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Using wearable technology to monitor COVID-19 patients
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Innovation Research
1 April 2020
System being used in John Warin isolation ward at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital
Dr Nessa Carey joins Medical Sciences as Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence
Awards and Appointments General Innovation
5 March 2020
Dr Nessa Carey will lead the strategic development and implementation of the Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) programme in Medical Sciences, laying the foundation of a world-class innovation support ecosystem capable of accelerating the translation of world-leading research into innovative therapies, business and commercial products.
Oxford alumni startups receive €4M for brain health
Awards and Appointments General Innovation Research
23 January 2020
Two University of Oxford alumni-led startups, iLoF and Pipra, secured funding in excess of €4M from the European Institute of Technology for Health (EIT Health).
New heart disease drug to be made available to NHS patients through ground-breaking collaboration
General Innovation Research
14 January 2020
Up to 30,000 lives could be saved over the next decade thanks to a proposed pioneering government collaboration with pharmaceutical company Novartis to tackle heart disease – a leading cause of death in the UK.
10-Year Partnership with GenesisCare
General Innovation Research
7 February 2019
GenesisCare and the University of Oxford establish innovative 10-year research partnership to improve diagnosis and care for people with cancer.
Oxford University signs universal flu vaccine development deal with US startup BWV
Innovation Research
4 February 2019
Oxford University, through its innovation arm Oxford University Innovation (OUI), has entered into an option agreement for a universal influenza vaccine with US-based startup Blue Water Vaccines (BWV), which is raising $15m to support development of the flu shot.
Innovations get £3M boost to prove the potential of health data to transform lives
Awards and Appointments General Innovation Research
1 February 2019
Ten innovative data solutions to healthcare challenges, including a project led by the Head of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS), Professor Freddie Hamdy, are set to receive a share of £3 million Government funding following a UK-wide competition. The initiatives will see NHS, universities and companies combining expertise and using health data responsibly to drive innovation and improve health outcomes for people across the UK.
Oxford University Innovation Incubator relaunches with new startup offer
Innovation
10 January 2019
Oxford University Innovation Incubator unveils with new deal on equity and access to finance through the OUI Future Fusion programme.
2018 - A landmark year for the Business Development & Partnering Team
General Innovation
2 January 2019
Oxford University’s Medical Sciences Business Development & Partnering team reflect on 2018 and look forward to 2019
New vaccines centre to protect UK from pandemic threats
Innovation Research
4 December 2018
The UK’s first dedicated Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC), announced by Business Secretary Greg Clark MP, represents a major commercial opportunity and also a new front line in the nation’s defence against global pandemic threats.
Oxford secures £17.5 million to lead national AI healthcare programmes
General Innovation
6 November 2018
Innovate UK and industry are to invest more than £17.5 million in the University of Oxford to develop artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare applications to benefit patients.
Medical Sciences Division announces new Industry Expert in Residence
Innovation
2 November 2018
Dr Andy Pearce, Director of Discovery Partnerships with Academia at GSK joins the scheme as a Drug Discovery and Development Expert
Oxford - Axol collaboration secure funding to grow brains in the lab
Innovation
2 November 2018
Researchers at the University of Oxford, in a new industry partnership with Axol Bioscience of Cambridge, have secured funding from the BBSRC to collaborate in creating human models of the cerebellum with induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for studies of neurological disorders.
Computer modelling used to discover and design new mental health drugs
Innovation
26 October 2018
Whole-brain computer modelling reveals the effects of LSD on the human brain
Gestational Diabetes App officially launched
Innovation
19 October 2018
A smartphone application for women with gestational diabetes, developed with support from NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, has been launched commercially.
New test successfully predicts all women who will not develop pre-eclampsia
Innovation Research
12 October 2018
A new test that predicts with almost 100 per cent accuracy that a pregnant woman will not develop pre-eclampsia within the following seven days has been given the green light to be used as standard clinical practice in one of the UK’s biggest acute hospital trusts.
Gene therapy breakthrough in treating rare form of blindness
Innovation Research
10 October 2018
Positive results of the world’s first gene therapy trial for a genetic cause of blindness known as choroideremia have been reported in Nature Medicine.
Oxford firm launches to predict and prevent heart attacks years before they happen
Innovation
10 October 2018
Caristo Diagnostics, an Oxford University spinout company, has been launched to commercialise a new coronary CT image analysis technology that can flag patients at risk of deadly heart attacks years before they occur.
Regenerative medicine spinout OxStem launches subsidiaries
Innovation
5 October 2018
Subsidiaries of the Oxford University spinout, OxStem Immuno and OxStem Beta, will draw on research from the institution.
Novo Nordisk Research Centre opens in Oxford
General Innovation
13 September 2018
The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary, has attended the inauguration of the Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford (NNRCO).