News In Era of Research Cuts, Romance Blossoming Much Earlier Between Universities and Big Pharma Engineering new pharmaceuticals is risky, achingly slow and astronomically expensive. While the estimates of how much it costs to get a drug into patients’ hands vary and are often disputed,...
Page Polsky Council The Polsky Council comprises many of the country’s leading entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and private equity investors, who provide ongoing guidance and support to the Polsky Center. Eric Belcher, MBA ’95...
News Cultivating Partners Whether it comes to medical devices, therapeutics or pharmaceuticals, Richard Ganz brings a rich background, widespread knowledge and 30 years of experience to help University of Chicago researchers translate their...
News Sanders Taps into His Alma Mater A few years ago, University of Chicago alumnus Martin E. Sanders, MD ’79, attended a “meet and greet” in San Francisco that was held to introduce the University’s new President Robert...
News Reflexion Holds a Mirror Up To Disease Reflexion Pharmaceuticals is an eclectic startup. In developing a novel process for making more effective protein therapeutics, it has employed University of Chicago expertise in chemical protein synthesis licensed protein-screening...
News George Shultz Innovation Fund Invest in Anapneo Therapeutics at Its Spring Finals Finalists presented their proposals to the Innovation Fund advisory committee at the finals on June 5.
News Recombinant Antibody Network Partners with Bristol Myers Squibb to Develop Novel Therapies The Recombinant Antibody Network (RAN), a consortium comprising research groups from UC San Francisco (UCSF), the University of Chicago, and the University of Toronto have expanded a previous research collaboration...
News UChicago, Argonne, and Fermilab Look to Transform the Water Industry The University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) anchor the Midwest as a hub for water innovation with state-of-the-art research facilities and innovative technologies. “To...
News Bioelectronics Get Upgrade with Novel Approach to Create More Stable, Electrically Efficient Devices Researchers at the University of Chicago have patented a new approach for developing carbon-based bioelectronic devices, which have a variety of applications in drug delivery, substance detection, and organ modulation....
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 UChicago Professors and Grad Students Among 2021’s Highly Cited Researchers More than 30 professors and graduate students at the University of Chicago were among Clarivate’s annual list of Highly Cited Researchers. The list, which included University of Chicago President, Paul...
