UIC Innovation through the Office of Technology Management (OTM) and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Innovation (OVCI) selected 12 projects to advance technologies developed at UIC towards commercialization through this year’s…
Actuate Therapeutics, a Phase 2 biotech developing an inhibitor therapy for difficult to treat cancers, raised $22 million by offering 2.8 million shares at $8, the low end of the range of $8…
The Inventor of the Year Award honors an outstanding inventor or an outstanding team of inventors at University of Illinois at Chicago who have contributed to the development of intellectual property that significantly…
Established in 2020, Equalize is a comprehensive program designed to take national action around the disparity of women academic inventors forming university startups. Equalize participants receive education, a field-specific mentor, and access to…
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is pleased to announce that Dr. Bellur S. Prabhakar’s laboratory is the first project accepted by West Loop Innovations, the collaboration between Deerfield Management and UIC. West Loop…
This feature spotlight goes to the College of Medicine’s department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Xiaoping Du, MD, PhD and his company Dupage Medical Technology.
Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram, DVM, PhD
Assistant Dean of Research
Professor and Head
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
Phexxi TM a non-hormonal vaginal gel, has recently earned FDA approval for use as a female contraceptive. Phexxi was created out of a collaboration between University of Illinois, UIC College of Pharmacy professor,…
