Entrepreneurs who live in Bloomington, including Indiana University students, faculty and staff, are encouraged to apply for the five-month B-Start pre-accelerator program, which provides business development workshops, consultations with local experts and a pitch competition. The deadline to apply is Sept. 22. B-Start has graduated 18 companies through the program since it launched as an… Read more »
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Congratulations to Chondrial Therapeutics, which licenses Indiana University IP
Chondrial Therapeutics Inc. has been granted orphan drug status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for CTI-1601, its drug candidate to treat Friedreich’s ataxia. The Pennsylvania-based biotechnology company licenses intellectual property developed at the Indiana University School of Medicine. This IP was invented by Dr. R. Mark Payne, professor of pediatric cardiology at the… Read more »
IU School of Medicine researchers disclose more than 70 inventions in the 2016-17 fiscal year
Faculty, staff and student researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine reported 73 inventions during the fiscal year July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. Over the last two fiscal years, IU School of Medicine researchers disclosed 147 inventions. Disclosures were made to Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., which served to protect, market… Read more »
IUPUI researchers disclose almost 40 inventions in the 2016-17 fiscal year
Faculty, staff and student researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis reported 37 inventions during the fiscal year July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. Over the last two fiscal years, IUPUI researchers disclosed 75 inventions. Disclosures were made to Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., which served to protect, market and license intellectual property developed… Read more »
IU Bloomington researchers disclose more than 50 inventions in the 2016-17 fiscal year
Faculty, staff and student researchers at Indiana University Bloomington reported 54 inventions during the fiscal year July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. Over the last two fiscal years, IU Bloomington researchers disclosed 93 inventions. Disclosures were made to Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., which served to protect, market and license intellectual property developed… Read more »
Indiana University expands, reorganizes technology transfer and licensing
The university has announced that it is expanding the resources devoted to delivering IU innovations to Indiana and the nation. Technology transfer activities have been moved into the Office of the Vice President for Research. These activities include receiving and vetting invention disclosures, applying for intellectual property protection, and marketing technologies and licensing them to… Read more »
Johnson Center for Innovation and Translational Research funds a total of nearly $100K to four projects
The Johnson Center for Innovation and Translational Research has awarded a total of nearly $100,000 through its Translational Research Pilot Grant program to four projects led by researchers at Indiana University Bloomington. Launched in 2015, the program supports the development of translational research projects with industry partners and the establishment of new companies, as well as… Read more »
Entrepreneurial faculty, students, staff and alumni at all IU campuses to get a boost
Indiana University-connected individuals with entrepreneurial aspirations — including faculty, students, staff and alumni across all campuses and academic disciplines — will have something to celebrate July 1 when the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. undergoes a reorganization to address challenges to entrepreneurs. Through this reorganization, the new IURTC will be positioned to more efficiently… Read more »
June 2017 Insights e-newsletter now available
The Insights e-newsletter from Innovate Indiana is now available. Read more about innovation and economic development at Indiana University’s campus system here.
Representatives from Japanese pharmaceutical company that licenses IU discovery meet with IURTC, IU School of Medicine researchers
On April 27, representatives from Tokyo-based Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd., known as Kirin, which licenses intellectual property discovered at the IU School of Medicine, met with the researchers and representatives of the IU Research and Technology Corp. Jun Arakawa and Yoshihiro Furuya, managers at the company, provided an update about its business and the… Read more »