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Tap into the Next Generation of Scientists
The importance of mentoring and training students to become scientists has never been more critical as the U.S. aims to maintain its leadership in biotechnology. For students considering a future career path, biotech holds great promise. The industry currently employs 1.42 million Americans in high-wage, high quality jobs while supporting an additional 6.6 million jobs throughout the U.S. On average, biotech jobs pay roughly two-thirds more than the average annual wage of the total U.S. Read More >
BIO Supports SBIR Reauthorization in Senate
Last week, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867), which included SBIR reauthorization through Senate Amendment 1115. This is a critical step toward ensuring that all innovative companies can compete for SBIR grants – based on the promise of their science rather than the structure of their capital. Reauthorizing the program to allow small companies that receive the majority of their financing from venture capital to once again be eligible to compete Read More >
4 Keys for Partnering Success
Thinking of hosting partnering meetings at your BIO Exhibition booth in 2012? Abbott has been there, done that and learned what it takes to succeed and secure high-quality leads. “The greatest value of hosting partnering meetings within our booth is that it allows us to drive traffic, activity and interest within our own space,” said Michelle Calhoun, Abbott’s contract manufacturing marketing director. Abbott hosted nearly 60 meetings within our booth during three days of partnering Read More >
Start 2012 with BIO – in Osaka!
With BIO’s Fall events behind us, the team here quickly shifted focus to 2012! On January 31st, the BIO Asia International Conference will commence its ninth year! What’s something new about the conference? It’s moved! Originally, BIO Asia was hosted in Tokyo, but the event has relocated for the first time and will now be held in Osaka, Japan. We’re very excited about being in this city, which is Japan’s third largest, and is well-known Read More >
Exclusive Licenses Do Not Discourage Follow On Research
A recent study presented at the Patent Statistics for Decision Makers Conference organized at the United States Patent Office questions the logic behind a nonexclusive license preference often found in U.S. government technology transfer policy. In “The Role of Exclusive Licensing in Follow-on Research of Academic Patented Inventions” presentation the authors demonstrate that, contrary to the belief by some, exclusive licensing does not impede future research. The authors ask two questions. First, does exclusive licensing affect licensee follow-on research? Read More >
