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Translating Discoveries
PCI helps to translate discoveries and ideas created at the University of Pennsylvania into new products and businesses for societal benefit.
We actively facilitate a broad range of technology development connections between Penn and the private sector. Whether the end result is a technology license, an R&D alliance, or the formation of a new venture, PCI serves as a dedicated one-stop shop for commercial partnering with Penn.
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Success Stories
From foundational discoveries to profound impact
Twenty-five years ago, Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó struck up their first conversations at Penn about the possibility of adapting RNA for therapeutic purposes next to a copy machine where both were printing journal articles. That chance encounter laid the foundation for a revolution in mRNA technology; innovations that are now being leveraged to confront a global pandemic and a host of other biomedical challenges
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All NewsBy the Numbers – FY21
>$300M
Facilitated the highest amount of aggregate licensing revenue at Penn in PCI’s history
>$815M
Funds raised by Penn-affiliated startups, the most ever
142
The most patents ever issued to Penn and its faculty inventors in one year
>$130M