Posts Tagged ‘licensing’
Sponsored Research Agreements: Negotiating with a Non-Profit Research Institution
Unlike more traditional business transactions between two or more for-profit companies, research and development between a for-profit company and a non-profit institution or academic research organization comes with its own rule book. The intersection of two bodies of legislation dictates the behavior of such institutions when engaging in R&D activities on behalf of a for-profit…
Read MoreFound in Translation: Academic Intellectual Property FAQ
For this post I want to build upon a great introduction to the world of patents that my colleague Nate Valverde, J.D. provided in his excellent article: Patent 101: Learn the importance of patents…and how to protect your invention.here Many academic researchers have specific questions as they seek to translate their basic science discoveries into…
Read MoreThe Innovation Licensing Internship Program: Hands-on Experience in Commercializing Academic Research
Academic research is a vital source of novel technologies that improve our lives. Over 9 million people have been prescribed the blockbuster anti-seizure drug Lyrica, discovered at Northwestern University in 1989((Robbins, R. Why isn’t Harvard getting rich off its scientific research? STAT. December 21, 2015.))((Lyrica FAQs. https://www.lyrica.com/frequently-asked-questions#how-many-people-have-been-prescribed-lyrica. Accessed 1/17/2018.)). Other innovations originating from university research…
Read MoreThe Innovation Licensing Internship Program: Hands-on Experience in Commercializing Academic Research
Academic research is a vital source of novel technologies that improve our lives. Over 9 million people have been prescribed the blockbuster anti-seizure drug Lyrica, discovered at Northwestern University in 1989((Robbins, R. Why isn’t Harvard getting rich off its scientific research? STAT. December 21, 2015.))((Lyrica FAQs. https://www.lyrica.com/frequently-asked-questions#how-many-people-have-been-prescribed-lyrica. Accessed 1/17/2018.)). Other innovations originating from university research…
Read MoreFound in Translation: Please allow me to introduce myself
Over the past decade or so there has been an accelerating shift in academic science towards translational research. This move has been quite overt, with the NIH establishing National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) in 2012 with the budget to dole out more than $550M in grant funding each year. This shift in funding…
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