Pitt innovators have delivered another banner year of impactful discoveries

University inventors matched last year’s record number of licenses and options executed at 162 and set a new record for discoveries disclosed to the Innovation Institute at 367.

Pitt spinout Aruga Technologies won a business pitch competition

Alumnus Joseph Pugar’s 20-minute pitch on the company’s unique synthetic vascular graft implant technology won second prize among 12 competitors.

The Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence received a grant to help small businesses in coal-impacted communities

The Innovation Institute center will provide assistance to job-searchers and startups with the $1M Appalachian Regional Commission grant.

Technologies developed in Pitt's McGowan Lab were licensed for development

EsophaGel has been shown in preclinical studies to halt and possibly reverse the progression of esophageal cancer.