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Aspen publishing acquires full ownership of JD-Next Law School Preparation Program

Tuesday

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Image of a healthcare provider with a patient in front of a mammography machine.

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UA Startup Licenses Natural Language Processing Algorithm

Nov. 29, 2017

For a researcher, developing a holistic understanding of a field is an immense task. UA inventors have devised an automated system to extract information from literature and generate easily interpretable answers. Now, the UA has licensed it to their startup, Lum.AI.

From Inventions to Assets: UA program funds early-stage technologies for commercialization

Nov. 28, 2017

The goal of commercialization is to get the products of research out into the world for the public good. Asset Development funding helps develop early-stage technologies and make them more attractive for market adoption. The program is generating opportunities – and results.

Bruce Wright Receives Award for Executive Leadership

Nov. 3, 2017

UA Associate Vice President Bruce Wright received the COO/Leadership Equivalent Award for a non-profit organization during the 2017 Executive Excellence Award presented by Tucson Local Media and Inside Tucson Business.

FY2017 Annual Report

Oct. 31, 2017

Download the FY2017 Annual Report and review our progress against our 2020 vision and our metrics, the achievements of Tech Parks Arizona, and the big picture of the growth of the culture of commercialization throughout the University of Arizona ecosystem.

Startup Regulonix Licenses University of Arizona Non-opioid Pain Drug Candidates

Oct. 30, 2017

At a time when opioid addiction represents a major public health crisis, researchers in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson have invented a new class of non-opioid drug candidates to treat pain. The University has licensed the compounds to startup Regulonix.

A photo in the laboratory of Reglagene's Laurence Hurley, Vijay Gokhale, and Richard Austin.

Startup Licenses University of Arizona Technology That Shortens Cancer Cell Life

Oct. 27, 2017

The UA has licensed a drug that aims to shorten the lives of cancer cells to startup Reglagene. The technology, invented at the UA College of Pharmacy and the BIO5 Institute by Laurence Hurley, PhD, and Vijay Gokhale, PhD, has been shown to be effective in inducing cancer cells to grow old and die.

UA Startup ProNeurogen Advances New Therapies for Vascular Dementia, Announces Award of Patents for Intellectual Property

Oct. 25, 2017

UA College of Medicine – Tucson Professor Meredith Hay, PhD, and her colleagues started ProNeurogen to commercialize their inventions in neuroscience and cardiovascular neurophysiology. The UA has been awarded two patents for their approach to treating memory loss and cognitive impairment.

Tucson Entrepreneurs Launch Venture Capital Fund Dedicated to UA Commercialization

Sept. 28, 2017

UAVenture Capital, LLC has announced the launch of a fund to support the commercialization of University of Arizona science, services and intellectual property. UAVC was formed by Fletcher J. McCusker, the business driver behind the UA College of Pharmacy startup SinfoníaRx.

UA Startup SinfoníaRx Acquired by Health Care Tech Company

Sept. 6, 2017

UA startup SinfoníaRx has been acquired by Tabula Rasa HealthCare (NASDAQ: TRHC), provider of individualized, data-driven technology solutions. Spun out of the College of Pharmacy in 2013, SinfoníaRx pioneered modern medication therapy management (MTM) services.

UA to Take Home Wildcat’s Share of 2017 AZBio Awards

Sept. 6, 2017

In October, the Arizona Bioindustry Association, or AZBio, will honor industry leaders from across Arizona. This year, a majority of those to be honored have deep connections to the UA and have created impact through bringing UA ideas and inventions to the marketplace.

UA-Invented Sunscreen Licensed to Leading World Aloe Vera Supplier

Aug. 30, 2017

The University of Arizona has licensed a new non-skin penetrating sunscreen, invented by UA Professor Douglas Loy and graduate student Stephanie Tolbert, to MexiAloe Laboratorios, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Novamex.

National Institutes of Health Awards $4.8 Million to UA Valley Fever Center for Work on Dog Vaccine

Aug. 28, 2017

The UA center will use the funding to accelerate development of a Valley fever vaccine for dogs that one day may lead to a successful human vaccine.