Why GCMI for preclinical testing and bioskills training? Our scientific acumen.

At GCMI and our preclinical testing arm T3 Labs, we take great pride in our scientific acumen. After all, the organization was conceived and designed by translational researchers for medical product developers. Thirst for science: it’s in our DNA.    We won’t turn your project away because it’s too hard, or because we haven’t done…

Why GCMI for preclinical testing and bioskills training? Quality, compliance and accreditation.

At GCMI, we strive to provide the highest quality data for our preclinical sponsors and customers.   GCMI is committed to working with innovators to test medical technologies and therapeutics that consistently meet customer needs and regulatory requirements. We maintain Quality Management Systems to ensure compliance and ongoing quality of our deliverables, products and services.…

Why GCMI for preclinical or bioskills training? Collaborative accountability.

In this era of consolidation, the dwindling number of preclinical CROs often aren’t interested in developing new models or venturing outside of their well established protocols.   Why choose GCMI for your preclinical testing needs? We are collaborative and accountable. We are committed to meeting your needs on your timeline and on your budget.  …

Why GCMI for your preclinical or bioskills programs? Flexibility.

As the preclinical CRO industry consolidates, creativity and flexibility suffer. GCMI and our preclinical arm, T3 Labs, works around your needs, around you and your surgeons’ availability, not the other way around. We work beyond the bankers hours because we know time is of the essence, deadlines must be met and your innovation is not…

Preclinical testing’s role in the medical device design and development phase

In the context of GCMI’s phase-gated product development, the “Design and Development” phase (also called “Phase 2” at GCMI) typically follows a Project Planning phase (called “Phase 1” at GCMI). At the completion of project planning, innovators have determined what work is required to take the technology from prototype to product. The Design and Development…

Under pressure: cadaveric testing yields initial human organ validation for GT Capstone Expo winners’ minimally invasive treatment for cardiac arrest

There are approximately 292,000 cases of in-hospital cardiac arrest every year for which the survival rate is less than 24 percent. Resuscitative efforts and supporting technologies are ineffective, slow, fatiguing, traumatic and expensive.   As their Fall 2020 Capstone Project, a group of students from the Georgia Tech Schools of Biomedical, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering…

How do you know you are ready for preclinical work? Insights and recording from our latest webinar.

How can medtech, life science and biopharma innovators know their product is ready for preclinical testing? GCMI Design and Development Director Mike Fisher and Preclinical Program Director Evan Goldberg joined Renovo Biomedical’s Anna Fallon on January 14, 2021 to answer that question.

Testing beyond the bench: how GCMI supported GT Capstone’s “Incisionizers” with early stage validation testing for its novel retraction device.

Georgia Tech recently completed its Fall 2020 (virtual) Capstone Design Expo. From the project’s website, “The Capstone Design Expo showcases Georgia Tech’s graduating seniors as they present their innovative projects designed and built during the Capstone Design Course. Students work in teams to solve either an industry problem, develop innovative tools to assist researchers, or…

How do you know you are ready for preclinical work? Join us for a free webinar on January 14.

Preclinical evaluations are often the best way to assess a medical product’s performance, and regulatory bodies often require preclinical data in product submissions.  But this type of work is also expensive. The most effective product development strategies use preclinical studies wisely. The most expensive preclinical study is the one you have to repeat.   How…

Medtech Innovators and Investors: Are You Wasting Cash In Design & Development?

Watch, listen and learn. Our 2020 AdvanSE session can help you know, and fix, the ways medtech innovators burn cash unnecessarily.    Too many promising medtech innovations and early stage companies fail unnecessarily because they run out of funding before achieving milestones required for next-round investments.    It is possible to know earlier in the…