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InhibOx Awarded Prestigious FP7 Grant

25th July 2013

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InhibOx, the computer-aided drug design company, has been awarded funding of €1 million by the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme as part of a €4.1 million consortium project for the preclinical development of novel treatments for multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. InhibOx was spun out of Oxford University Innovation Ltd in 2001.

Oxford Biochronometrics, an Isis Start-up, Wins Prestigious International Competition

15th July 2013

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Oxford Biochronometrics (www.oxford-biochron.com) was created by former post-graduate researchers at the University of Oxford in order to commerciliase the Bio-Chronometric Signature, which is algorithmically derived from bio-chronometric markers that cannot be copied. These markers are created when a person interacts with almost any modern computing device that can accept human-initiated input.

Oxford Team Win China-UK Entrepreneurship Challenge

10th July 2013

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In the recently finished China-UK Entrepreneurship Competition 2013, the Oxford Team organised by Dr. Tiancun Xiao from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford has won the top prize. The team developed a multi-vegetable based natural functional food which is effective for curing illness in the digestive system such as mouth ulcers, heart burn and constipation. The project attracted significant interest from venture capital and individual investors.

Oxford LovesVouchers – The Mobile Advertising Solution for the Price of a Coffee

10th July 2013

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This week, an Oxford start-up released a new android app that connects small, independent businesses to their local customers. OXGEOS (Oxford Geo Social Technologies), coming out of Oxford University Innovation, the Technology Transfer Company of the University of Oxford, has released their app, called LovesVouchers, on the Google Play Store. LovesVouchers is free to download and for as little as £2.50 a small business can start attracting customers via discount vouchers.

Oxford Start-up, goKomplain, Crowdsources Solutions

3rd July 2013

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Oxford’s latest startup gives us an outlet for British uncomplaining reserve. goKomplain lets you to voice your discontent and allows the public to offer solutions. Coming out of Oxford University Innovation, the new company already boasts providing solutions when none seemed possible.

Discover Group Dining With Oxford Startup SmartEatOut

2nd July 2013

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SmartEatOut is a group dining solution bringing together people and restaurants. By signing up for free people can join Smart-groups and meet others around the table or simply book a table for a private celebration with their friends.

First Isis Course on Innovation Management in Australia Announced

7th June 2013

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Oxford University Innovation, the technology transfer company of the University of Oxford, will be working with CEDA for the first time to deliver an Innovation Management Masterclass, aimed at delivering an in-depth understanding of key innovation management principles, tools and management techniques.

Non-invasive Scan to Detect Early Liver Disease

11th April 2013

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Oxford scientists have developed a new technique that can spot early liver disease. At present, liver disease can only be accurately determined by an invasive biopsy, as there are no tell-tale symptoms. The new scan uses standard MRI technology and costs half as much as a biopsy.

MTI leads £2m funding round in Isis spin-out, Oxford Photovoltaics

15th February 2013

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Cleantech investment specialists MTI Partners has announced the completion of a £2 million investment round in Oxford Photovoltaics Limited (OPV), a spin-out company commercialising solid-state dye sensitised solar cells for the Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) sector.

Mobius Life Sciences “2012 UK Life Science Start-up Report” Released

6th February 2013

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The 2012 UK Life Science Start-up report is prepared from seven years of data on the creation and funding of life science companies. The authors observe that, “Academic spin-out activity has become more and more focused in a few, leading universities as many increasingly lack confidence in the spin-out model of technology transfer or the resources to implement it effectively”.

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