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21 Rhode Islander’s Graduate from NEMIC’s Med Tech Leadership Program in Partnership with Back to Work; Program Concludes with an Educational Pitch Night

Providence, RI - May 20, 2021 – The 2nd cohort of NEMIC’s Med Tech Leadership Program participants graduates after educational pitch event on Monday evening, May 18th.

The Med Tech Leadership Program is NEMIC’s signature educational program designed to teach innovators, entrepreneurs, industry, clinicians, investors, and anyone interested in learning a holistic view of regulated medical technology development, best commercialization practices, and business leadership for regulated medical technologies.

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Press Release: Rhode Island based startup, Lenoss Medical raises $1.3 million to launch new spinal technology challenging the osseous healing paradigm

Providence, RI – May 5th, 2021 – Lenoss Medical, a biomedical start up focused on physiological repair of osteoporotic spinal fractures has raised $1.3 million in a seed funding round from Cherrystone Angel Group, Slater Technology Fund, Walnut Ventures, Beacon Angels, River Valley Investors, Magpie Neurosurgical Innovation Fund and Mr. Hansjoerg Wyss.

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Asthenis + Q2Behave accepted into ACTIVATE, a seed-funding preparation program supported by Rhode Island Commerce

Providence, RI, October 28th, 2020 - Two Rhode Island-based startups, Asthenis and Q2Behave, are awarded funding through the New England Medical Innovation Center’s (NEMIC) ACTIVATE Program.

ACTIVATE is a seed funding preparation program supported by Rhode Island Commerce. Through Activate, Rhode Island-based MedTech startups can apply to be awarded professional services valued between $15,000-$37,000 to fill gaps in their business plan in preparation for a successful round of fundraising.

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Brown, Lifespan launch joint Center for Digital Health

PROVIDENCE, R.I.: Building on a decade of successful collaborations, Brown University and Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest health system, announce the launch of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health. The Center for Digital Health’s mission is to utilize the best of technology to seamlessly maximize health and eliminate health disparities for both individual patients and larger populations, extending from the local to global communities.

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NEMIC’s Med Tech Leadership Program in Partnership with Real Jobs RI Concludes with an Educational Pitch Night Showcasing 12 Rhode Island based Entrepreneurs

Providence, RI - June 29, 2020 – The New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC), New England’s Premier Med Tech Venture Studio who supports innovators to bring their medical ideas forward, announces the completion of their 9-month, 16 class, 8 workshop education program. The Med Tech Leadership Program, in partnership with Real Jobs Rhode Island, is a demand-driven workforce and economic development initiative designed to train the next generation of entrepreneurs, startup executives, and industry professionals in Rhode Island’s medical technology ecosystem.

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Call for RI Med Tech Companies to Showcase at Access RI Med Tech

Are you a part of Rhode Island's Med Tech Ecosystem? Are you part of an institution, non-profit, startup, design firm, research group, service provider, or just a general Med Tech enthusiast?

Register to showcase your work, products, research, or services, at the Med Tech "Science Fair", part of Access RI Med Tech, a showcase of Rhode Island's Med Tech ecosystem on May 7th, 2020.

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PBN: After years of promise, R.I. medtech sector emerging from Boston’s shadow

After working for a large company for more than a decade, Dom Messerli was on his own for the first time in 2016.

He’d just launched a medical-technology startup out of his Bristol home specializing in spinal implants. A lot of work remained between the implant concept and the market, including clearing regulatory hurdles, and Messerli felt isolated.

“I was struggling, because I didn’t know anyone in the field,” he said. “I felt like I was this lonely guy in the medtech industry, and I just didn’t feel that there was anyone … who was doing the same thing.”

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NEMIC Launches Grant Funded Activate Program supported by CommerceRI

PROVIDENCE, RI, October 22, 2019 – The New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) is excited to announce they have been awarded an Innovation Network Matching Grant from Commerce Rhode Island to grow Rhode Island’s Med Tech ecosystem and support local Med Tech entrepreneurs. The award of $195,000 will support:

  • Activation Program

  • Expansion into the CIC Providence

  • RI Business Competition Collaboration

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PBN: R.I.’s medtech innovators get much-needed support

FRESH ideas are at the core of the medical-technology industry, but as Aidan Petrie saw during his tenure as chief innovation officer at Providence-based Ximedica LLC, even the most dazzling concepts are dependent on knowing how to navigate a highly regulated field. Education can mean the difference between an idea that never takes off and…

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A Designer's Role: Changing our Healthcare System [Part of Design Week] Event Announcement

The United States’ current healthcare system is in crisis. We spend the most money on healthcare-related expenses of any country. 27 million American citizens either pay out of pocket or have to refuse care because they lack healthcare insurance coverage. There is a disconnect in communication and information sharing across the entire system complicating care for patients and causing physician burnout. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

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NEMIC Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Roberta Powell, Accepted into MassChallengeRI 2019 Cohort

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Roberta Powell’s startup Quantitative 2 Qualitative Health (Q2Q) has been accepted into the 2019 MassChallengeRI cohort. The cohort, made up of 25 early-stage startups, was chosen from over 250 applications from 25 states and 39 countries around the world. Q2Q uses a customer facing application to convert health data into simple diagrams to empower its users to make better health decisions.

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Chungnam National University Visits the Thriving MedTech Ecosystem in Rhode Island

Thursday, April 18, 2019 – A Korean delegation from our global partner, Chungnam National University and the Chungnam National University Hospital visited Rhode Island on their tour of well know innovation hubs in the United States. Their goal was to learn about Rhode Island’s thriving MedTech ecosystem and how they can partner with organization, universities, and government entities in the state.

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NEMIC awarded “Real Jobs RI” implementation grant to cultivate the next generation of medical leaders and innovators

PROVIDENCE, RI, April 9, 2019 – The Foundation for New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) was recognized yesterday as a recipient of the “Real Jobs RI” Implementation Grant to cultivate and educate the future leaders of medical technologies and digital health.  NEMIC aims to provide leadership training to small businesses, scientists, researchers, and students in local universities through an all-inclusive MedTech training program with the goal to bridge the gap between workforce and economic development in a key Rhode Island economic segment.

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