QUICK, COLLABORATIVE MEDICINE
CONCLUSION Back at Humacyte, other-transaction agreements issued through the consortium ultimately allowed the company to climb a slew of developmental steps in a relatively short period of time—with the warfighter the ultimate beneficiary of that boost in systemwide speed and agility. In April, for instance, the company received the MTEC Large Project Prototype of the Year award recogniz- ing the development of the human acellular vessel, while just one month later, military surgeons in Bethesda, Maryland, performed the military health system’s first-ever transplantation of one on an Army veteran in danger of losing his leg from vascular disease.
“OTAs have played a key role not only in our manufacturing and development, but also in our trauma research and clinical stud- ies capabilities,” said Blum.
FILL IT UP
The FOAM device, deployed here in a porcine abdomen, is designed to control hemorrhage and allow for surgery to prevent further damage. Using an other-transaction agreement, USAMRDC and the company behind the FOAM tool were able to begin work on delivering the high-priority prototype in just three to four months. (Photo courtesy of Critical Innovations LLC)
on the battlefield who’s been through 16 weeks of training and trying to save his buddy’s life.”
Alexander added, “And that’s because, as an Army instructor of mine once said, ‘Preservation of life is at the forefront of battle.’ And so in order to win the future fight, we will have to treat Soldiers farther forward on the battlefield.”
Processing an effort via an other-transaction agreement does come with a cost, however. For other-transaction agreement projects routed through MTEC—and other consortia, as well— the administrative costs incorporate the additional fee as part of general operating costs.
Regardless, the perks for using other-transaction agreements are plentiful for product developers. Broad insight into all research conducted under the MTEC umbrella allows for collaboration on projects that would otherwise be conducted in silos. In addi- tion, organizations that deliver positive outcomes may be eligible to receive additional funding for work toward FDA approval, manufacturing and procurement without needing to repeat the proposal stage of the cycle.
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From the USAMRDC’s viewpoint, that kind of framework could be the path to a new, more graduated plateau of warfighter care. By investing in the identification of cutting-edge medical tech- nology and with the creation of a dedicated avenue by which resulting prototypes are realized, the USAMRDC is allowing for science to blossom at the pace needed to forge the future of military medicine.
Said Lawson, “It’s very exciting to be a part of something this transformative.”
For more information, contact Chelsea B. Bauckman, deputy public affairs officer for USAMRDC, at 301-619-8060 or
chelsea.b.bauckman.civ@
mail.mil; or go to https://
mrdc.amedd.army.mil/ or
https://mtec-sc.org/.
RAMIN A. KHALILI is a writer with the USAMRDC Public Affairs Office. Before assuming his current role, he spent several years as
the knowledge manager for the command’s Combat
Casualty Care Research Program. During his prior decade-plus as a broadcast journalist, he earned an Associated Press Award for his work in Phoenix before serving as chief NASA correspondent for CBS in Orlando, Florida. He holds a B.A. in communications from Penn State University.
This article intends to convey the sentiments of a private collabora- tor and does not intend to endorse this specific collaborator’s goods or services in any way.
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