Global University Venturing

Vertera Spine, a spinal implant developer base on Duke and Georgia Tech research, has been picked up shortly after receiving regulatory approval for two products.

Aarhus University has launched its Open Science platform, supported by a Kr2.5m ($390,000) investment from the Danish Industry Foundation. The project aims to tackle obstacles that currently make it difficult and expensive for companies to access basic academic research.

Tom Hockaday, Technology Transfer Innovation, discusses questions surrounding TTO's and why they should be fully funded as an important central service.

Universities in the US have engaged in academic technology transfer since before the Bayh-Dole Act, and make significant contribution to the economic and social health of the US.

The deal is the largest such agreement Purdue has signed with a corporate, though it follows a long history of collaboration between the two partners.

Innoetics has been acquired by Samsung in the largest exit for a Greek spinout in decades

Lou Berneman, Osage University Partners, celebrates the end of an era in academic technology transfer.

The question for governments and investors is whether a founding idea will create a company large enough in terms of revenues, profits or employees.

September issue editorial from Thierry Heles, editor, Global University Venturing.