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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.

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.

From left to right: Madison Chiodi, Dr. Roberta Brinton of Neutherapeutics, and Dr. Gerson Hernandez and Claudia Lopez of the University of Arizona.

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.

Dr. Ramses Galáz, Dr. Daniel Latt, and John Buttery

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.

Every University of Arizona inventor receives a custom challenge coin emblazoned with their name and the name and number of their patent.

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.

Wilma WIldcat poses with the 2022 I-Squared awards, ready to be handed out to the recipients.

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.

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

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.

An aerial shot of the University of Arizona campus

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.

An aerial image of the University of Arizona campus.

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.

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.