The mission of the Biotechnology Innovation and Optimization Center  (BIO Center) is to develop life enhancing  pharmaceutical and biomedical technologies through applied physical and  chemical based research, and successfully manage the commercialization of these  technologies to become a regional economic development engine. The BIO Center  is a Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC) Center of Excellence.

The BIO Center allows the University  of Kansas to centralize technology development  efforts on the Lawrence  and medical Center campuses. The centralization efforts include the Office of  Therapeutics, Discovery, and Development, the Office of Technology Transfer and  Intellectual Property, and the Office of Business Relations and Development.</p>

This centralization will provide a focused approach for  moving University technologies into the private sector, and draw from pharmaceutical  and biomedical research on both campuses