Interview

January 6, 2020

The people behind real healthcare innovation

McKinsey’s Tobias Silberzahn talks to Dr. Tryggvi Thorgeirsson, the Nordic digital therapeutics innovator and cofounder of SidekickHealth


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SidekickHealth

As part of my work at McKinsey I have had the privilege to speak with many inspiring innovators. 

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Tobias Silberzahn, partner at McKinsey
Tobias Silberzahn, partner at McKinsey
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