The BARDA DRIVe team is pleased to announce that the new, easy-to-use EZ BAA online Portal is now live as of April 23, 2019. This Portal will replace the existing PDF-based process, helping to improve the user experience, data integrity, and data security. The system will also streamline internal processes, helping DRIVe’s program teams continue to make awards in as few as 30 days.

Some 200 life sciences innovators, investors, and insiders crowded the offices of Mintz in downtown Boston last night as we announced the winners of the 8th annual M2D2 $200K Challenge. Out of a field of 19 Finalists, our judges selected 12 winners—a Challenge record.

With support from the Deshpande Foundation, three finalist startups from an incubator in Chennai, India were able to pitch their life sciences innovations in Lowell on March 27.  Not only did they compete, but they were also able to immerse themselves first-hand in the burgeoning biotech ecosystem that’s making Boston and environs the talk of the innovation economy.