QuickFire Challenges

QuickFire Challenges is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. QuickFire Challenges aim to identify, empower, and enable potential breakthrough healthcare ideas from innovators globally. These opportunities can result in grant funding, access to JLABS, and JNJ leadership.

Cardiovascular / Metabolism / Retinal Diseases / Pulmonary Hypertension Data Science & Digital Health Discovery / Product Development / Supply Discovery Product Development & Supply Infectious Diseases & Vaccines Innovative Diagnostics & Medicines Include closed challenges Advancing Intratumoral Treatments QuickFire Challenge: Korea & Beyond While recent advancements have brought significant progress to cancer treatment, there is a need for additional treatment options that are more effective and less toxic to improve the risk/benefit ratio for older and early-stage patients, and that are complementary and able to enhance the current mainstays of cancer care (radiation, surgical and medical oncology).

Opportunity to present to Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Oncology leaders in a closed-door session in Seoul, South Korea. Transforming Oral Peptide Delivery QuickFire Challenge Peptide-based therapeutics continue to show promise in the treatment of many diseases given their ability to target specific cells with high specificity and precision.

Commonly administered through injection or infusion, these therapies allow for rapid, direct uptake into the bloodstream or tissues. Opportunity to present to Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D experts in a virtual pitch session.

Expanding Access to Immunology Clinical Trials QuickFire Challenge For innovation to transform health outcomes for people around the world, new treatments, devices, and technologies must be accessible, inclusive, and designed with the needs of patients and communities in mind. However, many patient populations are less represented in clinical trials, limiting the broader applicability of the research.

Opportunity to receive award funding from a total pool of up to $350,000. Deep Tissue Healing QuickFire Challenge In chronic inflammatory diseases, tissues are repeatedly exposed to immune-driven damage. Impaired repair of barrier tissues can contribute to persistent inflammation, disease progression, and increased risk of infection, and other long-term complications.

Opportunity to present to Johnson & Johnson leadership in a virtual pitch session. Polyphonic™ AI Fund for Surgery QuickFire Challenge Imagine an operating room where artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, enabled by advanced connectivity and fueled by device, patient and surgical data seamlessly work together.

Opportunity to receive award funding, mentorship, and access to computing tools and technologies Data & AI Fueling R&D of Tomorrow QuickFire Challenge: Singapore & Beyond The convergence of science and technology has sparked new possibilities in our pursuit to develop life-changing new medicines for patients. Opportunity to receive award funding from a total pool of up to $400,000, mentorship, and more.