Technology Transfer

Innate Pharma SA has applied for an initial public offering and listing on the Euronext in Paris, to raise funds to expand its pipeline of oncology therapeutics.

Civo BioScreening is looking for strategic partnerships to help it take forward its novel polymer screening technology.

The international treaty on plant genetic resources needs a gesture of trust to repair the atmosphere of suspicion that has developed, argues Emile Frison from the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute.

Indian firms are training large numbers of patent agents - with their eye on the large number of companies abroad looking for cheaper patenting.

A laser physicist in Saudi Arabia has devised a workable optical diagnostic tool to detect early cancer - and is now looking for partners to commercialise the technology.

Researchers at four European universities are collaborating to develop software that will help encourage the take-up of so called pervasive computing.

The lack of funding from the private sector is still holding back the development of the European biotech sector vis a vis the US despite a similar number of companies in each.

The European Commission wants businesses to spend more on research and development - and to help encourage that, the agency is preparing a volley of government proposals for the Autumn.

Without access to easy to use analysis tools, patents are becoming an expensive hindrance to many small companies, says Mick McLean, Head of Economics and Public Policy at Scientific Generics.

OncoMethylome Sciences is planning to raise funds via an IPO. Its diagnostics can detect early-stage cancer and predict the response to particular cancer drugs.