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Topic: Ohio University

Ohio State, Ohio University partner on $35M venture fund

Ohio State, Ohio University partner on $35M venture fund

April 5, 2012 3:59 pm by | 0 Comments

Ohio State University and Ohio University are creating a $35 million venture capital fund aimed at commercializing research that comes out of universities in the state.California-based Dominion Ventures will be ... Read more
Ohio University incubator now includes biotech support, services

Ohio University incubator now includes biotech support, services

June 29, 2011 4:16 pm by | 0 Comments

A business incubator on Ohio University’s campus is opening section that will include biotechnology support and other components.The Ohio University Innovation Center‘s new biotech research and development facility will feature ... Read more
Target: Superbugs. Ohio drug startup focused on MRSA infection

Target: Superbugs. Ohio drug startup focused on MRSA infection

June 28, 2011 9:42 am by | 0 Comments

An Ohio startup is developing a new antibacterial drug that would keep so-called “superbugs” such as MRSA from replicating in the body.Promiliad Biopharma is hoping its early development efforts yield ... Read more
Ohio U. spinoff Sanuthera developing iPod-like tinnitus therapy device

Ohio U. spinoff Sanuthera developing iPod-like tinnitus therapy device

May 11, 2011 3:19 pm by | 0 Comments

An Ohio University startup is developing a medical device it hopes will represent a breakthrough in treating patients suffering from tinnitus, a ringing or buzzing in the ears.Sanuthera’s device involves ... Read more
Ohio University med school gets $105M gift, largest ever for an Ohio college

Ohio University med school gets $105M gift, largest ever for an Ohio college

May 2, 2011 9:57 am by | 0 Comments

Ohio University‘s medical school will use a $105 million gift to establish a new campus in Central Ohio with an eye toward boosting the number of primary care doctors in ... Read more
Ohio University licenses drug candidates to N.Y. firm in $600k deal

Ohio University licenses drug candidates to N.Y. firm in $600k deal

February 3, 2011 4:23 pm by | 0 Comments

The deal with Phosplatin Therapeutics could lead to the development of a new ovarian cancer therapeutic, and more royalty income for Ohio University. ... Read more
Is a $100M university venture capital fund coming to Ohio?

Is a $100M university venture capital fund coming to Ohio?

October 26, 2010 9:43 am by | 0 Comments

Ohio State University officials are talking up an idea for a $100 million venture capital fund that'd be structured as a partnership between the state's public universities and private industry. ... Read more
Can Interthyr be Ohio U’s next commercialization success story?

Can Interthyr be Ohio U’s next commercialization success story?

August 25, 2010 12:05 pm by | 0 Comments

While there's plenty of optimism surrounding Interthyr, it'll be awhile before university officials know what kind of potential they're sitting on. No human testing of the company's drug candidate for ... Read more
Ohio University pulls in $8.2M from research licensing

Ohio University pulls in $8.2M from research licensing

August 12, 2010 2:33 pm by | 0 Comments

Ohio University received $8.2 million in fiscal 2010 from licensing technologies that were discovered by its researchers, an increase of 19 percent from last year.The vast majority of that revenue–about ... Read more
Quidel Corp. completes acquisition of Diagnostic Hybrids in Athens, Ohio, for $130M

Quidel Corp. completes acquisition of Diagnostic Hybrids in Athens, Ohio, for $130M

February 19, 2010 5:44 pm by | 0 Comments

San Diego diagnostic test maker Quidel Corp. has closed its acquisition of Diagnostic Hybrids Inc. for about $130 million in cash. Announced in mid-January, the acquisition is expected to add ... Read more
Governor, chancellor announce Ohio’s bioscience, health care centers of excellence

Governor, chancellor announce Ohio’s bioscience, health care centers of excellence

February 19, 2010 4:19 pm by | 0 Comments

Gov. Ted Strickland and Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut donned their high-tech marketing hats Friday, touting the state's leadership in biomedical and health care innovation by announcing centers ... Read more
Night Read (Ohio): Austen BioInnovation Institute partners with Orthopaedic Research Laboratories

Night Read (Ohio): Austen BioInnovation Institute partners with Orthopaedic Research Laboratories

January 28, 2010 7:08 pm by | 0 Comments

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron has struck a strategic partnership with Cleveland orthopedic device testing and design firm Orthopaedic Research Laboratories to discover, develop and commercialize novel technologies and ... Read more
Night Read (Ohio): MedWish collect supplies; doctors, nurses volunteer for Haiti

Night Read (Ohio): MedWish collect supplies; doctors, nurses volunteer for Haiti

January 19, 2010 9:24 pm by | 0 Comments

MedWish International still is collecting medical supplies for victims of the Haitian earthquake while Ohio doctors, nurses and other medical professionals volunteer to help. ... Read more
Technology transfer grows at U.S. research institutions

Technology transfer grows at U.S. research institutions

January 28, 2009 1:34 pm by | 0 Comments

Technology transfer -- moving research out of institutions and into companies that can develop and market products with it -- was a healthy enterprise nationwide in fiscal 2007. Northeast Ohio ... Read more