News and updates
Recent events
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18-19 November 2025
Avenir was pleased to co-sponsor an invitation-only event bringing together policymakers, operators, investors, researchers, and ecosystem partners to take actionable steps toward improving access to clinical AI technology in underserved settings. Avenir CEO gave opening remarks and spoke on panels including lessons for AI from global health financing, and brand equity for clinical AI in global health.
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6 November 2025
Avenir was pleased to be at the 26th Annual HBS Healthcare Alumni Association Meeting in Cambridge, where leaders across healthcare, life sciences, policy, and investment gather to exchange insights, spark collaborations, and shape the future of the industry. Avenir CEO gave opening remarks for keynote speaker and women’s health activist Christy Turlington Burns, and later moderated a panel on women’s health with investors and operators Laura Rippy, Alex DeLaite, and Neel Shah.
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We were pleased to be invited back to the Datavant Future of Health Data Summit, where leaders across policy, science, industry, and tech will convene to explore how health data can transform patient outcomes and the future of care.
Read more about the event here.
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We were pleased to reconnect with colleagues at WHS 2025 in Berlin, where global leaders, innovators, and change-makers will come together to shape the future of global health, innovative financing, and strategic partnerships.
Read more about WHS here.
Recent writing
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PLOS Global Public Health article on market shaping and global health:
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Interested in reading about market shaping, innovative finance, and global health R&D? Check out these recent articles and white papers:
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WHO Bulletin 2013, HPV Vaccine Introduction in Rwanda
JCO 2016, Essential Medicines for Cancer
Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics 2023, One Health Governance
Vaccine 2016, Successive vaccine introductions in Rwanda
WHO GEHM 2022, Refugee Access to Antibiotics
Globalization & Health 2015, Design, testing, and scale-up of medical devices
PLOS Medicine 2013, Combatting Substandard and Falsified Medicines
Policy & Politics 2023, Political Rhetoric around COVID-19
Lancet 2014, Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life
BMJ 2013, Reduced premature mortality in Rwanda
NEJM 2013, HRH Program in Rwanda
Nature 2012, Establishing a cholera vaccine stockpile
Recent courses and webinars
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24 February 2026
As an invited lecturer to Dartmouth’s Master in Public Health, Avenir CEO will lead students through an introduction to market access and market shaping in global health, followed by a negotiation simulation.
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December 2025
Avenir was invited to guest speak for the Health Incubator Helsinki founder cohort on investor storytelling and negotiation strategies when building your health tech / biotech business.
To read more about the amazing work HIH does, click here.
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November 2025
As an invited lecturer to Professors Kendall Hoyt and Barry Schweitzer’s course on “Vaccines, Drugs, and Entrepreneurship,” Avenir CEO lectured on the transactions that are required to bring a product to LMIC markets, and led a negotiation simulation for students to try landing realistic deals between parties.
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February 2025
Avenir CEO was invited to speak in a course called Technology and Biosecurity led by Professor Kendall Hoyt at the Thayer School of Engineering. The lecture covered global health partnerships, commercial strategy, and stakeholder alignment.
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Resources
Interested in learning more about the business of global health? These are some helpful places to get started.
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Wondering what Avenir is reading? Here are a few on our list:
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There is a lot of good content out there. A few recent podcasts that our CEO has been interviewed on:
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If you’re interested in the intersection of life sciences, business, and global health, we recommend:
World Health Summit
World Health Assembly
Africa HealthTech Summit
CPHIA
Consortium of Universities for Global Health
BIO
JPM Healthcare Conference