Tag: licensing
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MIT Start-Up Building Solar Thermal Systems for Clinics
A not-for-profit company established by students and alumni at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is testing a solar energy system that generates electric power and hot water for isolated health clinics in Africa. The team led by Matthew Orosz, a recent Ph.D. recipient in mechanical engineering, will describe its work in an upcoming issue of the…
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Novartis, Penn to Partner on Cancer Immunotherapies
The global pharmaceutical company Novartis and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia will collaborate on a new type of immunotherapy to treat leukemia and other cancers. Novartis and Penn will also form the Center for Advanced Cellular Therapies on the Penn campus to conduct research on related immunotherapies. The partnership will conduct research, develop and take…
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Life Science Analytics Start-Up Generates First Sales
Tymora Analytical Operations LLC, a developer of analytic technology for drug development in West Lafayette, Indiana, says the company is generating its first sales income after only two years in business. The Purdue University spin-off licenses research done by biochemist W. Andy Tao (pictured left), who also serves as Tymora’s chief scientist. The company is…
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Start-Up Licenses National Lab-Developed Network Technology
Two computer scientists at Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee developed wireless network simulation technology, then started up a company to take that technology to market. Oak Ridge Lab licensed Radio Channel Simulator, or RCSim, technology for software development and commercialization to Networcsim LLC, a company formed by the technology’s inventors James Nutaro and Phani…
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Microneedle System Developed to Deliver Drugs to Eyes
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University in Atlanta have developed a system of microneedles to deliver drugs to the back of the eye. The research team’s findings appear in the July issue of the journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (paid subscription required). The microneedles were devised to meet a need for…
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Max Planck Licenses 2-D/3-D Technology for Development
Max Planck Society in Munich, Germany has licensed to TandemLaunch Technologies in Montreal, Canada a new three-dimension display technology that lets viewers see 3-D movies or games in 2-D without glasses to construct the images. Financial terms of the exclusive licensing agreement were not disclosed. Current 3-D images are presented as stereoscopic pictures, with overlapping…
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Technology Developed to Diagnose, Treat Atrial Fibrillation
Researchers at University of California in San Diego and Los Angeles, and Indiana University have discovered that irregular heart rhythms known as atrial fibrillation are the result of small electrical sources within the heart, in the form of spinning electrical rotors or focal beats. The research team published its findings online in the Journal of…
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Chronic Pain Technology Company Gains $3.5M Series B Funds
Neuros Medical Inc., a company in Cleveland developing a university-discovered electronic pain relief technology, says it raised $3.5 million in series B venture funds, the second round of financing after start-up. Boston Scientific and Glengary LLC led the round, with new investors RiverVest Venture Partners, LLC, Blue Tree Allied Angels, and ModelVest joining current investors…
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National Lab Seeks Commercial Partner for Diagnostics Tool
Sandia National Lab in Livermore, California is seeking a partner to commercialize its desktop medical diagnostics technology that the lab says is faster, less expensive, and more versatile than current diagnostics tools. The SpinDx, as it is known (pictured left), can tell in minutes a patient’s white blood cell count, analyze important protein markers, and…
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Start-Up Licenses University Patient Medical Software
The Minneapolis-based start-up Omicron Health Systems Inc. has licensed software written at University of Minnesota for clinical decision making and networking across health-care providers. Financial terms of the licensing agreement were not disclosed. Many electronic health care record systems were first designed for administrative purposes, such as billing and scheduling, and for use only by…