Indiana University had a strong year in technology transfer activity in 2016-17, reporting a 10-year high in licensing agreements and a year-over-year increase in invention disclosures. Also, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a record 57 patents on IU discoveries in 2016-17, eclipsing the previous record of 53 issued the year before. Another 142… Read more »
Technology Commercialization
IUPUI researcher to promote high-tech device during Indianapolis forum Oct. 27
M. Terry Loghmani, associate professor of physical therapy in the Indiana University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, will speak about a medical device system developed at IUPUI during an event today, Oct. 27. The Invention to Startup Forum is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Indiana Center for Biomedical Innovation, 1800 N. Capitol Ave., in… Read more »
Apexian Pharmaceuticals selected for NCI SBIR Investor Initiatives program
Congratulations to Indianapolis-based Apexian Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biotech company developing novel compounds to treat cancer by leveraging intellectual property discovered at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The company has been selected to participate in the National Cancer Institute’s SBIR Investor Initiatives program. As part of the program, Dr. Richard Messmann — Apexian’s chief medical… Read more »
IU ICO to attend Big Ten commercialization roundtable in Chicago
Managers from the Indiana University Innovation and Commercialization Office will share best practices and network with colleagues from around the country when they attend the sixth annual Big Ten Academic Alliance Technology Commercialization Roundtable in Chicago on Oct. 13. IU ICO attendees include Bill Brizzard, Jennifer Finefield, John Montgomery, Katherine Moynihan and David Wilhite. Wilhite… Read more »
Approaching the Summit: Jennifer Finefield, IU Innovation and Commercialization Office
Jennifer Finefield, senior manager at the Indiana University Innovation and Commercialization Office, is one of the organizers of the Oct. 5 Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Summit on the IUPUI campus. The event will start at 8:30 a.m. in Hine Hall Auditorium, 875 W. North St. Finefield oversees patenting, marketing and licensing of technology emanating from the… Read more »
IU travels to Washington, D.C., to present Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division’s impact on Midwest innovation
On Sept. 27, leaders from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division and other Indiana industry and academic partners traveled to Washington, D.C. They briefed representatives from the Office of the Vice President of the United States and the Office of Science and Technology Policy on the innovation ecosystem NSWC Crane has helped develop in Southern… Read more »
Approaching the Summit: Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, TAI Diagnostics and Ariosa Diagnostics
Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, co-founder of biotechnology companies TAI Diagnostics and Ariosa Diagnostics, will be a keynote speaker at the Oct. 5 Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Summit on the IUPUI campus. The event will start 8:30 a.m. at Hine Hall Auditorium, 875 W. North St. Tomita-Mitchell is a professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic… Read more »
Approaching the Summit: Jesus Soriano, National Science Foundation
Jesus Soriano, program director at the National Science Foundation, will be a keynote speaker at the Oct. 5 Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Summit on the IUPUI campus. It will start at 8:30 a.m. in Hine Hall Auditorium, 875 W. North St. The event is open to the public, although registration is required. Women and underrepresented minorities… Read more »
Congratulations to Allinaire Therapeutics, which licenses IP developed at the IU School of Medicine
Allinaire Therapeutics has received $1.9 million in federal grants to support the development of treatments for lung diseases, including acute lung injury; Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. The company received a $1.67 million Phase II SBIR grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and a $213,000 Discovery Award… Read more »
State business, academic and community leaders establish Applied Research Institute to generate tech transfer, commercialization activity
A new organization has been established by leaders in Indiana government, research universities, industry, and the largest military asset to generate technology transfer and commercialization in military defense and other sectors of the state’s economy. The Applied Research Institute provides streamlined access to more than $1 billion in state-of-the-art laboratories, equipment and research facilities across… Read more »