company industry technology transfer founded 2006 london headquarters london united kingdom parent university college london website ucl business ucl business plc uclb is the technology transfer company of university college london ucl and is headquartered in london united kingdom . 1 it is a wholly owned subsidiary of ucl and is responsible for conducting technology development and commercial transactions for the university . it is based on tottenham court road in the camden area of central london . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 spin out companies 3 external links 4 references history edit ucl s first technology transfer company was founded in 1989 as ucl ventures . 3 4 in february 2001 ucl ventures together with the technology transfer companies of the university of bristol the university of southampton and imperial college london signed a deal with a 100 million investment fund . 5 ucl ventures merged with the technology transfer company of the royal free hospital freemedic plc founded in 1993 to form ucl biomedica plc. ucl business plc was created in august 2006 through the merger of ucl biomedica with ucl s internal knowledge transfer department also known as ucl business . the former ucl business had been established to provide a link between ucl s academics and industry and to aid the development of commercially valuable technologies arising from ucl whilst ucl biomedica had been established to commercialise opportunities arising from ucl s biomedical research strengths as well as to conduct clinical trials . the integration of the two technology transfer activities created a single organisation focused on delivering the complete commercialisation process from patent registration and support for the creation of new businesses through to licensing and sales of technologies to industry partners . 6 uclb provided advice and a grant support to siavash mahdavi in helping him to establish the robotics company complex matters . 7 in january 2011 biovex a cancer vaccines company spun out of ucl in 1999 was sold to amgen for 1 billion . 8 9 operations edit spin out companies edit uclb has equity stake in all of its companies the majority being spin outs arising from technologies developed across the full range of faculties within ucl including biomedical biotechnology engineering mathematics physical sciences and build environment companies . these include ark therapeutics ltd arrow therapeutics ltd biovex ltd canbex domainex ltd evexar medical ltd genex biosystems intercytex medic to medic pentraxin therapeutics polymasc pharmaceuticals plc proaxon spirogen ltd stanmore implants worldwide ltd 10 advanced design technology as built solutions bloomsbury dsp endomagnetics eurotempest ixico quantemol senceive space syntax zinwave . 11 external links edit ucl business references edit about ucl business . ucl business plc. retrieved 31 october 2010 . contact us . ucl business plc. retrieved 31 october 2010 . calling for entrepreneurs london . nature . 19 september 2002 . retrieved 31 october 2010 . box 1 . transferring ideas . nature . 19 september 2002 . retrieved 31 october 2010 . 100m deal to fund spin offs . times higher education . 23 february 2001 . retrieved 31 october 2010 . uclb building commercial success pdf . ucl business plc. p. 7 . retrieved 8 december 2010 . siavash mahdavi university college london . the engineer . 15 june 2007 . retrieved 31 october 2010 . university finds rewards and risks in business start ups . the new york times . 13 february 2011 . retrieved 25 april 2011 . ucl spin out sold to amgen in 1 billion deal . science business . 27 january 2011 . retrieved 25 april 2011 . biomedical and biotechnology companies . ucl business plc. retrieved 8 december 2010 . engineering physical science and built environment companies . ucl business plc. retrieved 8 december 2010 . v t e university college london academics faculties schools & groupings faculty of arts and humanities slade school of fine art 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