Nearly 200 scientists, investors and industry representatives attended Weill Cornell Medicine’s 2025 Biomedical Innovation Conference April 1, sharing their startup journeys and experiences nurturing biomedical advances into health care products and companies.

Six teams pitched their innovations at the 2023 Biomedical Business Plan Challenge Final Pitch Day competition for $100,000 in prize money, which can be used to help build their company, with the goal of ushering in the next generation of life science innovation and patient care.