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Tag: LICENSES/PATENTS
New Zealand drug agency provides model to insulate NICE from impacts of trade deals
UK policymakers preparing trade deals post-Brexit can learn important lessons from New Zealand’s ‘unique drug agency’ the Pharmaceutical Management Agency (PHARMAC), if prices for therapies and access to key drugs are to be protected, say researchers behind a new study…
Patently harmful: Fewer female inventors a problem for women’s health
Female inventors hold just a quarter of US biomedical patents
While women inventors focus more on women’s health, few women get to invent
Patents with all-female inventor teams are more likely than all-male teams to address problems that specifically or disproportionately affect women, according to a new study. The findings, derived from an analysis of more than 440,000 U.S. biomedical patents filed from…
Invention Uses Machine-learned Human Emotions to ‘Drive’ Autonomous Vehicles
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Receives U.S. Utility Patent for ‘Adaptive Mood Control in Semi or Fully Autonomous Vehicles’
Free event will connect heart, lung, blood and sleep point-of-care inventors with resources
M2D2 program to feature NIH, Johnson & Johnson leaders
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s shadow figment technology foils cyberattacks
Make-believe shadow world is designed to sidetrack hackers, buying time for the good guys
Entrepreneurship event celebrates 10th anniversary
Deshpande Symposium marks a decade of assisting, educating entrepreneurs
Free events explore the clinical trials process
M2D2 programs aid biotech, medical-device startups
The CNRS 2021 Innovation Medal laureates
Antoine Aiello, Nora Dempsey, François Jérôme and Amanda Silva Brun are the four recipients of the CNRS 2021 Innovation Medal. Created 10 years ago, this distinction honours people whose outstanding research has led to significant technological, economic, therapeutic or social…
FDA grants Breakthrough Device Designation to Tempus’ ECG analysis platform
Platform developed in collaboration with Geisinger
Strathclyde signs licencing agreement for pioneering HINS-light technology
Range uses Lighting technology range created by Linea Light Group using High Intensity Narrow Spectrum (HINS) light developed and patented by the University of Strathclyde
The Lundquist Institute out-licenses development of a synthetic lung surfactant formulation
Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute to develop formulation
The Lens awarded $2M USD to strengthen institutional innovation capabilities
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation support has enabled creation of powerful tools to let public institutions use open data
Canadian firm secures rights to Purdue’s rare-earth element technology
Medallion Resources will develop and commercialize the technology, which uses a ‘greener’ process to purify and separate rare-earth elements from all noncoal-sourced raw materials
High-tech start-ups benefit from Twitter hype
Study shows correlation between Twitter sentiment and the valuation of start-ups by venture capitalists / Patents are stronger indicators of long-term success
Internet and freedom of speech, when metaphors give too much power
Since 1997, when the US supreme court metaphorically called the Internet the free market of ideas, attempts at regulation have been blocked by the 1st amendment. But with power concentrated in a few platforms, that metaphor is now misleading, says a study
Skoltech obtains State Registration for a full 5G base station software stack
State Registration marks a new milestone in the project pursued by Skoltech and its technology partners to build a platform for mass production of Russian 5G base stations
US needs clear vaccine distribution strategy to defeat coronavirus
December 17, 2020 — An opinion piece published today online in BMJ by Nina Schwalbe in the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, calls for a national vaccine strategy now that COVID-19…
Big data offers promise of better groundwater management in California
Analysis of 200,000 groundwater samples reveals major mismatch in California groundwater data
Higher frequency of financial reporting hinders corporate innovation
Company reporting frequency should be relaxed to allow for greater innovation and longer-term thinking, according to new research from the Business School (formerly Cass). The study, co-authored by Dr Arthur Kraft , Reader in Accounting, found that managers are forced…
Deciphering the energetic code of cells for better anticancer therapies
A procedure that may help personalise anticancer therapies has just been developed by the CNRS, INSERM, and Aix-Marseille University scientists at the Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, in association with colleagues from the University of California San Francisco and the Marseille…
Innovative double-balloon catheter awarded Canadian patent
SealCath LLC, a Medical University of South Carolina startup, wins Canadian patent for its double-balloon catheter.
Ignis Health licenses telehealth roadmap from the Medical University of South Carolina
In a quest to create a one-stop telehealth solution, Ignis Health, which has developed a robust telehealth analytics platform, licenses a roadmap for telehealth implementation from the Medical University of South Carolina
What’s That Growing on Your Face Mask?
Scientist Invents Novel Device to Conveniently Sanitize Contaminated Masks at Home or at Work
RIT/NTID inventors receive patent for hearing test
New online, self-administered test enables individuals to evaluate their own hearing
Final two journals in the 2020 pilot program use Subscribe to Open to publish volumes OA
The Annual Review of Environment and Resources and the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science have been converted from gated to open access
Review of proposed FDA regulation reveals the extent of financial ties to industry
The findings come from a cross-sectional study, published in BMJ Open, of the comments submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ‘Proposed Regulatory Framework for Modifications to Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)–Discussion Paper and Request for Feedback’.
Foreign election interference: A global response
New Rochelle, NY, October 13, 2020 —The increasing threat of foreign interference in elections has driven six nations to take similar approaches to combat this pervasive threat. A review of the details to their responses brings out valuable differences and…
Springer Nature extends digital flexibility in its new eBook offers
Libraries and research institutions to have more choice and greater flexibility in order to access digital book content in ways that work for them.
CU Denver researcher analyzes the use of solar energy at US airports
20% of US airports have adopted solar power in the last decade
ARPA-type funding gives green technology an ‘innovation advantage’, study finds
A new analysis of the successes and failures of green energy companies in the US has found that those with ARPA funding filed for far more patents in the years after launching than other “cleantech” startups from the same time.…
Announcing the 2020 ‘State of Journal Production and Access’ report from Scholastica
CHICAGO, IL (13 August 2020) — Scholastica , a peer review and publishing software and service provider for academic journals, announced today the release of ” The State of Journal Production and Access 2020 ” report. The report details the…
Army researchers earn patent for secure communications invention
Army researchers have been awarded a patent for inventing a practical method for Army wireless devices to covertly authenticate and communicate. Authentication is one of the core pillars of wireless communications security, along with secrecy and privacy. The value of…
SFU chemist’s new process fast-tracks drug treatments for viral infections and cancer
Discovering antiviral and anticancer drugs will soon be faster and cheaper thanks to new research from Simon Fraser University chemist Robert Britton and his international team. For the past 50 years, scientists have used manmade, synthetic and nucleoside analogues to…
FDA approves the guardian needle, a solution for reducing accidental needle sticks
Medical University of South Carolina clinician-innovators targeted the problem of needle-stick injuries during intraoperative monitoring; their invention, a safer needle, is now FDA approved and licensed to Rhythmlink for rollout this fall in hospitals
It’s not about money — why academic scientists engage in commercial activities
For scientists, engaging in commercial activities such as patenting and starting new ventures can be much more lucrative than relying on pure academic work. However, according to new research by Henry Sauermann of ESMT Berlin and colleagues Wesley M. Cohen…
PNNL waives fee to test-drive portfolio of intellectual property
Special exploratory license agreement designed to spur economic recovery
PNNL waives fee to test-drive portfolio of intellectual property
Special exploratory license agreement designed to spur economic recovery
In anti-piracy work, blocking websites more effective when multiple sites are targeted
An important challenge facing media industries today is whether and how copyright policy should be adapted to the realities of the digital age. The invention and subsequent adoption of filesharing technologies has eroded the strength of copyright law across many…
Chimeron Bio & George Mason NCBID partner on COVID-19 vaccine using ChaESARTM technology
Collaboration will test pre-clinical efficacy and safety of vaccine pipeline including COVID-19 and other coronaviruses
Changes needed to prevent controversial pharmaceutical deals
New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) recommends changes to the system which sees drug companies strike deals with competitors to stop them producing cheaper generic alternatives. These ‘pay-for-delay’ deals involve a payment from a branded drug manufacturer…
Could hotel service robots help the hospitality industry after COVID-19?
Lead author Dr Tracy Xu, Lecturer in Hospitality at The University of Surrey’s world-renowned School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, has had her paper published in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.
Could hotel service robots help the hospitality industry after COVID-19?
A new research study, investigating how service robots in hotels could help redefine leadership and boost the hospitality industry, has taken on new significance in the light of the seismic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on tourism and hospitality.
Technologies to extract, purify critical rare earth metals could be a ‘game changer’
Purdue startup obtains rights to environmentally friendly extraction and purification technology to protect vital electronics
Could hotel service robots help the hospitality industry after COVID-19?
A new research study, investigating how service robots in hotels could help redefine leadership and boost the hospitality industry, has taken on new significance in the light of the seismic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on tourism and hospitality.
Technologies to extract, purify critical rare earth metals could be a ‘game changer’
Purdue startup obtains rights to environmentally friendly extraction and purification technology to protect vital electronics
SFU professor’s invention approved by FDA to help wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators
Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help save the lives of COVID-19 patients using mechanical ventilators–and get them off more quickly, so that more ventilators can be available for…
Scholarly publishers are working together to maximize efficiency during COVID-19 pandemic
Scholarly publishers are working together to maximize the efficiency of peer review, ensuring that key work related to COVID-19 is reviewed and published as quickly and openly as possible. The group of publishers and scholarly communications organizations — initially comprising…
Gairdner Foundation recognizes Dr. Guy Rouleau with prestigious award
The Neuro’s director has been a driving force in neurological disease research and Open Science leadership