Image Company acquires exclusive license from University of Arizona to administer new law school admissions test Nov. 1, 2023 With help from TLA, Aspen Publishing has secured an exclusive license to a new law school admissions test that took the College of Law five years to develop. The project has participation from more than 40 law schools, colleges and universities and thousands of students across the country. Read more
Image UArizona startup NeuTherapeutics wins $2.5M grant for clinical trial Oct. 10, 2023 Startup NeuTherapeutics has received a $2.5M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to conduct a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the impact of a new dietary supplement, PhytoSERM, on menopausal hot flashes in women. Read more
Image Student-faculty team of inventors spin out tools to remove stuck orthopedic screws Sept. 27, 2023 A team of faculty and students developed a set of new medical instruments to address common challenges faced by orthopedic surgeons. Now, those innovations are on their way to market via startup Ancerix. Read more
Image University of Arizona ranks #22 on list of top 100 U.S. universities granted utility patents in 2022 Sept. 19, 2023 Published by the National Academy of Inventors, the list highlights American innovation and showcases the universities that play a large role in advancing the innovation ecosystem within the U.S. and beyond. Read more
Image UArizona I-Squared Awards & Expo celebrates innovation, commercialization and impact Sept. 12, 2023 At this year's I-Squared Awards & Expo, TLA is honoring a best-selling nutrition author and healthcare inventor, a cybersecurity startup, a student who developed an app for teaching measurement-based quantum computation, and others from around the ecosystem. Read more
Image UArizona startup and researcher to receive AZBio awards Aug. 28, 2023 The Pioneer Award will go to John Galgiani, MD, director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence, and a Fast Lane award will go to startup Reglagene, working to transform treatment for brain cancer. Read more
Image UArizona reports second-most inventive year on record Aug. 9, 2023 Tech Launch Arizona has released its performance metrics for fiscal year 2023. During the past year, TLA filed 391 patents for UArizona inventions, executed 100 licenses and options for UArizona technologies, and launched another 7 startups. The office took in 298 invention disclosures from university innovators, almost matching last year’s record-breaking achievement of 303 disclosures. Read more
Image UArizona reports second-most inventive year on record Aug. 7, 2023 Tech Launch Arizona has released its performance metrics for fiscal year 2023. During the past year, the office took in 298 invention disclosures from university innovators, almost matching last year’s record-breaking achievement of 303 disclosures. Read more
Image Advancing Innovation: Peptides for Treating Cancers and other Proliferative Disorders July 26, 2023 Want a fast read? Take 30 seconds and check out how Olga Rafikova and Ruslan Rafokov used funding from TLA to identify which cancers are most responsive to a peptide therapy they are advancing. Read more
Image Advancing Innovation: Peptide therapeutic for triple-negative breast cancer June 26, 2023 Want a fast read? Take 30 seconds and check out how Joyce Schroeder and her team leveraged funding from TLA to advance a therapeutic for triple-negative breast cancer. Read more
