Tag: licensing
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Sanofi, Glenmark Sign Autoimmune Antibody License Deal
The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. in Mumbai, India have signed an agreement for development and commercialization of GBR500, a monoclonal antibody to treat chronic autoimmune disorders. The deal is expected to close next month following required regulatory steps. GBR500, developed by Glenmark, targets receptors that affect the adhesion of lymphocytes (white…
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Start Up to Develop Nanotech Therapy for Artery Disease
Vascular Magnetics Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has licensed technology from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to develop treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD). The company is the hospital’s first commercial spin-off and co-founded by Robert Levy, who conducted the basic research behind the technology. Peripheral arterial disease occurs when plaque builds up in the arteries that…
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New Technology Promises Faster Drug Candidate Testing
Scientists at the Universities of Toronto, Stanford, and Columbia have developed a technology called mass cytometry that measures the action and function of candidate prescription drugs faster and on a larger scale. The team’s findings appear this week in the journal Science (paid subscription required). Mass cytometry enables the measurement of up to 100 biomarkers…
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Grants to Fund Tech Commercialization in Maryland
The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) in Columbia has started a technology transfer program with funding for small businesses to commercialize U.S. government technologies. TEDCO’s Joint Technology Transfer Initiative (JTTI) will award $825,000 to 11 small businesses over two years. Grants of up to $75,000 will go to companies with plans to bring to market…
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Company-University Partnership to Help Develop Nuclear Fuel
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. in Vancouver, Canada signed research agreements with Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) operated by Texas A&M University in College Station, to advance the company’s beryllium oxide (BeO) nuclear fuels R&D project. The project aims to develop high thermal conductivity BeO nuclear fuel that is…
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Gene Added to Soybean Plants Adds Protein to Seeds
Research conducted at Iowa State University in Ames found an external gene introduced to soybeans can substantially increase the amount of protein in soybean seeds. The university has filed a patent and aims to commercialize the technology. Professor of genetics Eve Wurtele and adjunct professor Ling Li placed a gene found only in Arabidopsis plants…
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Solar Developer, Energy Lab Sign R&D Deal
New Energy Technologies Inc. in Columbia, Maryland has signed a research and development agreement with National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado to advance the company’s technology for generating solar electric power through window glass. NREL is a division of the U.S. Department of Energy. New Energy’s system, marketed under the trade name SolarWindow,…
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Energy Dept. Cuts Fees, Procedures on Nat’l. Lab Patents
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has cut licensing fees to $1,000 and reduced paperwork for start up companies on 15,000 patents held by national laboratories. The initiative aims to double the number of start up companies coming out of the department’s 17 national labs. Any of the 15,000 unlicensed patents and patent applications held…
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Univ. Licenses Air Quality Monitoring Technology
An instrument to measure air quality, developed by researchers at University of Nevada in Reno, has been licensed for commercial development to Droplet Measurement Technologies of Boulder, Colorado. The device, invented by physics professor Pat Arnott (pictured left) and student Ian Arnold, is believed to be more economical, more portable, and more accurate than older…
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Prof. Develops Open-Space Laser Transmission Technology
An emerging technology for transmitting data with lasers through open space is being developed at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. The technology that aims to exceed the communications capabilities of fiber-optic transmission without the fiber is being studied by physics and engineering professor Rainer Martini (pictured left), who has also started a…