News Startups Are Bringing a ‘Fresh Perspective’ to Clinical Trials Several startups supported by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago are addressing challenges in clinical trials – such as enrollment, workforce development, and patient...
News Innovation through Academic-Industry Partnerships in Clinical Trials The University of Chicago Medicine performs more clinical trials than any other hospital in Illinois – translating ground-breaking innovations into life-changing therapeutics for patients in need. Join UChicago Medicine on...
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News iTrials: A User-Centric Design Philosophy to Transform Clinical Trial Patient Enrollment iTrials is a participant in Cohort 3 of Transform, a data science and AI startup accelerator powered by Deep Tech Ventures at the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and...
News ‘You Need a Village’: Clinical Trial Leaders Discuss Collaborations, COVID, and Widening the Lens Experts came together on Clinical Trials Day to discuss why early and frequent discussions among all stakeholders are necessary, how COVID forced the industry to think “more clearly and sharply...
News Multifunctional Nanomedicine Developed Using Novel UChicago Tech Gets FDA Nod to Initiate Clinical Trials Coordination Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CPI) recently announced that the FDA has approved the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical study of its novel cancer...
News Clinical Trials Software Startup Takes First Place at 2024 Alumni New Venture Challenge Finals Four startups received investment at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s 2024 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC) finals. The ANVC, which launched in 2019, is the alumni track of...
News Midway Poised for Clinical Trials By the end of the year, Midway Pharmaceuticals expects to have successfully navigated the “Valley of Death.” That’s the period of financing between identifying a drug product candidate and getting...
News ClostraBio Closes $4 Million Series A to Transform Intestinal Health with Plug-and-Play Drug Delivery Platform University of Chicago spinout ClostraBio has closed a $4 million Series A-1 financing round to accelerate development of its lead candidate, expand its plug-n-play platform, and build out its team....
News Evelo Biosciences Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent Supporting Monoclonal Microbial Oncology Trials