Kevin Sexton, M.D., stepped into the role as president of BioVentures LLC this year with a vision and a plan for increasing commercialization resources to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)-affiliated researchers.
Within a few months, the BioVentures team expanded to include successful academic researchers with strong backgrounds in the commercialization of intellectual property.
“We're researchers; we're clinicians,” said Sexton, a surgeon, inventor and entrepreneur. “Our vision is to help change the culture of UAMS. We want to bring entrepreneurial resources and training so that we can make innovation an integral part of the UAMS ecosystem and the economic engine of our university.”