The MCA’s Innovation Center is launching a monthly event series featuring speakers and startups from around the country who work to address unmet market needs, such as Latinx health and femtech, through innovation and entrepreneurship. The “Uncovering Markets” event series will be launched virtually on February 15, 2022 at 4:00 PM. The Uncovering Markets launch will feature […]Read More
The Medical Center of the Americas (MCA) Foundation is excited to launch the Devise Product Realization Hub to support innovators, startups, suppliers, and manufacturers working on medtech or healthtech product development and manufacturing. The launch of the new program will take place on Wednesday, September 15th, at 9:00AM, at the Cardwell Collaborative Building, in the new product development […]Read More
The Medical Center of the Americas (MCA) Foundation recently brought on Philip Morton, a mechanical engineer and entrepreneur, to the team as the Product Development Lab Manager. Morton will manage the upcoming Product and Supplier Development Lab which will support innovators, startups, suppliers, and manufacturers working on medtech product development and manufacturing. “The development and manufacture […]Read More
The Medical Center of the Americas Foundation (MCA) officials announced Wednesday that the organization was awarded a $163,000 grant from Bristol Meyers Squib (BMS) to launch a Clinical Trail Academy that seeks grow the clinical research workforce and the number of outpatient clinics conducting clinical research in El Paso and Las Cruces The grant was awarded […]Read More
Medical Center of the Americas Foundation (MCA), BIO El Paso-Juarez (BIO-EPJ), and the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) announced Friday that they are joining forces to host a one-day virtual conference focused on the region’s biomedical industry. “Biomedical Day at UTEP hopes to increase interest from students, faculty […]Read More
The Medical Center of the Americas Foundation Innovation Center (MCA) announced Thursday that it was awarded a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce for the 2021 SPRINT challenge. “Our region has experienced phenomenal growth in the medical device manufacturing industry over the last decade, but we need to take steps to root the […]Read More
Medical Center of the Americas Foundation (MCA) officials announced Thursday that the group is leading a collaborative effort with community partners to assist Ciudad Juárez in implementing a vaccine distribution strategy. The MCA in partnership with the City of El Paso, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and University of the Medical Center of […]Read More
With the healthcare industry growing by leaps and bounds in the El Paso/Las Cruces region, two local groups are working to bring all the major players together. “Healthcare is now the largest private industry in El Paso,” MCA officials shared via a news release. “the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation (MCA) along with the […]Read More
The Medical Center of the Americas Foundation (MCA) is set to host an open house this week, as they are looking for Innovators, Entrepreneurs, and Tech Startups who can benefit from MCA support to apply for the upcoming 2019-2020 MCA Innovation Center Program. The MCA Innovation Center seeks to help founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs in […]Read More
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced the winners of the EDA’s Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Seed Fund Support grant competition this week, naming the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation as a recipient of a $300,000 grant. The grant will help launch the MCA Innovation Fund that will help increase startup success in the El […]Read More
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