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Innovation

Mass General Brigham Innovation is a collaborative team of business development and investment professionals working with medical inventors, thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, and industry to shape the future of medicine.

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Committed to medical innovations

Mass General Brigham Innovation is the business development arm of Mass General Brigham, responsible for the worldwide commercial application of the discoveries made by Mass General Brigham’s 80,000 employees. Our team works with medical inventors, investors, entrepreneurs, and industry.

Mass General Brigham Innovation mission

Our mission is to take medical inventions and innovations discovered by Mass General Brigham researchers and provide the support and infrastructure to enable technology development, commercialization, and, ultimately, the creation of healthcare treatments and products that benefit patients everywhere.

Converting invention to innovation

Innovation is responsible for industry collaborations, venture investing, licensing, company creation, technology marketing, open innovation alliances, and workforce development.

Licensing partnerships

Mass General Brigham Innovation works with investors and companies to license medical technologies in diagnostics, medical devices, research tools, medical software, therapeutics, and vaccines.

For Innovators

Our patient-focused approach and systemwide collaboration enable innovators to discover the breakthroughs that are driving medical innovation and improving patient outcomes.
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For Industy

Mass General Brigham Innovation specializes in developing compelling new assets created by system faculty and accelerating their path to market through a set of services that drive commercialization, support innovators, increase asset value and benefit patients.

Licensing Opportunities

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Cutting-edge technologies and novel solutions for patients

Digital health assets

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Digital innovations advancing care delivery, clinician enablement, and patient engagement

Copyright Inventions

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Innovation Board Advancement Program (IBAP)

The Innovation Board Advancement Program (IBAP) is a flagship leadership initiative from the Innovator Growth Division (IGD) at Mass General Brigham, built to translate clinical, operational and research expertise into meaningful boardroom impact. Connect with experienced leaders from Mass General Brigham with deep expertise across healthcare, research, operations, and innovation.
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Mass General Brigham Ventures

We are an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2008 to advance new life science technologies emerging from Mass General Brigham.
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World Medical Innovation Forum

The World Medical Innovation Forum convenes the center of healthcare innovation — senior industry executives, top investors, leading Harvard clinicians and scientists, entrepreneurs, and government officials. The Forum highlights fast-moving breakthroughs and technologies—from artificial intelligence to new therapies, diagnostics, investment, and care models—focused on patient impact and readiness to scale.
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https://2026.worldmedicalinnovation.org/

Innovation Growth Board

Our Innovation Growth Board members are leaders in investment, entrepreneurial, and industrial communities. The Innovation Growth Board provides independent advice on strategy, business development, technology and market opportunity, investment approach, human resource acquisition, and product development.
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Commercialization Council

The Commercialization Council is comprised of senior innovators and commercialization leaders at Mass General Brigham.
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