Startup Founder Testimonial: Vitruvian from LaunchPad Central on Vimeo. There have been 2 or 3 courses in my entire education that have changed the way I think. This is one of those. For the past three years the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps has been teaching our nations best scientists how to build a Lean Startup. Close […]
We’ve pivoted our Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum. We’re changing the order in which we teach the business model canvas and customer development to better-fit therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices. — Over the last three years the Lean LaunchPad class has started to replace the last century’s “how to write a business plan” classes as the foundation for entrepreneurial […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
A pilot program to build the next generation of biotech and medical device entrepreneurs at the National Institutes of Health is looking for a few good biomedical researchers. A National Science Foundation initiative that equips scientists with business training to help them transition from academia to the business world has been expanded to biomedical researchers, […]
In this series, Dialogues+ is taking a look at innovation brought about through collaborations between physicians and biopharmaceutical/medical technology companies. Today, we look to potential future innovations and recent developments from the National Institutes of Health. Accelerating Medicines Partnership In February 2014, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a new public-private partnership, the Accelerating […]
The National Institutes of Health has quite a bit of patented work sitting on the shelf and not enough biotech companies willing or able to take on the risk of trying to commercialize them. Universities, meanwhile, have lots of motivated and engaged students and faculty eager to get some experience with real-world research projects and […]
With help from a health IT firm, the NIH’s Undiagnosed Disease Program hopes to make the sophisticated genetic analysis methods it developed to identify underlying causes of challenging diseases available to other institutions. UDP has seen some 700 patients in the NIH’s Bethesda, Md., facility since it started back in 2008. These are patients with […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Cancer research, some FDA plant inspections, and the annual flu tracking program have all stopped due to the federal government shut down.
Congress failed to pass a budget so the federal government shutdown started today. The lapse in funding affects many health programs from the research at National Institutes of Health to enrollment in clinical trials to the Women, Infants and Children nutritional program. The Washington Post has a detailed list of who went home this morning […]
To spark translational research in heart, lung, blood and sleep-related diseases, the National Institutes of Health is doling out $31.5 million to three multi-institution “centers for accelerated innovations.” Specifically, the grants are meant to speed up the commercialization of inventions that would help diagnose, treat, manage or prevent those diseases. Centers in Ohio, California and […]
On Monday, the sequestration cuts are set to touch down on Medicare and cause a 2 percent drop in reimbursement payments made to doctors, hospitals and other providers. Dr. Paul Keckley, executive director for the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, wrote in a memo earlier this month (PDF) that providers should expect the reductions to […]
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Sequestration spares Medicaid and almost all of Medicare, but automatic cuts to other federal health care programs will make it more difficult for low-income Americans to get maternal and infant care, vaccinate their children, and receive treatment for...
Given the profit motives and market consolidation occurring amongst the purveyors of these EMR systems and the potential for lethal EMR errors both from software and human interface issues, doctors and patients must especially question the ethics of the movement to deploy untested, novel technology on our patient population under restrictive covenants
If you are having a hard time choosing between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Gov. Mitt Romney, here are some weekend reading assignments for you. Whether you’re interested in stem cell research or Jeep jobs or Medicare, these independent websites (no lamestream media here) let you check the truthiness of candidate claims and understand […]
If you want to take a new discovery from the lab to the marketplace but don’t have the nerves for venture funds, there’s always the government. The National Institutes of Health has special grants to help small businesses fund tech transfer and innovation projects. The agency awards millions every year but scientists and entrepreneurs have […]
Kensey Nash (NASDAQ:KNSY) has received a $1.9 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine the use of bioadhesive surgical mesh to repair tendons. The Exton, Pennsylvania-based medical device company focused on regenerative medicine will develop and review whether the use of a bioadhesive device can create […]