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Introduction

On Innovation, from CEO Anne Klibanski

Dear Mass General Brigham Innovator,

As a member of the Mass General Brigham community, your inspiration and insights are essential to improving
care for our patients and delivery by our colleagues. Your success as an innovator is a system priority and reflects
a central element of our strategic plan.
Our goal is to drive innovation in every unit, phase and corner of our large system. This guide supports a key part of
that, the translation and commercialization of the innovations of Mass General Brigham staff. The guide is meant
to help staff inspirations become a commercial product and also enable industry collaborations. From the first
steps of disclosing, translating and protecting an idea, to collaborating with industry, to the basics of “who do I
contact?” it provides important information for the full distance of your innovation journey.
Whether you’re early in your journey or an experienced veteran, Mass General Brigham Innovation is ready to assist
you in achieving a commercial outcome. The path from bench to bedside can be complex. Innovation provides
support throughout the process of ideation, business development, company creation, venture investing, IP
management, industry collaboration and many other aspects of commercialization.
Innovation works closely with colleagues from our hospital research institutes and other system-wide research
support groups including the Clinical Trials Office, Human Research Affairs, the Office of Interactions with Industry,
Research Institutes, Research Management, Supply Chain, Data and Tissue Sharing Committee and others.
Best wishes in your future breakthroughs.

Sincerely,
Anne Klibanski, MD
President and CEO
Mass General Brigham