Category: Intellectual property
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Start-Up Creating a Simpler, Stable Liquid Biopsy
A new company spun off from University of Oxford is developing a stable and sensitive blood test to detect multiple types of cancer in their early stages.
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Biotechs Apply Crispr Gene-Editing for Hemophilia
A treatment for the blood disease hemophilia and other inherited disorders are being developed with the gene-editing technology Crispr in a biotechnology deal.
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Drug Maker Licenses Low-Dose Vaccine Patch
The pharmaceutical company Merck is licensing a microneedle patch device that delivers vaccines with a small fraction of the dose normally needed by syringes.
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Health Research Commercialization Company Launched
University of Michigan and health care investor Deerfield Management are creating a new enterprise to bring promising academic life science research to market.
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Merck Inks Three Covid-19 Vaccine, Therapy Deals
Drug maker Merck today gained a new acquisition, along with collaboration and licensing deals, for vaccines and a therapy for Covid-19 infections.
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Depression Therapy Licensed for Online Distribution
A therapy program for depression designed to reduce spirals of repeated negative thinking is licensed to a digital mental health company for online use.
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Pharmas License A.I.-Aided Gene Therapies
A university spin-off company designing synthetic viruses with artificial intelligence to deliver gene therapies is licensing its work for eye and muscle disorders.
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Stem Cell Therapy Licensed for Genetic Eye Disease
A biotechnology company is licensing its stem cell treatments for retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited eye disease, in a deal valued at $252 million.
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![[Updated] Fast Paper Strip Covid-19 Test Devised with Crispr](https://technewslit.com/sciencebusiness/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SherlockTestStrips_Zhanglab_BroadInst-150x112.jpg)
[Updated] Fast Paper Strip Covid-19 Test Devised with Crispr
A simple, fast test for Covid-19 infections with treated paper dipped in specimens is being created with the gene-editing technology Crispr.
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Microscopic Optical Sensor Circuits Demonstrated
Researchers exhibited solar-powered integrated circuit sensors with LED lights, smaller than can be seen with the naked eye, for mass production at low cost.