Cleveland Clinic, Ohio State to partner

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State University and Cleveland Clinic, two of the state's most powerful research institutions, are forming a partnership aimed at getting more good ideas for patients into the field.

The two institutions plan to provide details Tuesday of an alliance struck between Ohio State's Technology Commercialization and Knowledge Transfer Office and Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the clinic's commercialization arm.

Speakers include Mark Kvamme, president and chief investment officer of JobsOhio, the state's new semi-private economic development entity that has been pushing more commercialization.

The research organizations said their collaboration will focus on improving and extending the lives of patients while improving Ohio's economy. The alliance has been worked out over months.