between innovation and care delivery, backward policies, complex regulations... and many more that we uncover and explore through conversations with innovators, healthcare professionals, and public decision-makers. The mission ? Find concrete ways to overcome these barriers and reconnect the world of innovation to our healthcare systems… synapse after synapse. ❤️ Show us some love ! Don't forget to subscribe, and follow our adventure on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/synapsepodcast/) and on our website (https://linktr.ee/synapsepodcast) 🐥 New here ? Check out our purpose and mission (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zAdhHs3BjOz4Ez6k2JiybMK8gXNu5RAQ/view?usp=sharing) and join our mailing list (https://tr.ee/4wR8ECEpfQ) 🤝 Want to chat ? Email me at emma@synapsepodcast.com (mailto:emma@synapsepodcast.com) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.Emma Barbier Biological Sciences Science
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  • #3 - Transformer un système de santé en profondeur : l'aventure Lifen
    Feb 18 2026

    Dans la santé, innover, c'est avoir la capacité et surtout la volonté d'accompagner tout un écosystème vers le changement.


    L’aventure ne commence pas à l’étude de marché, ni une fois la technologie développée… ni même au premier investisseur. Elle commence lorsqu'on parvient à rallier les acteurs clés autour d’une cause suffisamment essentielle pour mériter leur attention. C’est seulement alors qu’on peut commencer à parler de réussite.


    C’est ce qu’ont su faire Franck Le Ouay et ses équipes chez Lifen, qui accompagnent la digitalisation du système de santé français depuis 10 ans… Qui a dit marathon 👀 ?


    Alors arrêtez de sprinter, et rejoignez-nous le temps d'un épisode !


    On parle de :

    • Choisir le premier cas d'usage: entre potentiel d'impact et faisabilité

    • Libérer la donnée de santé

    • Le juste rôle de l'Etat

    • Allier impact social et viabilité financière


    Barrières à l'adoption abordées :

    • Savoir choisir un cas d'usage à impact

    • La dette technique de l'Hôpital

    • Le coût cognitif à l'adoption

    • La mouvance des politiques de santé


    Pour les curieux :

    • Lifen

    • Resilience Care

    • Nabla


    ❤️ Soutenez-nous ! Abonnez-vous, et suivez l'aventure sur LinkedIn

    🐥 Nouveau ? Informez-vous sur nos raison d'être et missions et rejoignez notre mailing list

    🤝 Vous souhaitez collaborer ? Contactez moi sur emma@synapsepodcast.com


    This is an independent podcast created & produced by Emma Barbier


    Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • #2 - Kicked out of the lab: entering healthcare ventures
    Feb 4 2026

    How has the healthcare startup landscape evolved over the last 20 years? What are must-know for a scientist building a venture? What does “the perfect path to failure” look like? What does it take to go from 0 to 1?


    In this episode, Venturelab co-founder Jordi Montserrat takes us through an innovator’s journey, drawing on 20 years of shaping the Swiss startup ecosystem and helping ventures take off.


    Together, we explore:

    • The emergence of startups over the last 20 years

    • Entering entrepreneurship with a technical/scientific background

    • Fundraising in healthcare

    • Innovation as a cornerstone of resilience in times of crisis


    Barriers to adoption we discussed:

    • Regulatory hurdles

    • Business case: the dependance on reimbursement

    • The healthcare space's risk aversion

    • Healthcare's high entry barrier

    • Increasing evidence requirements

    • ... and more


    For the curious ones:

    • Innosuisse

    • Top 100 Swiss Startups

    • Distalmotion

    • Lunaphore

    • Amal therapeutics

    • Virtuosis AI

    • Working the pond (book)


    ❤️ Show us some love ! Don't forget to subscribe, and follow our adventure on LinkedIn and on our website

    🐥 New here ? Check out our purpose and mission and join our mailing list

    🤝 Want to chat ? Email me at emma@synapsepodcast.com


    This is an independent podcast created & produced by Emma Barbier


    Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • #1 - Highlights
    Jan 28 2026

    No time for a full listen ? Here are the unmissable from last week's episode, under 15 min !


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    ❤️ Show us some love ! Don't forget to subscribe, and follow our adventure on LinkedIn and on our website

    🐥 New here ? Check out our purpose and mission and join our mailing list

    🤝 Want to chat ? Email me at emma@synapsepodcast.com


    This is an independent podcast created & produced by Emma Barbier


    Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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    13 mins
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