CSU's New Tech Transfer Approach

Tech Transfer has always struck me as a rate limiting step in biotech commercialization at many institutions.  It'll be interesting to see how this model does, although at first glance I'm not sure how it's different from say the SDSU Foundation at San Diego State. 

Colorado State University announced a new program, called MicroRx, which is intended to move infectious-disease research to market faster than existing technology-transfer models in the state.

CSU held a briefing about the concept Thursday at its office in downtown Denver.

MicroRx is the first of CSU's "superclusters" -- alliances of academic researchers, economists and business experts. The Fort Collins-based university began developing the superclusters concept in 2004.

As a nonprofit entity, MicroRx will focus on infectious disease, and biomedical research and development -- a niche that has gained CSU renown in recent years.