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Texas Medical Center Innovation is an Institute based in Houston that aims to become a premier life science commercialization cluster. By utilizing the surrounding medical center, the institute is making efforts to close the gap between research and commercialization.
The TMC Innovation Institute includes wet lab research areas and office space in the Texas Medical Center. In this space they offer an incubator, an accelerator program, co-working space, educational sessions, and networking events. They boast access to experts housed in the medical center as well a window into 7.2 Million patient visits per year at 21 hospitals. Through their sessions and connections they look to provide knowledge on FDA regulation, intellectual property, business modeling, and financing for life science startups.
The four core parts of the institution are the TMC|X, the TMC|X+, TMC Biodesign, and JLabs. All of which are also hosted in the same building.
http://www.tmcinnovation.org/
=TMC|X=
The TMC|X publicizes that, for its health based startups, it uniquely facilitates access to the nearby health professionals as well as 7.2 million yearly patients of the massive sounding medical center. Enrolling in the TMC|X does not require membership fees or equity.
http://www.tmcinnovation.org/tmc-x/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/texas-medical-center-opens-tmcx-278693481.html
===Acceleration program===
To make sure that each company links with their target audience in the Medical realm, the teams will participate in Pitch Practice sessions as well as large audience events like Launch Day, Advisor Pitch Event, TMC Expert Forum and Demo Day. Demo Day is the culmination of the program in a showcase in front of 400 members of the innovation community.
Follow this link for a short description of the 22 companies of the first cohort: http://www.xconomy.com/texas/2015/03/09/22-startups-join-first-class-of-texas-medical-centers-tmcx-accelerator/
==Facilities==
Adjacent to the TMC|X, the TMC|X+ is a space with offices, conference rooms and wi-fi. It serves as a subsidized office space, so new companies can optimize their resources.
http://www.tmcinnovation.org/tmc-x-plus/
=TMC Biodesign=
There are two tracks for the fellowship: Digital Health and Healthcare Devices. Both follow a three part curriculum of Identify, Invent, and Implement. Identify is where fellows will shadow healthcare professionals in order to find unmet needs. Invent and Implement are the fellows creating the solution under mentorship and then essentially create a business plan to actualize their technology in the industry.
http://www.tmcinnovation.org/tmc-biodesign/
=JLabs=
JLabs is looking for its first cohort in 2016 of fifty life science startups to populate a 30 thousand square foot incubator built over the past year. JLabs represents a partnership between the TMC and Johnson and Johnson to further life science startups by providing wet labs and office spaces to promising life science entrepreneurs.
http://www.tmcinnovation.org/jlabs/
http://jlabs.jnjinnovation.com/
=Contact=
(713) 791-8855
TMCx@tmc.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/company/texas-medical-center-accelerator
https://twitter.com/TMCxAccelerator
Contact TMC|X+
