Latam healthChampions
2024LHC 2024 Report
First edition. 55 applications from 9 countries, the 20 highlighted solutions and the three winners who traveled to Boston.
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Reports and mentoring
Annual reports for each edition and recordings of the intellectual property mentoring sessions held between September and November 2025. Open access.
Latam healthChampions
2025LHC 2025 Report
Second edition. 178 applications, the 32 finalist initiatives, the 8 winners and an analysis of intellectual property management in the region.
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2026LHC 2026 Report
Third edition. 234 applications, 21 finalists, 8 Champions, the Boston mission and the intellectual property mentoring cycle.
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Six sessions with academic partners from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador.
1IP strategy in health innovation
How to build intellectual property into health development from the earliest stages as part of the business strategy, beyond the legal formality.
Partner: AMIIF · México
2How to identify intellectual property assets in health innovation
A practical guide to identifying which components of a solution —code, algorithms, hardware designs, trademarks or patents— are protectable intangible assets.
Partner: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia · Perú
3How to use IP to attract investment and partnerships
The role of the IP portfolio in raising capital, valuing a health start-up and negotiating commercial partnerships.
Partner: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie · Brasil
4Joining forces to innovate in health
Governance and open-innovation models between academia, the private sector and entrepreneurs, with agreements on IP ownership and benefits.
Partner: Universidad Austral · Argentina
5IP negotiation
Commercial and legal tools for drafting licensing agreements and negotiating the transfer of technology assets.
Partner: Universidad de Valparaíso · Chile
6From lab to patient: IP and transfer
Technology transfer processes to take a medical or scientific solution from the lab to use and commercialization.
Partner: Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral · Ecuador