Connecting Innovators with Industry

discoveries
impact

RESEARCHERS

1. ADVANCE YOUR RESEARCH

Industry collaborations and accelerator programs

2. PROTECT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Create a clear path forward for commercial development

3. EXECUTE A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

Licensing and new ventures

INDUSTRY PARTNERS

1. GAIN ACCESS

Plug into UHN innovators and innovations

2. LICENSE TECHNOLOGIES

Source technologies with commercial potential and reduced business risk

3. CATALYZE A STARTUP

Invest in breakthrough innovation

Catalyzing inventions to impact, together

At UHN Commercialization, translating research and enabling partnerships for maximum patient impact is at the core of what we do. Whether you’re interested in sponsoring commercially promising research, forging a long-term strategic alliance, or simply accessing laboratory materials, we are here to steward a successful collaboration with experts in their field.

Sponsored research projects are a shared risk activity and often the key way to accelerate basic science and effectively propel early-stage technologies toward commercial potential. Partner with us to bring them that much closer to impacting patient health.

Strategic alliances harness the strengths of multiple investigators working at our 7 research institutes over the course of several years to make significant scientific progress. Creative, flexible, well managed partnerships, our institution-level alliances convene teams of the world’s top researchers to solve important and complex health challenges.

We’re ready to move quickly.

Whether you’re interested in sponsoring UHN research, accessing research materials, or exploring licensing opportunities, we are here to help.

Commercialization at UHN completes over 700 commercial agreements each year, propelling a multitude of R&D initiatives into market-ready medical products.

We are committed to forging winning relationships with industry partners that will help develop innovations into market-ready products, or collaboratively create novel innovations that will position your portfolio for success.