{"id":56526,"date":"2016-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/09\/02\/two-unemed-startups-to-receive-national-recognition\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:05:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:05:31","slug":"two-unemed-startups-to-receive-national-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/09\/02\/two-unemed-startups-to-receive-national-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Two UNeMed startups to receive national recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Two startup companies connected to UNMC are included among the &#8220;Best University Startups for 2016&#8221; by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2), an association of university startup officers.<\/p>\n<p>The two companies &#8211; Calidum Inc. and Orion BioScience Inc. &#8211; will be recognized at the first University Startups Demo Day at Congress on Sept. 20 in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n<p>Calidum Inc. is based on a technology made by Janina Baranowska-Kortylewicz, Ph.D., professor, radiation oncology. The company was created by UNeMed, UNMC&#8217;s technology transfer company. It makes compounds that are directed to cancer cells via active transport mechanisms and are unique in that they can serve as a vehicle for targeted diagnostic radionuclides (SPECT and PET imaging) as well as targeted therapeutic radionuclides allowing the creation of multiple product lines of truly personalized medicine &#8220;theranostic&#8221; solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Orion BioScience Inc. is a biotechnology company that works with Quan Dong Nguyen, M.D., professor, ophthalmology and visual sciences. It is focused on developing innovative therapies to provide both immediate relief and long-term solutions to devastating autoimmune and autoimmune-associated eye diseases. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is fantastic news,&#8221; said Michael Dixon, Ph.D., president and CEO of UNeMed. &#8220;The competition is pretty fierce in the world of startup companies. This speaks volumes for the quality of these two companies and the cutting-edge therapies that they are delivering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Universities create more than 800 startups each year around the country, and 200 companies were submitted and screened to find the &#8220;Best University Startups for 2016.&#8221; These are some of the most exciting early-stage investment opportunities presented by the country&#8217;s great universities. <\/p>\n<p>Universities, with deep networks of students, alumni, researchers, faculty and staff, are uniquely positioned to create the world&#8217;s most important new companies. These companies create high-value jobs and solve real problems with great promise to have a major impact on the world. <\/p>\n<p>The University Startups Demo Day is the university community&#8217;s opportunity to show investors and Congress the jobs and companies they help create.<\/p>\n<p>All the selected companies were scored by a selection committee made up of 25 Fortune 500 corporate representatives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer recognizes Calidum Inc. and Orion BioScience 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