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11/8/2018 Newsletter

$7.9M NIH Grant to Fuel New Center Assisting Medical-Device Entrepreneurs

$7.9M NIH Grant to Fuel New Center Assisting Medical-Device Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs working to improve the lives and promote the independence of patients may soon benefit from an initiative run by the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2).

11/8/2018 Newsletter
6/29/2018 Press Release

Business Accelerator Takes Aim at U.S. Health Threats

Business Accelerator Takes Aim at U.S. Health Threats

The federal agency tasked with solving critical health threats to Americans has chosen the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) as one of only eight business incubators in the nation to help startups develop means of eradicating influenza and sepsis.

6/29/2018 Press Release
6/17/2018 Lowell Sun In The News

Lowell Company Developing 'Bone Glue' to Help Healing

Lowell Company Developing 'Bone Glue' to Help Healing

Officials at LaunchPad Medical, LLC, say they're on the right track to breaking ground in developing "bone glue." They worked at incubator spaces at UMass Lowell, under the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) umbrella.

6/17/2018 Lowell Sun In The News
6/6/2018 Lowell Sun In The News

UMass Lowell Center to Join Fight against U.S. Health Challenges

UMass Lowell Center to Join Fight against U.S. Health Challenges

The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) -- a joint partnership between UMass Lowell and UMass Medical Center -- was introduced Tuesday as among eight accelerators selected by the Department of Health and Human Services under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

6/6/2018 Lowell Sun In The News
12/3/2017 Lowell Sun In The News

Inside 110 Canal, Startups Working on Next Big Thing

Inside 110 Canal, Startups Working on Next Big Thing

Tom O'Donnell oversees the operations at 110 Canal St., home of UMass Lowell's Innovation Hub, Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center, and, soon, the Fabrics Discovery Center.

12/3/2017 Lowell Sun In The News
7/11/2017 Press Release

M2D2 Announces Winners of $100K Challenge

M2D2 Announces Winners of $100K Challenge

The University of Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) recently named the winners of its sixth annual M2D2 $100K Challenge.

7/11/2017 Press Release
2/3/2017 Press Release

M2D2 Kicks Off Sixth Annual $100K Challenge

M2D2 Kicks Off Sixth Annual $100K Challenge

The University of Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) is kicking off its sixth annual M2D2 $100K Challenge, a nationwide competition that showcases the innovative ideas of early-stage medical device, diagnostic and biotech companies. The deadline to apply is Feb. 13, 2017.

2/3/2017 Press Release
1/5/2017 Lowell Sun In The News

EternoGen Joins Lowell's M2D2 Incubator

EternoGen Joins Lowell's M2D2 Incubator

EternoGen Aesthetics LLC, which has products designed to restore lost dermal tissue, announced on Wednesday that it will be opening offices within the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2), located in the Wannalancit Mills on Lowell's Suffolk Street.

1/5/2017 Lowell Sun In The News
1/1/2017 Lowell Sun In The News

UMass Partners for Better Biotech

UMass Partners for Better Biotech

UMass Lowell already has a strong program in advanced manufacturing, anchored by the Massachusetts BioManufacturing Center on campus. Now, the university's program will get even stronger as it joins a public-private partnership to develop new advanced manufacturing technologies and train a skilled workforce.

1/1/2017 Lowell Sun In The News
12/4/2016 Lowell Sun In The News

Johnson & Johnson Taps M2D2 for Training Site

Johnson & Johnson Taps M2D2 for Training Site

UMass Lowell's M2D2 startup lab has been named one of a small number of training facilities run by the conglomerate Johnson & Johnson.

12/4/2016 Lowell Sun In The News
6/17/2016 Boston Business Journal In The News

Event Highlights Potential of Entrepreneurship Programs

Event Highlights Potential of Entrepreneurship Programs

6/17/2016 Boston Business Journal In The News
6/5/2016 Lowell Sun In The News

Innoblative is Top Winner at M2D2 $100k Challenge

Innoblative is Top Winner at M2D2 $100k Challenge

Innoblative, a startup connected to UMass Lowell's Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center, hopes that a new product it's developing will be able to quickly and easily remove those potentially cancerous cells using what's called radio-frequency ablation.

6/5/2016 Lowell Sun In The News
3/27/2016 Lowell Sun In The News

M2D2 Hosts Fifth Annual New Venture Competition

M2D2 Hosts Fifth Annual New Venture Competition

UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney spoke before more than 100 medical-device and biotech entrepreneurs and investors Wednesday at the fifth Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) New Venture Competition Showcase.

3/27/2016 Lowell Sun In The News
10/8/2015 Featured Story

Innovation Gets a Boost at 110 Canal St.

Innovation Gets a Boost at 110 Canal St.

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito helped toast M2D2 and iHub floors at 110 Canal building.

10/8/2015 Featured Story
10/7/2015 Lowell Sun In The News

Newly Christened M2D2 Hub Already Humming

Newly Christened M2D2 Hub Already Humming

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito was on hand with Chancellor Jacquie Moloney at the opening of UMass Lowell's Innovation Hub and expansion of M2D2 at 110 Canal St., along with UMass Medical Chancellor Michael Collins and state Rep. Dave Nangle.

10/7/2015 Lowell Sun In The News
9/8/2015 Lowell Sun In The News

UMass Lowell Hosts MassDevelopment

UMass Lowell Hosts MassDevelopment

Representatives of MassDevelopment recently visited UMass Lowell's new Innovation Hub and Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) at 110 Canal St. in the city's Hamilton Canal District.

9/8/2015 Lowell Sun In The News
7/16/2015 Featured Story

Entrepreneurship Class Goes Global

Entrepreneurship Class Goes Global

Students from India, Japan, China, Guyana and Thailand collaborate with UMass Lowell students on campus in expanded Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation course.

7/16/2015 Featured Story
7/12/2015 Attleboro Sun Chronicle In The News

M2D2 Puts Lowell in Start-up Spotlight

M2D2 Puts Lowell in Start-up Spotlight

M2D2's shiny, modern and bright new space in the Hamilton Canal District that opened last month nearly doubles its square footage and more than doubles its laboratory space. It provides expensive and highly technical equipment that companies still in their infancy can use at affordable rates.

7/12/2015 Attleboro Sun Chronicle In The News
5/18/2015 WBZ-TV In The News

HS Students Learn Science, Business At UMass Lowell

HS Students Learn Science, Business At UMass Lowell

An impressive class for honors students at Lowell High School combines science and business and they’re taking advantage of a resource right in their own neighborhood: UMass Lowell's Medical Device Development Center.

5/18/2015 WBZ-TV In The News
7/30/2014 Featured Story

UTeach Student Wins Top Research Award

UTeach Student Wins Top Research Award

Judges at the 8th Annual UTeach Conference in Austin named math major John Romano the winner for his poster presentation “M2D2, UTeach, Lowell High School Experience.”

7/30/2014 Featured Story
4/24/2014 Boston.com In The News

Site Picked for New $7.8M Innovation Hub in Lowell

Site Picked for New $7.8M Innovation Hub in Lowell

Gov. Deval Patrick and other state officials announced today that the Univeristy of Massachusetts Lowell’s new Innovation Hub will occupy two floors and about 22,000 square feet of space inside the five-story, 55,000 square-foot Freudenberg Building at 110 Canal St. in Lowell.

4/24/2014 Boston.com In The News
3/28/2014 Lowell Sun In The News

State Grants Fuel Lowell Biotech Growth

State Grants Fuel Lowell Biotech Growth

The new Lowell incubator, to be known as the Big Company/Little Company Innovation Hub, will pair larger, established medical-device and biotechnology companies with small startups. A London orthopedics device company, Smith & Nephew, will team up with 206 Ortho, a startup now at the incubator M2D2, the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center at UMass Lowell.

3/28/2014 Lowell Sun In The News

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MAR

27

M2D2 VIP Reception

M2D2 VIP Reception is for sponsors of the annual challenge and finalists.

3:30 PM
MAR

27

M2D2 Med Device & Biotech Competition Pitch-Off

Calling all Medical Device Innovators, Biotech Entrepreneurs, and Life Sciences Industry Professionals: The $200K Challenge finalists, selected from a 2019 pool of over 100 applicants, will present their medical device and biotech innovations to a live audience and panel of expert judges. In addition to the live pitch-off, there will be poster sessions, food & drink, and great networking opportunities. Rick Bright, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), will be the evening's keynote. Tickets are $20.

5:00 PM

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