The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine actively brings innovative technologies, ideas, and procedures to the marketplace. The intellectual property and laboratory discoveries generated by the research enterprise have led to many successful partnerships, both private and public, as well as several venture opportunities and commercial start-ups.
The pursuit of innovation by college researchers continues to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving live science sector, including significant contributions to the fields of diagnostic imaging, drug development and delivery, and genetically inherited diseases. In fact, over the past several decades, the Carver College of Medicine has fostered the launch of dozens of new commercial start-ups—approximately four per year—based on research and/or technology developed by college faculty, staff, and students. Also, the Carver College of Medicine is responsible for 175 active domestic and 304 active foreign patents.
Though the Carver College of Medicine remains focused on building the research and technology base here in Iowa, the college's impact is global.
