Meet the Fast Starters building healthcare empires
Health companies make up about 10 per cent of this year’s list, reflecting demand for better, cheaper and more convenient access to products and services.
The inspiration behind Chris Nasr and Grace Tan’s Melbourne-based healthcare start-up, Nectar Brands, is deeply personal.
When a little over a decade ago Nasr’s aunt suffered a stroke that left her paralysed down one side, she became dependent on morphine patches to help manage the pain. In the following years, Tan says the couple saw first-hand how conventional opioids strip away a patient’s quality of life.
Ronald MizenPolitical correspondentRonald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra. Connect with Ronald on Twitter. Email Ronald at ronald.mizen@afr.com
