Emma Barbier

Synapse

Technology EN ↓ 7 episodes

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 innovatio...

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Emma Barbier

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Technology

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Latest episode

Mar 18, 2026

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Episodes

#4 - De l'EPFL à la startup MedTech: l'aventure Healium 18.03.2026

Nous vous emmenons dans les coulisses d'Healium, start-up fondée par deux étudiants de l’EPFL, qui remettent l'adhésion thérapeutique au cœur du débat avec Medicase, un pilulier connecté. Comment construire sa légitimité quand on est un jeune innovateur en santé ? Comment bien s’entourer ? Quelles clés pour aller à la rencontre de l’écosystème ? Quelles qualités cultiver sur fond d’incertitude et...

#3 - Transformer un système de santé en profondeur : l'aventure Lifen 18.02.2026

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...

#2 - Kicked out of the lab: entering healthcare ventures 04.02.2026

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 of...

#1 - Highlights 28.01.2026

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

#1 - Back to basics: how clinicians & institutions approach innovation 21.01.2026

What do those engaged in care delivery expect from innovation ? What kind of innovation do they adopt? What role should they play in the innovation process? How can we innovate closest to real needs? Where do we even start? In this episode, Florian Rossiaud-Fischer  (Director within the Swiss Medical Network, former Chief Innovation Officer at Hôpital de la Tour) gives us a behind-the-scenes persp...

#0 - Introduction 🇬🇧 11.01.2026

☀️ Welcome to Synapse ! Are you passionate about healthcare innovation? Building it? Advocating for its real-world adoption? Your new favorite podcast is here. This intro episode takes you at the heart of Synapse's mission: reconnecting innovation with our healthcare systems… synapse after synapse. Despite the excitement around healthcare innovation, many barriers (systemic, operational, financial...

#0 - Introduction 🇫🇷 30.12.2025

☀️ Bienvenue sur Synapse ! Vous êtes passionné par l'innovation en santé ? Acteur de son développement ? Oeuvrant pour son adoption concrète ? Votre nouveau podcast vient d’arriver ! Cet épisode d'introduction vous emmène dans les coulisses de la mission de Synapse : reconnecter le monde de l’innovation à nos systèmes de santé… synapse après synapse. Malgré l’enthousiasme généré par l’innovation e...

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