From lab to market: Cyprus overhauls rules on university spin-off companies

The parliament has approved amendments to the legal framework governing spin-off companies from public universities, after the law passed in 2018 failed to result in a single such company being established. The University of Cyprus welcomed the decision. Tatiana-Eleni Synodinou, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, said the previous framework had actively discouraged commercialisation of academic research. […]

By Evangelia Sizopoulou