Licensing Opportunities

The School of Chemistry in involved in a number of technologies that are currently available for licensing or collaborative R&D towards a commercial outcome.

Please click on the links below to download details of our technologies and who to contact at Edinburgh Research and Innovation to obtain further details.

Synthesis of nucleoside triphosphates

A more efficient and lower cost method for synthesis of triphosphates has been developed by researchers at the University of Edinburgh that makes triphosphate production a more efficient, one-step process, with many of the processing stages of other systems eliminated. Synthesis of trisphosphate details.

Decontamination of surgical instruments with MIDAS

The University of Edinburgh has developed new methods for cleaning surgical instruments, which completely remove protein contamination, including prions - the infectious agents that cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in humans. MIDAS details.

High Pressure Polymorph Screening

The University of Edinburgh has developed a new method of screening for polymorphs and solvates of drug compounds, which has potential to revolutionise the way polymorph screening is conducted. Polymorph Screening details.

P.A.C.T. – A new approach to PhotoActivated ChemoTherapy

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a novel series of platinum prodrugs, which can be activated by light (photoactivated). PACT details.

Surface Engineering of Metals and metal Oxides

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, have developed a novel approach to coating and chemically engineering metal and metal oxide surfaces. Surface engineering details (pdf).