Translating Research into Next Generation Care Through Collaboration


Based in New York City, Weill Cornell Medicine Enterprise Innovation engages and collaborates with Weill Cornell Medicine faculty and trainees while fostering alliances with leaders in the biomedical industry and business and investment community. Our focus is to translate the application of emerging science and new technologies into world-class medical breakthroughs.

Integrating Weill Cornell Medicine’s different teams and resources under a single, united organization, Enterprise Innovation encompasses the entire spectrum of an effective innovation ecosystem. We offer unique opportunities for faculty and trainees to transform their research into medical advances through collaborations.

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Enterprise Innovation Metrics from FY21 to FY25

761
New Tech Disclosures
184
Issued US Patents
131
Licenses and Options
18
NewCo Launches

  

  

Technology Portfolio

Enterprise Innovation brings together the power of industry-leading translational research and clinical care combined with top-tier business development expertise to accelerate innovation to market. Our leading technology portfolio encompasses major pillars of biomedical innovation.

We also provide access to a diverse selection of tangible materials developed by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. See the most updated catalog of our ready-for-licensing tangible materials PDF icon here.

  

Testimonials

Lisa Placanica, Ph.D.
Lisa Placanica, Ph.D., Senior Managing Director of the Center for Technology Licensing
There’s obviously fantastic research being done at Weill Cornell Medicine. So we want to work with faculty to identify aspects of their research that could be shaped into a product or a service, work with them to develop it and then to forge the partnership with a commercial entity. We also have to have a finger on the pulse of what industry is looking for: what venture firms are investing in, what pharma is trying to fill their pipeline with. And then we make connections between the two. We have to speak the language between the commercial enterprise and the academic researcher.
Randi Silver, Ph.D.
Randi B. Silver, Ph.D., Associate Dean and Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Enterprise Innovation has galvanized us to move forward as basic scientists, and to look for translational aspects that could be developed, with an industrial partner, for patient care. As a result, we have been able to get traction in exploring various avenues for commercialization with angel investors, pharma, venture capital and, significantly, our own Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, none of which would have been possible without support from the Daedalus Fund for Innovation.
Dr. Ronald Crystal
Ronald G. Crystal, M.D., Chair of Genetic Medicine and Professor of Medicine
Allying with the right industrial partner is a vital factor in attracting investors, and Enterprise Innovation’s relationships with and access to biopharma and life science leaders make it possible for aspiring scientist/entrepreneurs to find the right match.
Juan Cubillos-Ruiz, Ph.D.
Juan Cubillos-Ruiz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in Obstetrics and Gynecology
With the outstanding support provided by Weill Cornell Medicine’s innovation ecosystem, we identified and developed novel small-molecule inhibitors capable of disabling a detrimental pathway in cancer hosts. We are currently partnering with investors to use our inhibitors as a new strategy for enhancing the effectiveness of chemotherapy and immunotherapy in ovarian cancer and other lethal malignancies.

Startups Founded on Cornell Innovations Secure State Matching Grants for commercialization

October 24, 2025

With support from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR), three startups with roots in Cornell innovations are advancing technologies that aim to improve cardiovascular care, cancer treatment and patient well-being. ARMA BIO and VoiceLove, both founded by Weill Cornell Medicine faculty, were among 25 New York-based businesses receiving support in Round Three of the Innovation Matching Grants program.

Galvanizing Blood Vessel Cells to Expand for Organ Transplantation

October 14, 2025

Scientists have discovered a method to induce human endothelial cells from a small biopsy sample to multiply in the laboratory, producing more than enough cells to replace damaged blood vessels or nourish organs for transplantation, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. Endothelial cells form the inner lining of blood vessels and regulate blood flow, inflammation and healing. Traditional approaches for growing these cells in the lab have yielded only limited numbers before they lose their ability to function.