US Market Access

Unlock the U.S. healthcare market

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About the US Market Access Program

We equip ambitious global medtech, device, diagnostic, and digital health companies with strategies and connections required for successful U.S. market entry.

  • U.S. healthcare system overview
  • U.S. due diligence deal room development
  • Regulatory and compliance review
  • Market mapping
  • Marketing in the U.S.
  • Customer and investor discovery

Eli Velasquez

Capital Advisor

Who is this program for?

Commercialize in the U.S.

Why Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the 7th largest biopharma economic cluster in the United States and ranked in the Top 25 Startup Ecosystems around the globe, attracting top talent and innovative companies in life sciences, medtech, and digital health sectors. Strategically situated between the regulatory and financial centers of Washington DC and New York City, Philadelphia is uniquely positioned to provide easy access to a broad range of regulators, experts, and investors.

Why the Science Center

With ties to industry, top tier healthcare systems, government agencies, and academia, the Science Center has been Philadelphia’s premiere hub of commercialization activity for 60 years. Our industry leading acceleration programs guide digital health, medtech, and health tech companies through customer discovery, stakeholder engagement, capital readiness, and market adoption.

Program Benefits

Legal Implications

We’ll cover legal considerations for physical vs. virtual presence, incorporation, IP protection including licensing IP to a U.S. entity.

Operations

Participants learn the ins and outs of international banking, taxation, accounting, innovation zones, research subsidies, hiring and HR issues, and business insurance.

US Healthcare Systems

This industry-specific module covers the US healthcare market, payors, insurance, clinical trials, and other critical aspects for international startups to be aware of.

Investor Expectations

Explore the investment profile of angels and VCs and where to find them. Learn about lead investors, why you need one, and what to expect when you become part of their portfolio.

Program Curriculum

Week 1

US Healthcare System Overview

The first week is designed to get everyone acquainted, set expectations, and provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the US healthcare system.

Week 2

Customer Discovery, Regulatory, and Compliance

We cover business model development, hold a customer discovery workshop, explore regulatory pathways, healthcare data, IP, and clinical trials for US standards.

Week 3

Investor and Partner Due Diligence

This module gives participants insight to US investor cultivation, valuations, sales pilot development, corporate housekeeping, reimbursement, and payor systems.

Week 4

On the Ground in the US

The final week of the program takes place in Philadelphia where participants meet with stakeholders in the healthcare system and have an opportunity to meet with investors.

Global Soft Landing

The Science Center is recognized by the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) as a designated Global Soft Landing center, ensuring that foreign companies experience a “soft landing” when entering a new country. To serve these foreign companies, InBIA has developed a global network of Soft Landings-designated centers that have been validated through a rigorous application and peer-review validation process.

About Philadelphia

$5.9B
in NIH funding between 2019-2023
$2.5B
in VC funding between 2019-2023
Top 25
global startup ecosystem
$1B+ exits
from over 20 companies since 2019
7
medical schools
37
hospitals
22
nursing schools

“It wasn’t just the information the Science Center shared, but the connections they were able to make that made this trip worthwhile. We expected the classic ‘meet the investors’ road show, but this program introduced us not only to investors, but all the stakeholders involved in the healthcare system which was even more valuable."

Rami Shacour, Co-founder & CEO of Innosphere

Questions?

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