Life Science Start-Ups: Tech Transfer Deals, February 2014

Derived from Strategic Transactions, a fully searchable premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Tech Transfer Deals column provides a monthly update on technology transfer deals, reporting licensing agreements between companies and universities or other research institutions within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals sectors. This month’s column covers deals announced December 2013 through January 2014.

NanoString options IP rights from Mass General

NanoString Technologies Inc. (life sciences tools and molecular diagnostics) licensed an exclusive option from [Massachusetts General Hospital] to multiplexed protein analysis intellectual property as it pertains to NanoString’s nCounter...

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Challenging Environment For Biopharma Is A Tailwind For Royalty Pharma

 

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Genentech, Orionis Stick Together In Second Molecular Glue Deal

 

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