University of Utah Launched 19 Companies in Fiscal Year 2010

Using innovations from its labs and classrooms, the University of Utah http://www.utah.edu launched 19 companies during fiscal year 2010, bringing the number of spinoff companies based on university research to 102 since the institution reorganized its technology commercialization efforts in 2005.

Companies formed between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010 once again were based on diverse technologies ranging from optically-guided feeding tubes (Veritract) and potentially lifesaving therapeutics (Brickell Biotech and Kayak Biosciences) to predictive health-care software (Predictive Medical) and lie detection (Credibility Assessment Technologies).

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