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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – German Version below
Zurich, 16th of April 2025

EQUAL CARE Wins Reuters Pharma 2025 Startup Competition with Groundbreaking Certification Model for Precision and Gender Equity in Healthcare<\/strong>

Barcelona, Spain<\/strong> \u2014 EQUAL CARE, a Swiss-based health innovation company, has won the prestigious Startup Competition at Reuters Pharma 2025 in Barcelona. The company\u2019s visionary certification platform, which verifies whether medications, diagnostics, and AI-supported interventions are developed with sex- and gender-balanced data, impressed a jury of pharma executives, commercial leaders, and innovation experts.

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be recognized for our mission to close the gender health gap,\u201d said Thao Nguy\u1ec5n, Founder and CEO of EQUAL CARE. \u201cThis win affirms what we already believe: gender equity is not just an ethical imperative\u2014it\u2019s a market opportunity. EQUAL CARE helps the industry make that value visible.\u201d

Making Evidence Visible, Trusted, and Valuable<\/strong>
EQUAL CARE certifies medical interventions based on transparent, scientifically backed criteria assessing gender representation, efficacy, dosage (posology), and side effects. Certified interventions are published at registry.equal-care.org, creating visibility for regulators, prescribers, and patients\u2014while also offering companies a competitive edge in market access, medical communications, and innovation leadership.

More than 50% of approved medications still lack sex-specific efficacy data, despite growing evidence that outcomes differ by gender. EQUAL CARE aims to change that.

\u201cYou already have the data,\u201d said Nguyen in her winning pitch. \u201cWe help you make it visible, actionable, and trusted\u2014for regulators, for physicians, and for every patient who deserves precision medicine that works for them.\u201d

Scaling in 2025 and Beyond<\/strong>
Following the Reuters win, EQUAL CARE is opening its next certification cycle. The team plans to certify 80 interventions in 2025, and scale to 10,000 certifications over the next five years, with a growing partner base in pharma, biotech, MedTech, and AI.

The company also offers a Marketing Playbook for certified partners, enabling teams to translate clinical evidence into trust, differentiation, and regulatory readiness.

About EQUAL CARE

EQUAL CARE is a healthtech company based in Zurich, Switzerland. Its mission is to advance precision, equity, and inclusion in medicine by certifying medical interventions with sex- and gender-balanced evidence. The company collaborates with global scientific advisors, regulatory experts, and organizations like the Women\u2019s Brain Foundation.

Learn more at www.equal-care.org.

Media Contact:
Thao Nguyen
Founder & CEO, EQUAL CARE
\ud83d\udce7 thao@equal-care.org
\ud83c\udf10 www.equal-care.org
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MEDIENMITTEILUNG<\/strong>
Z\u00fcrich, 16. April 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schweizer Startup EQUAL CARE gewinnt internationalen Pharma-Wettbewerb in Barcelona<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Barcelona \/ Z\u00fcrich<\/strong> \u2013 Das Z\u00fcrcher HealthTech-Unternehmen EQUAL CARE<\/strong> hat den renommierten Startup-Wettbewerb der Reuters Pharma 2025 Konferenz<\/strong> in Barcelona gewonnen. Ausgezeichnet wurde eine bahnbrechende Idee: Ein Zertifikat f\u00fcr Medikamente, digitale Anwendungen und KI-Systeme, die nachweislich auf Geschlechtergerechtigkeit und Pr\u00e4zision in der klinischen Forschung setzen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thao Nguyen<\/strong>, Gr\u00fcnderin und CEO von EQUAL CARE, \u00fcberzeugte mit ihrer Vision, dass Pr\u00e4zisionsmedizin nur funktionieren kann, wenn Frauen und M\u00e4nner in medizinischen Studien gleichermassen ber\u00fccksichtigt werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201eDas Gesundheitswesen kann nur dann gerechter, effizienter und vertrauensw\u00fcrdiger werden, wenn Datenl\u00fccken geschlossen werden \u2013 insbesondere die geschlechterspezifischen\u201c, so Nguyen. \u201eWir helfen Pharmaunternehmen dabei, das vorhandene Wissen sichtbar zu machen und daraus echten Mehrwert zu schaffen.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Gesundheit, die f\u00fcr alle funktioniert<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bis heute wurden \u00fcber 50\u202f% aller zugelassenen Medikamente nicht<\/strong> gleichermassen an M\u00e4nnern und Frauen getestet \u2013 mit Folgen f\u00fcr Diagnose, Wirkung und Nebenwirkungen. EQUAL CARE<\/strong> schliesst diese L\u00fccke: Das Unternehmen pr\u00fcft klinische Daten nach transparenten Kriterien und vergibt ein G\u00fctesiegel, wenn die wissenschaftliche Evidenz geschlechtergerecht ist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Das Ziel: Mehr Transparenz f\u00fcr \u00c4rzt:innen, Patient:innen und Gesundheitsbeh\u00f6rden \u2013 und mehr Vertrauen in die Medizin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Aus der Schweiz, f\u00fcr die Welt<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Der internationale Erfolg bringt R\u00fcckenwind:
EQUAL CARE plant, im Jahr 2025 80 medizinische Interventionen zu zertifizieren<\/strong> und in den n\u00e4chsten f\u00fcnf Jahren auf 10’000 Zertifizierungen weltweit<\/strong> zu skalieren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Das Unternehmen arbeitet mit regulatorischen Expert:innen, wissenschaftlichen Beir\u00e4ten und der Women\u2019s Brain Foundation zusammen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00dcber EQUAL CARE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

EQUAL CARE<\/strong>\u00a0ist ein HealthTech-Unternehmen mit Sitz in Baar. Die Mission: medizinische Versorgung gerechter, pr\u00e4ziser und zukunftsf\u00e4higer machen \u2013 mit einem wissenschaftlich fundierten Zertifizierungsprozess f\u00fcr geschlechtergerechte Medizin. Weitere Informationen unter:\u00a0www.equal-care.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Medienkontakt:<\/strong>
Thao Nguyen
Founder & CEO, EQUAL CARE
\ud83d\udce7\u00a0thao@equal-care.org<\/a>
\ud83c\udf10\u00a0www.equal-care.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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