October 2011 Newsletter Now Available

Top stories from TTO's October newsletter:

TTO Begins Technology Commercialization Clinic Pilot Program

TTO Hosts Tech Alliance Breakfast November 1

TTO Commentary: Patent Trolls and Patent Reform

CU to Host Cleantech Business Plan Competition
Students working on renewable energy startup companies have a chance to compete for $100,000 in a competition put on by the University of Colorado at Boulder. CU-Boulder received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to put on a regional clean-technology business plan competition, which will be put on in conjunction with the New Venture Challenge, an annual cross-campus business-plan competition put on by the university every year. CU was one of six universities across the country chosen to receive a total of $2 million from the Department of Energy to put on the regional competitions.

MiRagen Lands $352M MicroRNA Development Pact with Servier
CU licensee miRagen Therapeutics has racked up its first big collaboration, inking a development pact with France's Servier for two of its top preclinical programs as well as a third, as yet unidentified, program. In exchange for commercialization rights outside the U.S. and Japan, miRagen gets $45M in an upfront payment, research support and near-term milestones, up to $352M in total milestones and double-digit royalties on approved products.

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