Johnson & Johnson Innovation, LLC. announced that it intends to expand J-Labs (formerly Janssen Labs) and include a new incubator branch at Texas Medical Center’s (TMC) recently-launched Innovation Institute. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, J-Labs will feature a 30,000-square foot facility that will accommodate up to 50 life science startups. The announcement was part of a presentation at the Texas FreshAIR annual conference, an initiative designed to create partnerships between the University of Texas (UT) System and the life sciences industry. UT operates numerous research and clinical care facilities within TMC, which recently opened a new program, the Texas Medical Center accelerator (TMCx), to offer support to entrepreneurs and help develop early-stage companies.
