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Boston's CIMIT and Singapore's A*STAR Announce New International Strategic Alliance

Colleagues,

Please see announcement below ... congratulations to our MedTech-IQ members from the CIMIT consortia upon the establishment of this new international strategic alliance ...

ENJOY!

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The Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), a consortia of Harvard Medical School teaching hospitals, community hospitals, MIT and the Draper Research laboratory in the Boston/Cambridge region and A*STAR, the
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, that oversees 23 research institutes, consortia and centers and drives biomedical and physical sciences and engineering research in Singapore, have announced the formation of a strategic alliance ...

... In forming this alliance CIMIT and A*STAR seek to enhance long-term goals of building a vibrant MedTech innovation ecosystem in Singapore and adding important engineering and technology implementation capacity and expertise to the growing portfolio of resources available for Boston-based, clinically-focused innovators...

... Under the Memorandum of Understanding, A*STAR and CIMIT will work together to:

• Enable A*STAR to adopt CIMIT best practices in multidisciplinary translational research in medical device and clinical technology system applications


• Provide an opportunity to accelerate the technology implementation process for clinically-vetted,
CIMIT-supported “projects in the pipeline” by leveraging Singapore-based resources


• Initiate Joint Grant Calls to encourage the formation of cross-continent collaborations of clinicians
and engineers and to enhance capabilities, expertise and IP in MedTech innovations


...“Patients are the real beneficiaries of this alliance,” CIMIT executive director, John A. Parrish said in making the announcement in Boston. “Through this border-crossing multidisciplinary research and organizational collaboration, we have a unique opportunity to create and accelerate the adoption of novel technologies into clinical care.” ...

Read on at: http://www.newswise.com/articles/cimit-alliance-with-a-star-to-expa...

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