Your Expedition Leader in Science Translation
JS leverages the expertise and background of João Maia plus a network of trusted partners, to provide consulting services in translating advanced materials into successful products.
Our expertise is the compass that guides you through the wilderness of product development and strategic innovation.
Are you ready to explore the depths of your technology and emerge with innovative solutions?
Reach out! No strings attached!
Charting the Path to Innovation
We are focused in:
- Ideation through to proof-of-concept (POC)
- TRL <3 through to TRLs ~6
- That’s right, the valley of death!
We support
- POC design and validation
- R&D infrastructure setup to meet regulatory standards
- Roadmap of pre-development activities
- Risk mitigation strategies
Our mindset is a performance-driven approach, always leveraging data at the core of our processes.
Portfolio
We have been supporting several clients or partners, from industry and academia, into translating their technology to viable products. We have identified a strong need in pre-development activities, that can lead to a safe, agile and smooth POC translation to product. Herein are some examples of the work performed and ongoing ...
R&D infrastructure
The client is an early stage startup, developing a solution for a unmet medical need;
- The initial gap analysis identified poor data management practices, that could impact a smooth transition to pre-development activities
- A documentation infrastructure was set in place, following best practices for future QSD compliance.
- An agile documentation traceability was designed to prepare the project to navigate through the required development activities.
- Training of team members performed
TRL5 readiness
The client is a prolific academic research group with a novel proprietary Nano-medicine approach for mRNA delivery.
- Supported the creation of a GMP-like structure, with a flexible quality management routine that ensure traceability, documentation control, and quality oversight while remaining adaptable to a research setting.
- Designed CMC activities to develop a robust, scalable, and reproducible manufacturing process.
- Our strategic support positioned the technology as a platform for multiple therapeutic verticals, properly de-risked for potential B2B licensing.
- Supported funding applications
POC de-risking
The client is an early stage medtech startup, with a proof-of-concept (POC) solution for a concrete medical need;
- The POC was deconstructed to identify risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Several actions and directions were proposed to improve the match between POC performance and the customer requirements.
- New performance controls proposed and implemented
- An agile R&D iteration cycle for the POC improvement was designed, to reach a better product.
