Startups and Licensing
Intellectual property and technologies developed at the Wyss Institute are marketed by the Institute’s Business Development team, which works with Harvard’s Office of Technology Development to negotiate license agreements to existing companies or new startups. Some examples of our licensed technologies and startups are described below.
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Desktop Health
Hearing restoration technology to permanently repair ruptured eardrums
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Desktop Health, a healthcare business within Desktop Metal Inc. is developing PhonoGraftTM as a 3D printed eardrum-restoring regenerative medicine solution. Desktop Health acquired Beacon Bio, a startup formed by researchers at the Wyss Institute, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Massachusetts Eye and Ear who de-risked the hearing-restoration technology.
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Harvard’s eardrum-restoring PhonoGraft enters commercial development
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Pluto Biosciences
Collaboration platform to accelerate scientific discovery
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With a license from Harvard, Pluto is commercializing OrbitSeq, a collaborative online platform that allows researchers across academic and industry labs to easily manage, analyze, and share their data with each other, helping to speed up the pace of science.
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Pluto Biosciences launches from Harvard’s Wyss Institute to speed scientific discovery
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Rhinostics
Next-generation nasal swab technology for accelerated diagnostic testing
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The Massachusetts-based Rhinostics startup is developing the Wyss Institute’s and Harvard Medical School’s nasal swab collection technology as a key component of an automated and rapid molecular analysis workflow to improve the patient-to-diagnosis pipeline for infectious diseases including COVID-19.
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2022 Edison Best New Product Awards Finalists
Rhinostics Announces First Close of its Series A-2 Financing Round, Led by Shadow Capital
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Manifold Bio
Multiplexed measurement for drug discovery
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Building upon research done at the Wyss, Manifold Bio is building a protein barcoding platform to bring the power of multiplexed measurement to development of protein therapeutics.
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Manifold Bio Raises Seed Round to Bring Massively Multiplexed Measurement to Drug Discovery
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Metalmark
Nanostructured materials for air purification
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Metalmark is commercializing catalytic nanoarchitecture technology developed at the Wyss to make clean air available to all by creating super-efficient, catalysis-based air purifiers inspired by the nanoarchitecture of butterfly wings.
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Torus Biosystems
Point of care molecular diagnostics
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Torus Biosystems™ leverages toehold DNA nanotechnology from the Wyss Institute to enable rapid, quantitative, and highly multiplexed detection of infectious disease pathogens and host immune-response markers, facilitating point-of-care precision diagnostics.
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Amend Surgical
Suture-less wound closure for oral surgery
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Amend Surgical is developing the Wyss Institute’s tough gel technology into a biocompatible adhesive that can be used to safely and effectively seal wounds after oral surgery, replacing uncomfortable and hard-to-sew sutures.
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Wyss Institute’s tough gel technology licensed to Amend Surgical for oral surgery applications
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Rejuvenate Bio
Gene therapy for age-related diseases
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Rejuvenate Bio is developing a combination gene therapy technology from the Wyss Institute to create a treatment that stops the progression of Mitral Valve Disease and other age-related conditions in dogs
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Rejuvenate Bio launches to help dogs live longer, healthier lives
Harvard study advances gene therapy in fighting age-related diseases
A New Approach to Gene Therapy—Now In Dogs, Maybe Later In Humans
Rejuvenate Bio banks $10M to advance gene therapy for aging in humans and dogs
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BOA Biomedical
Pathogen-capture
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BOA Biomedical is developing a pathogen-capture technology that physically removes bacteria, viruses, and other infectious agents from the blood. This system has the potential to save lives by treating or preventing life-threatening sepsis, buying extra time for critically ill patients to fight off diseases, and quickly identify pathogens so patients can be given the right treatment, thereby reducing the development of antibiotic resistance.
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Wyss Institute and Miraki Innovation Unveil BOA Biomedical to Reduce Sepsis Deaths
Mass. Biomedical Company Works on Rapid Coronavirus Test
HJF Contributes to Clinical Research Testing of a Pathogen-Removing Blood Filter to Treat COVID-19
Defense Department Plans Study of Covid-19 Blood-Purification Treatment
BOA™ Biomedical's GARNET™ therapeutic product begins First in Human clinical trial
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Sherlock Biosciences
Molecular diagnostics
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Sherlock Biosciences leverages the INSPECTR™ technology from the Wyss Institute to create a highly sensitive, nucleic acid-based diagnostic platform that can rapidly deliver accurate and inexpensive results for a vast range of needs in virtually any setting
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Sherlock Biosciences Licenses Wyss Technology to Create Affordable Molecular Diagnostics
Gates Foundation backs 'instrument-free' molecular diagnostic tests through Sherlock, Mologic tie-up
FDA Authorizes First-Ever Crispr Application For COVID-19 Coronavirus Test
Sherlock Biosciences Receives $5 Million Grant to Advance INSPECTR™ Platform for COVID-19 Self-test
The 10 most innovative biotechnology companies of 2021
Sherlock Bio raises $80 Million to apply COVID-testing tech to other diseases
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ReadCoor
Spatial sequencing
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ReadCoor leverages the Wyss Institute’s Fluorescent in situ Sequencing method for simultaneously sequencing and mapping thousands of RNAs within cells and tissues to advance development of diagnostics and discover new drug targets.
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Wyss Institute launches ReadCoor to commercialize 3D in situ gene sequencing technology
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Accelera Innovations
Wearable stochastic resonance technology
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Accelera has licensed the Wyss Institute’s stochastic resonance technology to develop fully wearable medical devices that support neurological function in patients with cerebral palsy and other conditions. These devices provide gentle, random vibrations that improve patients’ ability to control their muscles.