Today, the Kidney Innovation Accelerator (KidneyX), a public private partnership between the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the eight winners of the Artificial Kidney Prize Phase 2 at the KidneyX Summit in Washington, DC. The competition recognized participants’ innovative approaches to developing a bioartificial kidney and was divided into two tracks with two Track 1 participants each receiving $1,600,000, and six Track 2 participants each receiving $1,000,000.
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Winners announced in second round of the KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge
Today, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced seven winners in Round 2 of the KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge. From December to January, healthcare providers, dialysis centers, nonprofit health systems, and other entrants submitted solutions that could reduce the transmission of coronavirus among people with kidney disease and/or reduce the risk of kidney damage among people who contract the virus.
HHS and the American Society of Nephrology Announce Winners of $3 Million Kidneyx Redesign Dialysis Phase 2 Prize Competition at Kidneyx Summit
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced the six winners of the $3 million KidneyX: Redesign Dialysis Phase 2 competition during the virtual KidneyX Summit.