This breakthrough technology features advanced biodegradable polymers engineered specifically for medical device applications. Designed to safely degrade within the body, these polymers eliminate the need for surgical removal, significantly reducing the risk of long-term complications and enhancing overall patient safety.
This advanced technology introduces innovative antibody conjugates that redefine the possibilities of targeted therapy. By coupling therapeutic agents to engineered antibodies with highly specific binding sites, these conjugates deliver treatments directly to diseased cells while sparing healthy tissues. The result is a powerful increase in treatment efficacy, accompanied by a meaningful reduction in side effects.
This cutting-edge technology leverages innovative conjugated antibodies to transform the way diseases are treated. By engineering antibodies to deliver therapeutic agents directly to specific cells, this approach offers a powerful combination of precision, potency, and safety.
This pioneering technology introduces a novel method for conjugating antibodies, designed to dramatically enhance their therapeutic and diagnostic performance. By improving both binding efficiency and target specificity, this approach overcomes critical limitations of existing antibody-based therapies and imaging tools.
The 2017 Deals of Distinction™ Award was presented to National Institutes of Health, (NIH) along with its corporate partners, AbbVie and Biogen, for a license agreement related to the development and launch of Zinbryta® for treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) The award, one of the most prestigious for technology transfer, was given to NIH and its partners at the Licensing Executives Society Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
The NIH Technology Transfer Program has won the Licensing Executive Society’s Deals of Distinction award for 2022. The Deals of Distinction Award is given to an outstanding licensing deal from the past year. Steve Ferguson, Special Advisor at the NIH Office of Technology Transfer, recently attended the LES award ceremony to accept the award on NIH’s behalf. Continue reading to learn about this award-winning license agreement from Steve himself.
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has awarded Kenneth Jacobson the E.B. Hershberg Award for Important Discoveries in Medicinally Active Substances. Jacobson is a Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Jacobson was selected for this award for his original and high-impact research in structure-based medicinal chemistry, including the discovery of G-protein receptor modulators in clinical trials.
THE PROBLEM: APDS (activated PI3 kinase delta syndrome) — also known as PASLI (p110 delta-activating mutation causing senescent T cells, lymphadenopathy and immunodeficiency) disease — is a rare disorder that severely impairs the immune system’s ability to fight bacterial and viral infections, making patients susceptible to severe and recurrent infections, lymphoma, autoimmune diseases and other health issues. This disease is estimated to affect up to two people per million, and it can only be cured via bone marrow transplant.
NIAID TTIPO’s extraordinary efforts in “COVID-19 Technologies Licensed Globally Through WHO Program” was recognized by the Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. & Canada) in 2022 with a Deals of Distinction Award in the Industry-University-Government Interface Sector. This award acknowledged the collaborative efforts put forth by the WHO, Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and the NIH for COVID-19 technologies licensed globally through the WHO program.
Through a CRADA with EMD Serono, NCI played an instrumental role in developing and
expediting regulatory approval of EMD Serono’s checkpoint inhibitor, avelumab. Avelumab
received FDA approval in 2017, only four years after EMD Serono and NCI added the study of
avelumab to their CRADA. This was a remarkably fast developmental and regulatory approval
timeline.