Innovation
Entrepreneurship and innovation enable Weill Cornell Medicine to bring discoveries to patients faster.
Weill Cornell Medicine investigators enjoy robust programs dedicated to nurturing, protecting and commercializing their discoveries. By translating groundbreaking research into revolutionary care through commercial partnerships, lifechanging diagnostics, treatments and healthcare solutions can reach patients faster than ever before. Weill Cornell Medicine Enterprise Innovation fosters a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship to build the next generation of leaders in life sciences industries and new ventures.
News
The Power of Partnership in Innovation
Biomedical Innovation Conference brought together academic inventors, venture capital investors and industry executives to explore how collaboration can fuel breakthroughs from the lab to patients.
Wound Healing Innovation Obtains FDA 510(K) Clearance to Help Improve Patient Outcomes
Fesarius Therapeutics, a startup founded by Dr. Jason Spector, obtained FDA clearance to market and distribute its innovative collagen-based dermal matrices for improved wound healing.
New Strategy May Enable Cancer Monitoring from Blood Tests Alone
A new, error-corrected method for detecting cancer from blood samples is much more sensitive and accurate than prior methods and may be useful for monitoring disease status in patients.
Innovators Encourage Scientists and Physicians to Dive into Technology Commercialization
The Dean's Symposium celebrates innovation and Weill Cornell’s entrepreneurial spirit, while encouraging and motivating the next generation of innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs.
Views on Innovation
Dr. Barbara Hempstead, Dean, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Our accomplished physicians and scientists have a legacy of catalyzing research discoveries into new modalities and therapies that help transform human health.
Dr. John P. Leonard, Senior Associate Dean of Innovation and Initiatives
Getting new innovations across the finish line requires collaboration, often with industry partners, to scale up findings for application in healthcare.
Dr. William Polvino, CEO of Bridge Medicines
Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute and Bridge Medicines put the skill of a pharmaceutical company on the campuses of three great institutions.
Dr. Francis Barany, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
The professionals at Enterprise Innovation possess strong first-hand knowledge of what it takes to start a company.
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