{"id":1132,"date":"2019-04-11T10:19:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2019-04-11T10:21:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:21:22","slug":"2019-m2d2-200k-challenge-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/2019\/04\/11\/2019-m2d2-200k-challenge-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 M2D2 $200K Challenge Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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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<\/a>, our judges selected 12 winners\u2014a Challenge record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Before the “big reveal,” Keynote speaker Kadir Kadhiresan<\/a>, Vice President, Venture Investments at Johnson & Johnson Innovation, offered his perspective on the state of medtech innovation in 2019, plus encouraging words to all medical device, biotech, and life sciences entrepreneurs. Then, the moment we’d all been waiting for since the Challenge Pitch-Off<\/a> in March:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenting the 2019 M2D2 $200K Challenge Winners\u2014and their winning pitches!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These 12 innovative startups will share in a $200,000 purse of sponsor-provided, in-kind services. These services include lab and office space; engineering, product development, legal, regulatory, clinical, and business services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a change from previous years, the winners were grouped into tiers for first, second, and third places. Mary-Ann Picard, M2D2’s Director of Operations, explained: “The judges agreed that this year’s finalist field was the strongest ever, making it nearly impossible for them to rank the winners one-through-12. By grouping them in tiers, we feel we’re recognizing every winning innovation in the most appropriate manner\u2014and<\/em> acknowledging that the difference between two great ideas may be a small matter of degree.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our 3rd-Place Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UroRelief,<\/strong> with a non-invasive device for treatment of overactive bladder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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