Healthy Labs (YC S12) Wants To Be Go-To Site For People With Chronic Illness
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Knowing Sean and Will at least via Skype conversations, I always had the feeling they are a perfect team and make a difference to a lot of products as they try to tackle a problem. I mean a real problem.
Some initiatives do their best to improve the lives of patients with IBD. But the more empathy you have for the patients with his needs and the less you think about the market size or exit opportunities of your product, the better you might perform. While social proof in medical communities is the far biggest challenge of all, I´m convinced, they are the right people at the right time.
Maybe, the chances for patient driven innovation and exchange have never been better. Sean, Will and team - you know that our team is trying to contribute to that movement with a different idea and approach. Let´s build a beehive and feed the honeycombs with new solutions ;)
You might want to check this out: https://www.crohnspromise.org/ - It is a 'clinical trial' (case-control study) to evaluate whether such "self-reported" outcomes and tracking can actually help in managing crohns disease. Its been going on at Cleveland Clinic since 2009.
Are you guys monetizing yet? Would love to talk re: clinical trial recruitment.
Last question: Can anyone provide the citation behind the giant prevalence numbers thrown out by TC?
I work for a startup in drug development in IBD and those numbers are the biggest I've seen. (1.2m US and 2.5m worldwide are biggest I've come across). Would love to know if they have merit.
Email: briggsbio {at} (Buchheit created me)
"The next vertical they hope to launch is one dealing with auto-immune conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis and Cystic Fibrosis."
...was a real kick in the balls. Guess that'll teach me not to hang about next time!