LOWELL, Mass. â A biotech startup that aims to transform how intravenous medications are administered to patients is the top winner in the 2021 Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) $200K Challenge.Â
Now in its 10th year, the annual pitch contest drives innovations in health care by showcasing the pioneering work of early-stage medical device, diagnostic and biotech companies. Entrepreneurs competing in the contest present their novel products and technologies before expert judges, venture capitalists, clinicians, researchers, government and industry leaders and the public to win a share of $200,000 in sponsored services and seed money to advance their inventions.
The contest is the largest event of several programs and services for medical-device and biotech startups offered by the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2), a joint venture of UMass Lowell and UMass Medical School in Worcester. The center assists entrepreneurs with all aspects
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Castiel was part of an American effort called Operation Peter Pan to get Cuban children out of a nation in upheaval during the early days of the Fidel Castro regime. Knowing no English, they first stayed with a foster family in Miami before moving to the Los Angeles area, where Castiel was later joined four months later by her parents.
It’s an experience Castiel uses to this day to shape her work as Worcester’s health and human services commissioner, a position whose importance could hardly be any more important during a public health crisis that’s killed more than 400 Worcester residents.
Children Volunteer To Test The Safety Of The COVID Vaccine
Testing The COVID Vaccine On Children
Protecting children from COVID and getting to herd immunity will depend on children getting vaccinated. But the existing vaccines aren’t designed for most kids. Moderna and Johnson & Johnson s vaccines can only be given to those 18 and older, and Pfizer’s vaccine can only be given to people ages 16 and older. That’s why volunteers like 15-year-old Zoe Campbell and her 12-year-old sister Esme are testing the safety of Moderna’s vaccine for children in a trial at UMass Medical School in Worcester.
“The vaccine has been something we ve been looking forward to since last year. And with the pandemic, a lot of things feel out of our control. So to be part of that process of making the vaccine available for kids I thought was really, really cool,” said Zoe.
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