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Committed to Medical Innovations
Every day—in research labs across eastern Massachusetts—investigators, doctors and nurses at Partners HealthCare are working to discover new treatment options, medical devices and technology to improve the lives and outcomes of patients. Partners HealthCare Innovation works directly with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital and Spaulding Hospital to commercialize their innovations. It is our mission to enable commercialization through the best route for a given technology, and ensure that technologies can benefit patients.
Partners Innovation News
New Imaging Tools Could Reduce the Deadly Toll of Thrombus and Fibrosis
Diseases related to thrombus and fibrosis are a key contributor to strokes, heart attacks, organ failure and death and result in billions of dollars in healthcare costs each year. Thrombus—the formation of blot clots—is the most common underlying pathology of ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke and venous thromboembolism.
Partners Healthcare News
Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital Advancing Novel Experimental Gene-based COVID-19 Vaccine, AAVCOVID
Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) today announced progress towards the testing and development of an experimental vaccine called AAVCOVID, a novel gene-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
World Medical Innovation Forum
Responding to the Transformation of Health Care
This annual event was established to respond to the intensifying transformation of health care and its impact on innovation. The Forum is rooted in the belief that no matter the magnitude of that change, the center of health care needs to be a shared, fundamental commitment to collaborative innovation – industry and academia working together to improve patient lives.
Innovators Getting Coffee
Advice on the ‘Lightbulb Moment’ with Paul Ridker, MD
Paul Ridker, MD and Pat Fortune, PhD discuss the process of translating an invention into a commercial opportunity.
Innovators Getting Coffee
When are Ideas Ready for Commercialization with Tayyaba Hasan, PhD
Tayyaba Hasan, PhD, shares some advice on knowing when inventions are ready for commercialization. She shares perspectives with Ulysses Sallum on how innovation impacts lives.
Innovators Getting Coffee
Company Creation: What to Do, What to Do
Rick Blumberg, MD, shares some advice on company creation with Chris Coburn, Partners’ chief innovation officer. Hear Rick’s thoughts on the value of thinking through whether to license an invention or to form a company around it and the importance of creating a compelling investment story regardless of the path you choose.
Newsletters and Other Recent Publications
The 2020 World Medical Innovation Forum will focus on the future of medicine and the growing impact of Artificial Intelligence on clinical care. The event brings together hundreds of industry-leading CEOs, Partners' HIT experts, investors, deal makers and our Harvard faculty to share perspectives on how cognitive computation, machine learning, and big date are having a transformative impact on patient care.
To learn more about the World Medical Innovation Forum, click here.
Career Development Opportunities for Future Leaders in Translational Medicine
The Innovation Fellows Program enables personnel exchanges between Partners hospitals and participating industry. Biopharmaceutical, device, venture capital, digital health, payors, and consulting firms engage with early career Harvard faculty and trainees appointed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital. Fellows gain the competencies they need to become future leaders in health care through experiential opportunities.