The United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) http://mrmc.amedd.army.mil has created a first-of-its-kind Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) http://mtec-sc.org. MTEC a non-profit corporation will conduct advanced applied research to develop prototypes to address a range of military needs.
SCRA Applied R&D is the prime contractor for MTEC along with teaming partners, RTI International, Tunnell Government Services, Changing Our World, and Innovation Financing Roundtable. SCRA is going to organize the new consortium and attract additional partners.
Membership in the MTEC is open to qualified large and small businesses, venture capital firms, academia, plus other non-profit entities engaged in biomedical R&D focused on dual-use technologies.
“MTEC’s mission is to assist the USAMRMC and others by providing cutting-edge technologies to transition medical solutions to the marketplace,” said Dr. J.B. Phillips, the Project Officer who will lead MTEC.
MTEC is interested in:
- Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases
- Care of combat casualties
- Military operational medicine
- Clinical and rehabilitative medicine
- Medical chemical biological and radiological defense
- Advanced medical technologies
- Medical training
- Health information sciences
MTEC is expected to be fully operational by February 2016 with MTEC’s first awards scheduled for mid-2016 will focus on regenerative medicine and vision restoration.