Health Unchained Podcast

Health Unchained Links Website: https://healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Bert’s Blockchain and Healthcare Weekly Newsletter: https://bert.substack.com/ Show Notes Charlie Lougheed, technology entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Axuall. Axuall recently received $3M in seed investment funding to design, develop, and test their identity proofing and provider credentialing platform. Axuall Website: https://www.axuall.com/ •Introduction of Charlie's background and experience •Charlie’s previous startup, Explorys, was acquired by IBM in 2015 – big data in healthcare for delivery of care •Why did you start Axuall? •What kind of data will be shared on the Axuall platform? •How do various healthcare stakeholders (providers, institutions, and health systems) use Axuall? •How does your technology change the provider credentialing process? •Data custody management – who owns the data and how is it managed? •What are the main challenges and opportunities of using a blockchain network? •Hyperledger Indy – Public permissioned blockchain •What problems exist for healthcare professionals in regard to provider credentialing? •Blockchain adoption in healthcare •What does the future of identity verification look like? •Who are your company partners and major customers? •Hyr Medical pilot •What is Axuall's business model? •Can you talk about the marketplace? •Can you describe your technology stack? •Do you currently any patents? •How can Axuall affect the traditional credentialing workflow of a health system? •How can Axuall improve telehealth adoption? •What kind of traction have you had so far? •Who do you consider your competitors? How are you different? •Axuall is a Sovrin Steward - These trusted volunteers donate time, resources, and computing power to operate and maintain the network while agreeing to abide by the requirements of the Sovrin Governance Framework. At present, there are over 50 Stewards from 13 countries over six continents. •Favorite blockchain/crypto projects •Famous role model (scientist, business leader, inventor, etc.) that inspires you - astronauts •What do you enjoy doing on your free time? Fly fishing New Corner https://www.coindesk.com/kadena-blockchain-taps-healthcare-data-firm-to-track-medical-cannabis-product The Kadena network and Rymedi have announced that they will be launching an application to track CBD oil’s supply chain. This will be the first application on Kadena’s public blockchain. The launch is expected on January 15, 2020. Consumers will be able to scan QR codes on products and look up production records. A similar platform for prescription drugs could be developed in the future. Disclaimer: The Health Unchained podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only and we are not providing any sort of legal, financial, or medical advice. Please do your own research and due diligence before making any important decisions related to these matters. And now let’s start the show.

Health Unchained Links Website: healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Bert's Blockchain/Healthcare Newsletter: bert.substack.com Spiritus Partners Homepage: spirituspartners.com Susan Ramonat, CEO of Spiritus Partners, a startup building technology that could disrupt the way health systems, device manufacturers, and 3rd party service providers work together to ensure better safety, cybersecurity, compliance, and tracking of medical devices. •Susan- Introduction/Background •Connect the Dots Newsletter - https://www.getrevue.co/profile/sramonat •Current state of the Economy and Fintech developments •Origins of Spiritus Partners – based in Exton,PA, Development center in Edinburgh, scotland •What problems do your prospects have that your business solves? •Medical Device supply chain and operating life of devices •Why blockchain in healthcare? •CMMS: Computerized maintenance management system •Medical IoMT devices ecosystem oStakeholders- manufacturers, healthcare establishments, 3rd party servicers •Quality management systems •Growing resale market for developing nations •Safety, sterility, and reliability of devices •Working with the National Health Service •Technical specifications (architecture) of Spiritus Partners oData privacy & Encryption security oM2M technology oIdentity verification oData storage oShift from Ethereum to Hyperledger •Minimum Viable Consortium •Three blockchain Layers: 1. Multi-party consensus 2. Smart contracts (Business logic) 3. Tokenization •Business model- how do you make money? •Real world evidence Innovation •Commercial Partners and concept traction •Company Roadmap oOpen jobs in Edinburgh •Platform Engineer •Lead Analytics Engineer •UX Lead •Personal Questions oIf you had to have micro chip implanted in your body, where would you want it to be implanted? Fingernail oFavorite book - Reflections on the Revolution in France pamphlet by Edmund Burke oFamous role model - Robert Frost (poet) News Corner: https://slate.com/technology/2019/11/google-ascension-project-nightingale-emergent-medical-data.html A big headline in the last couple weeks was the revelation of Project Nightingale, Google’s somewhat secret deal with the largest non-profit health system in the United States, Ascension. In 2018, Google gained access to over 50 million people’s medical records spanning 21 states. Google plans to use this data to generate emergent medical data, which can be used to predict people’s health without their actual health data, they can use less sensitive consumer data to glean insight about a person’s health. Google states that it will use all this data to support improvements in clinical quality and patient safety. I do think we need a solution to fundamentally change the way data is treated, especially for consent management and data ownership. I think that eventually DLT will create new models that will allow emergent medical data insights to be generated that satisfies the demands of all participating stakeholders, including the patient.

Health Unchained Links Website: https://healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Bert's Blockchain/Healthcare Newsletter: https://bert.substack.com/ Show Notes Andy Singleton, is the founder of HumanDB and long time software engineer and entrepreneur. HumanDB is an early stage startup that organizes apps, experts, and data to treat cancer, and provides an open-source platform that humans can use to run private AI advisors. He’s built advisory products for Bloomberg, Reuters, and Citibank, and ran machine learning and genetic algorithms for trading. We talk about how blockchain is not a useful tool for storing medical records and why federated learning is so important in deploying effective machine learning algorithms. Website: https://humandb.ai/ •Introduction of Andy’s background and experience •Experience in early fintech business with Ivan Boesky and SNL Securities (SNL Financial now) •Evolutionary machine learning algorithms and innovation technology •Background of Andy’s startups, Aboveboard (blockchain securities investment platform, now Unbundled Fund) and Maxos (Matrix of Services) •Decentralized communities and entry into healthcare •Why did you start HumanDB? •Utility of FHIR health data standards and limitations •Industry EMRs/PHRs success/failures •Origins of MyCancerdb its founder, Stephen Aldrich •What are neoantigen vaccines? •What kind of data will be shared on the HumanDB platform? •How do various healthcare stakeholders (providers, labs, patients, payers) use HumanDB? •Data custody management – who owns the data, encryption, and how is it managed? •What is the role of AI in your platform? •Main challenges and opportunities of using federated learning •Why is blockchain not good for storing medical records? •Which elements of blockchain can be used effectively in healthcare? •Pitfalls of De-identified data •Sanford pilot - https://news.sanfordhealth.org/news/sanford-health-va-create-partnership-to-help-veterans/ •Pharmacogenomics models •VA project - supply chain project •Most humans don't really want to deal with data – why? •Innovation at scale – why are most large companies not able to innovate at industry scale? •Power law distribution •Favorite book - The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution by Stuart A. Kauffman •Famous role model (scientist, business leader, inventor, etc.) that inspires you - W. Brian Arthur who wrote The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves •What do you do during your free time? New Corner https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614684/a-detective-has-been-given-access-to-private-consumer-dna-data-for-the-first-time/ A Florida detective was recently granted a warrant to access and search the nearly one million people’s genetic information held by consumer DNA site GEDmatch, even if users had opted out of appearing in police search results. It could set a precedent that opens up all consumer DNA sites to law enforcement agencies, so long as they can obtain a warrant. It’s likely that other police departments will now feel emboldened to request access to Ancestry.com and 23andMe, which both host far more data.

Health Unchained Links Website: healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Charles Nader, CEO of doc.com, a telemedicine platform that claims to offer free basic healthcare using AI and blockchain. Show Notes •Introduction of Charles's background from Mexico and educational upbringing •How did you first hear about blockchain technology? •Introduction to Digital Currencies MOOC - https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/free-mooc/ •Blockchain adoption and awareness in healthcare •What drives you to the healthcare industry? •What is the vision for Doc.com? •To ensure quality, Doc.com Providers primarily work in call centers to provide virtual care to patients •Subscription model to clients who pay ($2k-10k/month) for patient healthcare/epidemiology data •What are the greatest challenges for telemedicine adoption globally? •How are you able to offer zero cost telemedicine visits? •Doc Emotions app and mental health via virtual care •Clinical quality of virtual providers •Who are your company partners and major customers? •Using a fork of ethereum and Hyperledger combined •Maintaining user privacy •ICO experience and price volatility •MTC tokenomics •Navigating the regulatory environment in USA and LatAm •Who do you consider your competitors? How are you different? •Outlook for 2020 and beyond •Favorite businessperson/researcher/scientist in history or now? •Recommended reading or resource to learn more - https://www.blitzscaling.com/ News Corner https://www.coindesk.com/president-xi-says-china-should-seize-opportunity-to-adopt-blockchain In October of 2019, the Chinese president Xi Jinping told the country that it needs to seize the opportunity afforded by blockchain technology. Speaking as part of the 18th collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee in Beijing, Xi said, "blockchain technology has a wide array of applications within China, listing topics ranging from financing businesses to mass transit and poverty alleviation." His speech also called for the creation of “Blockchain+,” a platform alluding to personal development such as education, employment and food and medicinal safety, among other basic needs. This is a very interesting position to take considering the people’s bank of China banned cryptocurrencies in 2017. It could be the start of a campaign to convince the Chinese people to adopt it’s own digital Renminbi (Yuan). It’s great to see China positive about blockchain but I always wonder about he handling of privacy in the People republic of china. Subscribe to the top blockchain/healthcare newsletter delivered every week by Robert Miller: bert.substack.com/

EPISODE 48 - SHOW NOTES •Daniel Uribe, Serial Entrepreneur, CEO & Co Founder of Genobank.io, Bs Electronics & Telecom, MBA, EP Stanford GSB, SingularityU •Executive Program at Singularity Univeristy - https://su.org •Navigating the healthcare industry •The idea for Genobank.io was inspired by Daniel’s son •Cybersecurity in Healthcare •General technical specifications (architecture) of Genobank oBlockchain tools - https://counterparty.io odata marketplace oprivacy and security oprivate network storage using IPFS oERC-20 and ERC-721 tokenomics •Platform Competition - Thoughts on Nebula Genomics, Encrypgen, and others •Working with Oasis Labs and NuCypher •DNA Extraction Kits and distribution •https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-weighs-collecting-dna-from-migrants-in-custody-11570055457 •Branded kits for Clinical Trials partnerships in Mexico •Customers - adoption challenges / traction / opportunities •Ethical considerations of DNA data ownership •Genobank Team •Roadmap •If you had to have micro chip implanted in your body, where would you want it to be implanted? Favorite Scientist or businessperson News Corner https://finance.yahoo.com/news/burstiq-closes-5-5-million-140000286.html On October 1, 2019, Denver based BurstIQ announced a $5.5 million Series A capital raise with Elsewhere partners to fund the 4 year old healthcare/blockchain startup and grow it’s service offerings for enterprise-level organizations. This is the 2nd largest raise this for a healthcare/blockchain startup following the $16m raise by Chronicled. The total funding for blockchain and healthcare startups in 2019 so far is about $37m. Health Unchained Links Website: healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind

Sanjeev Wadhwa, Founder and CEO of Life Singularity. Life singularity is a startup looking to ultimately create A Virtual Assistant for every individual on the planet using AI/VR/blockchain to drive precision health. Sanjeev was a partner at Ernst & Young, CSC (partner technology, director RD Life sciences), Show Notes •Learning how to scale at Johnson & Johnson as a program Director 1993-2000 •What drives you to the healthcare industry? •Life Singularity'sAI/VR/Blockchain platform was accepted (Top 20 out of 500 startups) for 2018 Healthcare Innovation Lab for MEDy (Medical Entrepreneurship and Disruption) awards competition at Healthcare Innovation Lab at Exponential medicine (https://exponential.singularityu.org/medicine/), November 2018 in San Diego. •What is the vision for Life Singularity? Why did you start it? How big is the company? Naming the company. •Life Singularity’s collective intent is to help guide the patient’s holistic health •VC perspective - Tackling too many services/technologies for a startup •What is the current state of AI in healthcare? •What kind of data can be collected in our exposome, behavome? •Using geospatial monitoring •Juhan Sonin – social determinants of health Ep. 20. Personal choice (individual behavior) 40%, Genetics 30%, medical care 10%, environment 5%, social 15% https://soundcloud.com/healthunchained/designing-better-healthcare-juhan-sonin-goinvo •Can you describe your technology stack? •Blockchain adoption and awareness in healthcare •What are the biggest barriers to blockchain adoption? •Who are your company partners and major customers? •What kind of traction have you had so far? •What is Life Singularity's business model? •Can you discuss any patents that Life singularity may have filed or granted? •Explain the type of VR that your platform offers. •What does the future of VR look like? •How is life singularity handing consumer data privacy? •Who do you consider your competitors? How are you different? What about google who has so much data? •Were there any events or announcements in the healthcare/blockchain space that was very unexpected or surprising to you? Why? News corner https://nebula.org/anonymous-sequencing Anonymous genome sequencing and the recent announcement from Nebula Genomics to offer tips and tricks to protect your privacy. Tips they provide on their website include: •Using cryptocurrencies or a pre-paid debit card to make the initial purchase of the Saliva Test-kit •Using a secure email service like Protonmail •Using a VPN to give you another IP address to browse the internet •Reserve a PO box from USPS I’ve interviewed professor George Church, who co-founded Nebula Genomics: https://soundcloud.com/healthunchained/ep-9-decentralized-whole-genome-sequencing-george-church-nebula-genomics Health Unchained Links Website: healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Udemy Blockchain/Healthcare Course (Promo Code DOGUM2019): https://www.udemy.com/blockchain-and-healthcare/?couponCode=DOGUM2019 Subscribe to the top blockchain/healthcare newsletter delivered every week by Robert Miller: bert.substack.com/ ConVerge2Xcelerate Conference (Oct. 15, 2019) Registration Link: conv2x-2019.eventcreate.com/ Service Code: HEALTHUNCHAINED

Alyze Sam is an author of multiple books and articles on cryptocurrency. She has experience as a nurse and patient. Research scientist and editor at the world ethical data forum and community manager at women in blockchain. We talk about the purpose of blockchain in healthcare and stablecoins. Her Projects: https://worldethicaldata.org (Community Director/ Core Founder ) https://www.wibi.io/ (Community Manager/ Influencer ) https://GiveNation.world (chief executive assistant/ Community Director) Reach her on Social Media @Facebook: facebook.com/AlyzeSam @instagram: instagram.com/AlyzeSam/ @LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/AlyzeSam/ @Medium: link.medium.com/@AlyzeSam @Twitter: twitter.com/@AlyzeSam All major articles including book shorts & dictionary included, along with pro bio; https://docs.google.com/document/d/13T7II091pzTA0jrdcp3GyMRAcvL81Ce3PCBoPmUsNAU Show Notes •Experience as a hospice and addiction treatment nurse •Getting hit by a semi-trailer truck and major surgeries •Challenges while navigating the healthcare industry •Importance of Education •Research scientist and editor at World Ethical Data Forum •Value of Data ownership •Stablecoins and Alyze Sam’s Stablecoin book •Blockchain technology and community management experience •Losing 250 lbs - Experience as a nutritionist and plant-based diet •Surviving hyperemesis gravidarum •How can blockchain technology improve patient outcomes? •Crypto future outlook •If you had to have micro chip implanted in your body, where would you want it to be implanted? •Decentralized Scientific Research •How can blockchain help with the opioid crisis? •Favorite Book – Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl •Favorite Scientist – Marie Curie •Opportunities for women in blockchain News Corner: https://hashedhealth.com/newsletter-sept-2019/ Last month, Hashed Health published Part 2 of their series on enterprise adoption of blockchain and DLT in healthcare. They listed the 7 major consortiums and identified the major trends that are gaining traction in the industry. The 7 major consortiums are: • Synaptic Health Alliance • Professional Credentials Exchange • Health Utility Network • Coalesce • RemediChain • MediLedger • Melloddy Health Unchained Links Website: healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Udemy Blockchain/Healthcare Course (Promo Code DOGUM2019): https://www.udemy.com/blockchain-and-healthcare/?couponCode=DOGUM2019 Subscribe to the top blockchain/healthcare newsletter delivered every week by Robert Miller: https://bert.substack.com/ ConVerge2Xcelerate Conference (Oct. 15, 2019) Registration Link: https://conv2x-2019.eventcreate.com/ Coupon Code: HEALTHUNCHAINED

Disclaimer: Health Unchained podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only and we are not providing any sort of legal, financial, or medical advice. Please do your own research and due diligence before making any important decisions related to these matters. Health Unchained Links Website: healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Udemy Blockchain/Healthcare Course (Promo Code DOGUM2019): https://www.udemy.com/blockchain-and-healthcare/?couponCode=DOGUM2019 Show Notes The skin care industry is worth about $112B and demand continues to grow internationally. Marc Bookman is building a ethereum-based platform to allow people to measure the results of skincare products using artificial intelligence to examine images of the face and provide people with dermatologist recommended products that fit their needs. Winners of the Startup Grand Slam at the World #AI Show 2019 Opu Labs Named to CIO Applications “Top 50 Healthcare Solutions Providers 2019” Website: www.opu.ai Thanks for the introduction Brennan- https://soundcloud.com/healthunchained/ep-27-commoditizing-integrity-brennan-bennett-founder-of-blockchain-healthcare-review •Introduction of Marc's experience - Entrepreneur, Investor •How is it living in Tokyo? •What drove you to the healthcare industry? Skin care industry •Dermatology / Skin Care Industry fundamentals •How did you first hear about blockchain technology? •Company Vision - Opu Labs (Palo Alto) - Tokenizing Skincare Intelligence •Products - Dapps Roadmap •Blockchain protocols - using Ethereum •AI - Skin analysis •How does the Neural network? •Data Storage •Opu Coin (OPU) ICO raised $2M in 2018 •Token generating event and supply details •Incentive/Rewards system •Market Price Volatility •Marketing in Thailand and other countries •What is Opu's business model? •Opu Connect function and purpose •Privacy and Security of personal data •Who are your company partners and major customers? •What kind of traction have you had so far? •Community and Industry Stakeholders •Customers/Users/Providers •What are the biggest barriers to adoption, both DLT generally and in blockchain in healthcare? •How can blockchain improve data exchange efficiency? •Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities •Outlook for 2019 and beyond •Were there any events or announcements in the healthcare/blockchain space that was very unexpected or surprising to you? Why? •Favorite businessperson/researcher/scientist in history or now? Ben Franklin •Recommended reading or resource to learn more – The Right It by Alberto Savoia News Corner The following announcement isn’t really related to healthcare but is an important step towards bringing awareness about blockchain’s capabilities to the masses. The National Basketball Association and Dapper Labs (the company responsible for Cryptokitties) have teamed up to announce the launch of a digital platform for blockchain-based collectables and an online game called NBA Top Shot. The platform is set to launch this fall season with the full game going live early 2020. You can find a link to the article and NBA Top Shot in the show notes. https://www.coindesk.com/nba-and-dapper-labs-team-up-for-in-game-digital-collectables https://www.nbatopshot.com/

Jared Taylor (CEO BlocHealth) Boston-based company - Wrote a book called “It’s Your Future, Plan 4 It!” How did you first hear about blockchain technology? - BlocHealth was not chosen as the company name because of blockchain What drives you to the healthcare industry? What is the vision for BlocHealth? Why did you start it? - To create the most efficient healthcare professional credential sharing network - Improve access to care by getting healthcare professionals into facilities faster - Eliminate duplicate efforts for healthcare professionals and organizations - Experience with owning a recruiting firm Explain the current process for a doctor to gain medical privileges in a clinic or hospital? - Multiple, duplicated steps - Different sources are collecting the same data for their individual purposes from the HCP - Blockchain-based transactions can help achieve greater transparency and traceability– through an “immutable audit trail” - Blockchain increases the trust in provenance of that data: once a piece of data is written, it can’t get lost, or replaced with a photocopy mistake, or whited out or redacted. And that’s a big step forward. How can blockchain improve data exchange efficiency? - By establishing a single source of truth Who are your company partners and major customers? - In the process of finalizing a few partnerships - More updates on that will be coming soon What is BlocHealth's business model? - We are working towards becoming a credential verification organization (CVO), certified through the National Committee for Quality Assurance - In the near future, we will also make money off of our job board which will include applicant’s with ready to go files to kickstart the process Can you describe your technology stack? Our initial offering will be a cloud-based, Javascript + Ethereum based product at the moment. We’re using a tweak of the MEAN stack: MongoDB, Express.js, Angular 7, and Node.js to serve up our application. What kind of traction have you had so far? - Early-stage - Raised a seed round - Finishing up our initial platform - Currently demoing and preparing for a pilot in the next month Who do you consider your competitors? How are you different? Demos + Pilots + Adjustments + CVO certification next year (national committee quality assurance) + Other specialties Recent draft legislation to tackle healthcare costs which included a section on requiring insurers’ to have provider directories up to date. If patients can prove that their plan's directory steered them to an out-of-network physician or hospital, they would only be on the hook for their in-network co-pay. Related episodes: https://soundcloud.com/healthunchained/ep31-provider-credentialing-anthony-begando-ceo-procredex https://soundcloud.com/healthunchained/ep-33-medical-career-management-w-hashgraph-john-t-hartigan-ceo-intiva-health News Corner Solve.Care has made another important announcement in their effort to fix transportation problems for patients. They have signed a partnership with Uber Health giving them access to their North American ridesharing fleet. Robert Miller’s weekly newsletter – Beyond Blocks http://beyondblocks.bertcmiller.com/ Related episodes: https://soundcloud.com/healthunchained/ep-28-reaching-nirvana-in-healthcare-pradeep-goel-ceo-solvecare https://soundcloud.com/healthunchained/gogo-grandparent-technologies-masschallenge-healthtech-platinum-award-justin-boogaard-ceo Health Unchained Links Website: https://healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Udemy Blockchain/Healthcare Course (Promo Code DOGUM2019): https://www.udemy.com/blockchain-and-healthcare/?couponCode=DOGUM2019 ConV2X conference (10/15/2019) https://conv2x-2019.eventcreate.com/

Robert Miller is an advisor to Remedichain, fellow at Blockchain in Healthcare Global, he previously worked as the Director of Business Development at medicalchain, co-founded Honeycomb health and most recently serves as a senior consultant at ConsenSys Health. Beyond Blocks Weekyly NewsLetter: http://beyondblocks.bertcmiller.com/ Inaugural Edition of Beyond Blocks Bi-Annual Report: http://bertcmiller.com/Beyond%20Blocks_biannual_report_v1.pdf Show Notes •Journey to ConsenSys Health •Blockchain/Healthcare Conference experiences – upcoming ConVerge2Xcelerate conference https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/announcement •ConV2X Conference Register here: https://conv2x-2019.eventcreate.com/ •Common improper use cases for blockchain in healthcare •Cryptocurrency ecosystem and incentive mechanisms •What are some of the Best use cases for blockchain in healthcare? •What are some examples of companies/projects applying tokenization in a effective way? •Breaking down Game Theory in the healthcare industry - How can blockchain architecture design align with behavioral economics? •Blockchain as a social phenomonem, not just technical one •Data unions in the future can help govern personal protections of people’s data •Problems in healthcare data security/privacy/sharing •Private/Public DLT protocols - pros and cons of different permissioning rules •Thoughts on Facebook’s Libra •Facebook’s cryptocurrency is a centralized wolf in decentralized sheep’s clothing by Joe Lubin (ConsenSys founder): https://qz.com/1649526/facebook-is-begging-us-to-trust-libra-but-should-we/ •Adoption trends of cryptocurrencies in society •Market Trends •Security Token Offerings for specific drug product development an opposed to the entire biotech company •How can people differentiate between the hype and reality? •What advice would you give healthcare/financial regulators? •New Incentive mechanisms enabled by blockchain •Focused airdrops will be more successful than spray and pray airdrops- https://handshake.org/ is a good example for decentralized certificate authority and naming •Were there any events or announcements in the healthcare/blockchain space that was very unexpected or surprising to you? Why? News Corner MELLODDY (MachinE Learning Ledger Orchestration for Drug DiscoverY) announcement: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WQK67Cxib3AtOr4FPZM1eBUIl2ABowx0/view https://www.ft.com/content/ef7be832-86d0-11e9-a028-86cea8523dc2 Data Science and Artificial Intelligence partner: https://owkin.com/ In June 2019, 10 large pharma companies and European academic universities announce that they will be collaborating to train drug-discovery, machine-learning algorithms using each other’s data. The companies, including Bayer, GSK, Novartis, and Merck, are working with a google ventures backed startup called Owkin to facilitate the sharing of the competitors’ data without revealing commercial secrets to rivals. It takes at least 10 years for a new drug to move from initial discovery to the marketplace and cost about $3B. Through this collaboration, the goal is to accelerate and reduce the cost of the discovery of drugs. Owkin uses blockchain and AWS technologies to execute these machine learning algorithms without having the data ever leave the owner’s infrastructure, only non-sensitive models are exchanged. Health Unchained Links Website: healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Udemy Blockchain/Healthcare Course (Promo Code DOGUM2019): https://www.udemy.com/blockchain-and-healthcare/?couponCode=DOGUM2019