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Improving Animal and Human Health by Accelerating
Veterinary Centered Entrepreneurship
Texas A&M Commercialization
• In 17 years have processed 2400
invention disclosures
• In the top 10 in the US in agreements
generating revenue
• Received more than $60 million in
royalties
• Complete a license once a week
The Vet School
• 10 percent of US practicing vets are Texas
A&M graduates
• Small animal clinic and large animal
hospital see patients from all over the US
• Research and discoveries in many
aspects of animal health
• Where are the intersections?
Entrepreneurial Opportunities
• Increase the connection between industry
and the university
• Translate discoveries in animal health to
human health
• Translate discoveries for human health to
animal health
• Recognize service business opportunities
Texas A&M Institute for
Preclinical Studies
VISION - to become the leading facility to
conduct comprehensive preclinical/GLP
large animal studies that will improve the
efficacy and efficiency of drug and device
development with translational research
Basic
research
Animal
testing
Clinical
trials
Three Main Objectives
•GLP/preclinical
studies
•Spontaneous
animal disease
•Molecular and
Translational
Imaging
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TIPS Facility
•112,000 sq feet
-state-of-the art large animal hospital
-acute housing for 240 large animals; pasture/barn for long term holding
-advanced imaging center
-incubator space for start-up companies
-office of technology commercialization
Research Endeavors
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Cardiovascular devices
Emergency medicine
Orthopedics
Oncology
Stem cell research; regenerative medicine
Imaging
Nanotechnology/therapeutics/drug delivery
Spontaneous Animal Models
• Only 17 universities in the US currently offer
programs for regulatory affairs degrees or
certificates
• Northeast, west coast, and one in Georgia.
• GLP training and study
director training limited
to in-house customized
programs, contract training,
or CE at trade conferences.
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TIPS Collaborations
Product Type
Vet Device, 1
Other, 1
IVD, 3
Combo, 1
Vet Pharm, 1
Vet Pharm
Biotech, 3
Med Dev
Pharm
Vet Biologic, 1
Vet Biologic
Med Dev, 28
Pharm, 17
Biotech
Combo
IVD
Other
Vet Device
From Animal to Human
• Animal feed additive (special clay)
– Absorbs mycotoxins
– Sold under brand name Novasil
– Generated $500,000 in royalties
• Recognized impact on intractable diarrhea
– Developed a human health company
– Has raised more than $2 million
– Now in human trials
Human Health to Animal Health
• Utilizing spontaneous animal disease
models
– Human health discoveries can treat animals
first
• Especially true with devices
• Novel drug delivery platforms
• Novel cancer therapeutic techniques
Service Opportunities
• Follow examples from human health
– Allogenic stem cell techniques for animal
health
• Improve upon existing business models like Vet
Stem
– Clinic and patient management software
Make an Impact
• Think like an entrepreneur
– Connect your research to industry
– Connect to the commercial pathway for
research outcomes
• Become involved with technology transfer
– Transfer your inventions and know how
– May need to drive the process
• Help to turn discoveries into products
– Impact animal and human health