NEWS: August 2010 Archives - Ben Franklin Technology Partners of PennsylvaniaSubscribe
First Energy Regional Innovation Cluster Announced
$129 million Interagency Energy Efficiency Cluster Initiative to be located in Philadelphia August 26, 2010 Tuesday was a landmark in our nation’s technology innovation policy, as CAP’s Sean Pool explains. The Department of Energy announced t... Read More
Penn State to Lead Philadelphia-Based Team that will Pioneer New Energy Efficient Building Designs
Research consortium led by Penn State to receive up to $122 million in federal funding for “Energy Innovation Hub” at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Washington, D.C. – A team led by The Pennsylvania State University will receive up to $122 million... Read More
Energy Commercialization Institute Awards $510K to Alternative Energy Companies & Research
PHILADELPHIA - The Energy Commercialization Institute (ECI), the region’s first university-based energy commercialization partnership, has awarded $510K to five regional alternative and clean technology companies and three university-based research... Read More
Biogen Idec and Ben Franklin Portfolio Company, Knopp Neurosciences, Annouce License Agreement for Late-Stage ALS Drug Candidate
WESTON, MA, and PITTSBURGH, PA, August 18, 2010—Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Knopp Neurosciences today announced they have entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement under which Biogen Idec will develop and commercialize KNS-760704 (d... Read More
LinkedIn purchases CMU spinoff mSpoke
By Erich Schwartzel, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Thursday, August 05, 2010 Major social networking site LinkedIn announced Wednesday that it had purchased mSpoke, a Carnegie Mellon spinoff that works with recommendation technology designed to hold us... Read More
