Companies, Licensing and Patents
View information on the companies, licensing and patents that are associated with the commercial development area of the Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology.
Companies
Diversigen Inc.
Formed by Joe Petrosino, Ph.D., with the Alkek Center for Metagenomics & Microbiome Research (CMMR) to engage the CMMR to perform services on behalf of third-party biotech and pharmaceutical company clients. World-class Business on Demand facilitating pharma relationships. Exclusive license agreement signed 2015.
Twister Biotechnology Inc.
Formed by Lynn Zechiedrich, Ph.D., to provide services and reagents involving the custom production of DNA minivectors to meet customer specifications. Exclusive license agreement signed 2011.
View website: Twister Biotechnology, Inc.
Speratum CR, SA
Formed by Christian Marin-Mueller, Ph.D., a former graduate student in lab of Qizhi “Cathy” Yao, M.D., Ph.D., to develop an miRNA 198-based therapeutic approach to the treatment of pancreatic cancer and other malignancies. Exclusive license agreement signed 2015.
View website: Speratum CR, SA
Licensing
ImmuCell
Years of basic research on rotavirus and vaccine candidate virus-like particles by Dr. Mary Estes, Dr. Sue Crawford, Dr. Margaret E. Conner, Dr. Sarah E. Blutt and others leads to a licensing agreement with ImmuCell and the development of a product to protect newborn calves from the diarrhea-causing disease.
View website: Immucell.
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Developing a Human Norovirus Vaccine Candidate TAK-214
View website: Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
