Visionary Awards

Astellas Pharma's Life Science Center

The new Astellas Life Science Center (ALSC) is the home to Astellas’ first U.S. based SakuLab, a shared laboratory space for highly innovative external partners. ALSC also includes the company’s Engineered Small Molecules (ESM) unit which focuses on advancing research into targeted protein degradation, a novel treatment approach aimed at removing specific proteins from cells to unlock targets that have been considered “undruggable”.

 

Biogen and Eisai

Since 2014, Eisai and Biogen have been collaborating on the development and commercialization of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) treatments. Their work is reshaping the field of Alzheimer’s Disease, including through LEQEMBI® (lecanemab-irmb) - an FDA-approved treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease shown to slow disease progression in adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to AD or mild AD dementia.

 

Cambridge Innovation Center

The Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), founded by Tim Rowe, for ascending to the role of global leader in building and operating innovative communities via flexible workspaces and laboratories, developing startup programming, and cultivating industry clusters.

 

The Education Justice Institute at MIT

The Educational Justice Institute, an MIT-based non-profit, for creating sustainable solutions to mass incarceration, social injustice, and barriers to reentry through education and emerging technologies.

 

Eversource and BXP

The partnership between Eversource and BXP for implementing their groundbreaking Greater Cambridge Energy Program, the first-of-its kind underground electrical substation that will enhance the resiliency of the transmission system and ensure a reliable grid while supporting the decarbonization and electrification goals of Cambridge and Massachusetts.

 

Leggat McCall's 40 Thorndike Street Development

Leggat McCall for transforming the neglected, Brutalist-designed East Cambridge Courthouse and jail into a modern, Elkus Manfredi Architects-reimagined mixed-use development that transforms the neighborhood and furthers the City's goal of creating more affordable housing.

 

The Massachusetts Next Generation Initiative

The Massachusetts Next Generation Initiative (MassNextGen) is a public-private partnership between the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) and our life science industry partners that supports underrepresented entrepreneurs in the Massachusetts life science community. The partnership is deeply committed to ensuring unwavering support to foster a more inclusive and diverse life science ecosystem.

 

The Resilience Hub at the Cambridge Community Center

The Cambridge Community Center (CCC) partnered with the City of Cambridge, the Urban Sustainability Director Network, and the Barr Foundation to become the first Resilience Hub in New England, a community-serving facility that helps people before, during, and after a disaster by providing a safe place for residents to get food, water, power, and other important services. The CCC’s Hub will serve as a model for other municipalities and organizations to help establish Resilience Hubs in their communities.