
Startup Incubator
We’ve built a dedicated Ventures Hub, adjacent to the Texas Medical Center’s Innovation zone, where our passionate team of commercial experts provide infrastructure, cultivate ideas, and create collaborative ventures that drive impact.
In addition to the Ventures Hub, our facilities include a startup incubator. Each area is thoughtfully designed to drive collaboration, initiate creativity and support robust workflows.
Faculty Mentoring
BCM faculty members with experience in commercialization and entrepreneurship will serve as mentors and ambassadors to commercialization with faculty.
- Institutional Advisory Board for Commercialization
- Internal Target Validation Committee
- Internal Device Strategy Committee (coming in 2022)

This comprehensive guide provides detailed information on our commercialization pathways and processes, and the resources and services available to help you. View current guide.
Recent Press Releases
- Athenex and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy Announces Allowance of Our First U.S. Patent Claims Around CAR-NKT Cell Therapy (Oct. 18, 2021)
- Athenex, Texas Children’s Cancer Center, and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine Present New Clinical Data on GD2 CAR-NKT Cells in Neuroblastoma at ASGCT Annual Meeting (May 17, 2021)
- Deerfield Management and Baylor College of Medicine Announce Blue Square Discoveries to Advance Novel Therapeutic Treatments (May 17, 2021)