Johnson & Johnson announced Wednesday it has picked the University of Pennsylvania’s Pennovation Center to house its first U.S.-based JPOD, a networking hub that looks to create a bridge between J&J researchers and the local life sciences community.

The first JPOD was launched in Alberta, Canada, as a way to connect the Western Canada province to the company’s 40,000-square-foot life sciences incubator, JLABS, in Toronto.

JPOD @ Philadelphia, a 400-square-foot conference room of sorts, looks to deliver on the same goal through a secure telecommunications conferencing system to connect regional innovators to the Johnson & Johnson Innovation network.

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