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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026
Intelligence summary
MD Anderson's Strategic Industry Ventures oversees licensing, commercialization and collaborative partnerships designed to accelerate preclinical and clinical development of diagnostics and therapeutics across multiple modalities. It contains the Office of Technology Commercialization, which handles invention assessment, patent matters and license negotiation. SIV identifies opportunities connecting industry collaborators with MD Anderson technology and expertise and manages alliance operations for those partnerships. The group is a named example in Becker's list of hospitals with innovation programs.
Documented successes: Recognized by Becker's Hospital Review among 50 hospitals with innovation programs; dedicated Office of Technology Commercialization led by AVP Andrew Dennis, Ph.D.; manages alliances and collaborations across therapeutics and diagnostics modalities
Mandate and remit
MD Anderson's Strategic Industry Ventures oversees licensing, commercialization and collaborative partnerships designed to accelerate preclinical and clinical development of diagnostics and therapeutics across multiple modalities. It contains the Office of Technology Commercialization, which handles invention assessment, patent matters and license negotiation. SIV identifies opportunities connecting industry collaborators with MD Anderson technology and expertise and manages alliance operations for those partnerships. The group is a named example in Becker's list of hospitals with innovation programs.
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Fund or office: Strategic Industry Ventures / Office of Technology Commercialization
MD Anderson's Strategic Industry Ventures oversees licensing, commercialization and collaborative partnerships designed to accelerate preclinical and clinical development of diagnostics and therapeutics across multiple modalities. It contains the Office of Technology Commercialization, which handles invention assessment, patent matters and license negotiation. SIV identifies opportunities connecting industry collaborators with MD Anderson technology and expertise and manages alliance operations for those partnerships. The group is a named example in Becker's list of hospitals with innovation programs.
Documented successes
Recognized by Becker's Hospital Review among 50 hospitals with innovation programs; dedicated Office of Technology Commercialization led by AVP Andrew Dennis, Ph.D.; manages alliances and collaborations across therapeutics and diagnostics modalities
Organizational home: Strategic Industry Ventures / Office of Technology Commercialization, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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