News links for the week of 3rd Feb 2014
Missed a story over the past week? Catch up with our regular headline recap:
Circassia heads for massive UK IPO
Circassia, a biotech spin-out of Imperial College London developing cat and other allergy treatments, announces plans for $285m initial public offering.
Whirlscape types out seed round
Whirlscape, a spin-out of the University of Toronto, secures $500,000 for its mobile device touchscreen keyboard.
MI Airline enjoys the high life
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The University of Kentucky has formed an industry-university partnership to advance aspects such as sustainable agriculture in the whiskey distilling industry.
The £40m recently allocated by the UK government to proving university research is commercially viable shouldn't just benefit Oxford, Cambridge and London say sector pundits.
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