EIT Health InnoStars

EIT Health InnoStars is one of the eight geographical areas of EIT Health. It covers half of Europe, including Hungary, Italy, Poland and Portugal, as well as additional regions included in the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme – Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania.

Headquartered in Budapest, EIT Health InnoStars brings together more than 50 members. With them, we are focused on promoting entrepreneurship, innovation and education in the domain of healthcare, healthy living and active ageing. As well as concentrating on closing the gap between regions that are leaders in innovation and those regions which are still progressing.

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Programmes

International Master in Innovative Medicine

Learn to thrive as an innovator in healthcare

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Certified Innovation Path

Certified personalised learning programmes in different areas of healthcare innovation

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Health Data – Certified Innovation Path

Personalised learning programme focused on data health innovation

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Digital Medical Devices – Certified Innovation Path

Personalised learning programme focused on digital medical devices

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High Value Care – Certified Innovation Path

Personalised learning programme focused on high value care

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Foundations of Design Thinking in Healthcare

Hands-on course applying Design Thinking to drive innovation and patient-centered solutions

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Data Entrepreneurs Course

Harness the power of medical data for better decision-making

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International Master in Innovative Medicine
Certified Innovation Path
Health Data – Certified Innovation Path
Digital Medical Devices – Certified Innovation Path
High Value Care – Certified Innovation Path
Foundations of Design Thinking in Healthcare
Data Entrepreneurs Course
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In Focus

VR Health Champions Open Call 2026

If you're a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and have expertise in XR healthcare developments, this is your chance to receive up to 60.000 € grant and contribute directly to the development of cutting-edge solutions.

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HICEE Best practices guide to understand local markets

The report offers investors a practical guide to the healthcare start-up ecosystem in Central and Eastern Europe, combining market insights, regulatory guidance, and hands-on tools to identify opportunities and scale promising ventures across the region

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White paper on providing secondary use of health data to early stage startups

The paper highlights findings from the Lithuanian Health Data Pilot Project— an initiative providing early stage start-ups with secure access to anonymised health information.

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Digital Health Applications (DiGA) in Portugal

This white paper presents the need and current status of a DiGA framework implementation in Portugal.

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European Health Data Space in Portugal

A comprehensive study on the current status of European Health Data Space (EHDS) implementation in Portugal.

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InnoStars Roundtable Report on EHDS in Italy

The power of health data: benefits and challenges for the European Health Data Space in Italy.

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VR Health Champions Open Call 2026
HICEE Best practices guide to understand local markets
White paper on providing secondary use of health data to early stage startups
Digital Health Applications (DiGA) in Portugal
European Health Data Space in Portugal
InnoStars Roundtable Report on EHDS in Italy

InnoStars Coordinates

EIT Regional Innovation Scheme

The EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS) was created by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology to close the gap between regions that are leaders in innovation and those ones which are still progressing.

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EIT Hub Israel

Bringing the EU and Israel Even Closer: EIT Hub Israel was established in 2019 with the mission to nurture and create synergies with the Israeli innovation ecosystem and support the growth of innovative EU and Israeli start-ups. We do this through our innovative programmes and extensive global network that leverage both economies and empower entrepreneurs and corporates alike to make a societal impact.

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EIT Jumpstarter

Innovators from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe: Get support in turning your ideas into a successful business. If you are from Central, Eastern or Southern Europe and want to commercialise your innovation, this competitive programme will give you the jumpstart you need. We support ideas in healthcare, agri-food, raw materials, energy, urban mobility, manufacturing or the New European Bauhaus.

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EIT Regional Innovation Scheme
EIT Hub Israel
EIT Jumpstarter

Our members
EIT Health InnoStars brings together over 50 members from the more progressive regions within European countries where the overall pace of innovation is still moderate.

InnoStars news

BIO-RED: Strengthening Biotech and Pharma Innovation Across Europe

BIO-RED: Strengthening Biotech and Pharma Innovation Across Europe

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Europe boosts biomanufacturing collaboration by connecting three key regional ecosystems

The BRIDGE project connects Catalonia (Spain), Silesia (Poland), and Campania (Italy) to close the production gap and advance…

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Morning Health Talks in Riga explore the future of secondary use of healthcare data use

A call for updated legal frameworks and collaborative action

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HeliX launches in Portugal: EIT Health InnoStars strengthens Europe’s sovereign health data ecosystem

EIT Health InnoStars is playing a key strategic role in HeliX, a newly launched European initiative designed to…

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When loss becomes purpose- reinventing cancer detection

NIB biotec rewrites the future of cancer detection

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Breaking Down Bottlenecks in Healthcare Start-up Commercialisation

The Morning Health Talks in Gdańsk highlight enormous potential for healthcare innovation in Europe

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InnoStars Contributes

Heatly Investment Central Eastern Europe

Addressing the investment gap in Central Eastern Europe

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VR Health Champions

Disrupting the European Healthcare with VR Health technologies

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𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘆

Accelerating Hungary’s path to innovation leadership

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CoDEPlugin

Connecting the Dots Embedding Plug-In within National Innovation Support Schemes

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BRIDGE

Biomanufacturing Regions for Integrated Development and Growth in the Ecosystems

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Heatly Investment Central Eastern Europe
VR Health Champions
𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘆
CoDEPlugin
BRIDGE

InnoStars Community

Team

They are people behind every innovation. Meet InnoStars Team.

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Milena Argirović, Takeda Serbia

Global Mission, Local Action: Inside Takeda’s Innovation Journey in Eastern Europe

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Olesja Bondarenko, co-founder & CEO of Nanordica Medical

Runner-up of EIT Women Leadership 2025 at European Prize for Women Innovators

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Tamás Békási, EIT Health InnoStars RIS Business Creation Lead

How European health innovations can break through?

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Olga Petrović, Neofunction

EIT Health Rising Star

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Balázs Zoltán Fürjes, EIT Health InnoStars Director

The EIT Community Hub in Hungary officially opened its doors in Budapest

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Martin Kern, EIT Director

The EIT Community Hub in Hungary officially opened its doors in Budapest

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Team
Milena Argirović, Takeda Serbia
Olesja Bondarenko, co-founder & CEO of Nanordica Medical
Tamás Békási, EIT Health InnoStars RIS Business Creation Lead
Olga Petrović, Neofunction
Balázs Zoltán Fürjes, EIT Health InnoStars Director
Martin Kern, EIT Director

Downloads

  • Il potenziale dei dati sanitari: benefici e sfide per l'European Health Data Space in Italia Download
  • EIT Health InnoStars Brochure Download
  • InnoStars Assessment of Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem Maturity Download
  • EIT Health InnoStars Roundtable Report on EHDS in Poland Download
  • InnoStars Think Tank Report 2020 Download
  • Towards harmonised EU Landscape for Digital Health: Summary of the roundtable discussions in selected EIT Health InnoStars countries Download
  • Digital Therapeutics: the Italian landscape and the contribution of EIT Health Italian Partners for a harmonized context Download
  • EHDS Serbia White Paper Report 2025 Download PDF

How to find us

Address:

1117 Budapest,
Neumann Janos u. 1/E,
Hungary

Address:

ul Prosta 70 (Crown Point)
Bobo Coworking
00-838 Warszawa, Poland

Address:

c/o CESTEV – University of Naples Federico II, via Tommaso De Amicis n. 95,

80145 Napoli NA, Italy

 

Address:

Building C, Rua Pedro Nunes,

3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal