The University of Tennessee Research Foundation team has grown once again! UTRF is proud to welcome Shelby Miller as the Business Incubator Coordinator at the UTRF Business Incubator. Only a month into her role, Miller is excited about new challenges and learning opportunities. Miller is a Knoxville native and May 2021 graduate of East (read more)
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UTRF Licensee Veru, Inc. Announces Positive Results of COVID-19 Therapy’s Phase 3 Clinical Study, Seeking Emergency Use Authorization from FDA
UT Research Foundation licensee Veru, Inc. announced on April 11, 2022, that their Phase 3 clinical trial of sabizabulin as an oral therapy for hospitalized severe COVID-19 patients at high risk for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and death showed the drug to be safe and effective. The trial was halted early due to the (read more)
Employee Spotlight: Lakita Cavin
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is grateful for the hard work and dedication of its employees. One valuable member of the UTRF team, Senior Staff Attorney Lakita Cavin at the UT Health Science Center Office, has left UTRF to accept a position with the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) after fifteen years of (read more)