At SCALEit Inspire Health, Lars Svane Hansen from MedTech Innovation Center in Aarhus, shared his insights to how you can best prepare your self as a company when addressing a new market.
1. My
Agenda
- MTIC – Who we are and what we offer
- A new approach towards export promotion
- Top 5 go-to-market insights
2. Who
We
Are…
• MedTech
Innova3on
Center
is
a
non-‐profit
organisa3on
financed
through:
– Central
Denmark
Region
– European
Regional
Development
Fund
• Established
in
2009
and
funded
un3l
end
2014
3. What
We
Do…
”We
work
with
businesses,
science
and
hospitals
to
bring
innova8on
into
health
care
and
growth
into
businesses”
4. Innova3on
Into
Health
Care
Three
MTIC
Innova3on
Agents
working
within
the
hospital
organisa3on
– Capture
ideas
and
drive
innova3ve
processes
– Keep
the
commercial
perspec3ve
– Interface
to
businesses
– Scout
for
industry
trends
and
technologies
5. Growth
Into
Busineses
Our client are: Scientists, entreprenuers,
clinicians, start-ups and companies within
medtech and biotechnology.
7. Health-‐IT
Go-‐To-‐Market
2012,
Germany
Why
Germany?
-‐ German
HIS
market
size
-‐
Will
reach
1
billion
USD
by
2017
-‐ Growth
market
-‐
CAGR
7%
-‐ Denmarks
largest
trade
partner
-‐ EU
market
–
Same
regulatory
framework
–
Almost!
-‐ Geographical
closeness
-‐ Cultural
closeness
-‐
To
some
extend
:-‐)
-‐ Same
burning
pla;orm
in
health
care
-‐ Conserva3ve
in
implemen3ng
new
innova3ve
solu3ons
in
health
care
–
First
mover
opportunity
8. A
New
Approach
to
Export
Promo3on
A
shi^
from
events
to
focused
go-‐to-‐market
programs
which
will
guide
the
SMEs
toward
reaching
their
goals.
”We need to take the SME by the hand”
9. An
Intelligent
and
Individualized
Approach
• Intelligent
Decission
Making
– Up-‐to-‐date
German
Health-‐IT
Industry
and
Market
Analysis
– Company
Specific
Report
• Develope
Your
Go-‐To-‐Market
Plan
– Assistance
from
local
industry
expert,
MTIC
• Camps/Field
Trips,
”Get
Messy
–
Get
it
Under
Your
skin”
– MEDICA,
November
2012
– conhIT
Camp,
April
2013
– Roadshow
Hamburg/Berlin
–
Düsseldorf/München
2013
10. The
SME’s
Promise!
• You
must
have
a
Health-‐IT
product
and
a
reference
base
in
Denmark
• You
must
allocate
a
dedicated
sales
management
ressource
• You
must
allocate
regulatory
ressources
if
needed
• You
must
be
persistent
• You
must
contribute
financially
to
the
company
specific
ac3vi3es
11. Top
5
Go-‐to-‐market
Insights
• Map stakeholders - understand how to present your business case
• Understand the regulatory framework - what implications will it have
on your solution
• Package your solution as a product, not as a project
• Get access to and use local industry network
• “Invest” time and money in a local show case
• Team-up with a local partner
12. Stakeholder
Map
Flow
of
Money
/
Cycle
of
Care
Medical
Need
Pa3ents
Pa3ents
Advocacy
Groups
Physicians
Prof.
Associa-‐
3on
Nurse
Prac33o-‐
ners
MedTech
Staff
Health
Care
Facility
Facility
Trade
Groups
Private
Payers
Public
Payers
Governmt.
Officials/
Legislators
13.
14. Program
Outcome
ü 2
companies
obtained
their
first
customer/develop-‐
ment
partner,
important
German
reference
sites
ü 4
companies
signed
or
are
nego3a3ng
contract
with
business
partners,
a
basis
for
scaling
their
business
ü 4
companies
have
an
order
pipeline
to
work
on
ü All
companies
have
established
valuable
industry
contacts/network
ü All
companies
have
obtained
valuable
insight
into
the
German
health
care
system
and
stakeholders
15. Par3cipants
and
Budget
• Cetrea,
CareCom,
Daintel,
Al3plan,
ViewCare
and
Care2Wear.
• Program
spending
EUR
75.000
-‐
company
financing
EUR
20.000
• conhIT
2013
company
booth
at
the
Danish
Pavillion
EUR
2.200
• Roadshow
Berlin
EUR
800
per
company