May 2010 Newsletter Now Available

Highlights from TTO's May 2010 newsletter:

TTO Responds to White House Technology Commercialization Request
Last month the university technology transfer community received a request for information from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Economic Council, asking for input on how to support the commercialization of federally-funded research and Proof of Concept Centers. CU TTO has submitted two white papers in response to this request: "University Technology Transfer Effectiveness" (PDF) and "The University of Colorado Proof of Concept (POC) Program" (PDF).

Boulder Innovation Center Tracks its Impact
Since 2006, clients of the Boulder Innovation Center (BIC) have added 249 jobs, notched cumulative revenue of $59.4 million and raised $30.7 million in capital, according to a metrics report released last month by the local business incubator. The 2009 Metrics Report includes data resulting from annual surveys of past and current clients of the nonprofit, which was formed in mid-2005 to assist in the growth of startups and early-stage companies and also to help commercialize emerging technologies. David Allen, associate vice president for technology transfer at CU, lauded the university's relationship with the center, noting that dozens of technologies are passed to the nonprofit on an annual basis.

GlobeImmune Drug Gets Positive Results

ARCA Reaches Agreement with FDA on Heart-drug Study

InDevR to Collaborate with Scientists at the CDC to Develop New Influenza Virus Surveillance Assay

BaroFold Grants Exclusive License for Interferon Beta Products Developed Using PreEMT™ Technology to Nuron Biotech

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