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MicroMED Co., Ltd.

Year 2020Year Period: to

Startup

MicroMED owns a novel and powerful MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) micropump platform technology. This proprietary technology makes possible a flexible customization service for a wide variety of drug delivery applications: from implantable to wearable devices, animal to human, small (mm) to large (cm) device footprint, slow (nL/Hr) to fast (mL/sec) delivery rate, small dose (pg) to large dose (g), small molecule to biologics drug compatibility, and 510k to 505b2 regulatory paths.

Guidance Rendered

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  • Introduction and matching of six venture capital companies with the startup.
  • Mentoring on U.S. regulations.
  • Assistance in attending such international fairs as PDA and BioAsia.
  • Assistance in connecting with clinicians and hospitals.
  • Assistance in gaining access to the MOEA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
  • Referral of international contract manufacturers.

Project Leader

Project ManagerLeah Shieh (Ph.D., PMP)  SpecializationIVD product development, medical devices regulations, quality system (GMP, ISO 13485), clinical trials, infectious diseases tests, liquid biopsy, signal transduction and cancer research, and developmental biology.
Project Manager Leah Shieh (Ph.D., PMP)
Specialization IVD product development, medical devices regulations, quality system (GMP, ISO 13485), clinical trials, infectious diseases tests, liquid biopsy, signal transduction and cancer research, and developmental biology.
Duty Assistance in and acceleration of innovative biomedical products, including in fundraising, regulations, clinical trials, quality system, market and competition analysis, patent applications, and international connections.