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Academics to be Featured at the 2013 BIO Alliance Pavilion

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I think it safe to say that the U.S. biotechnology industry has its R&D roots in the laboratories of great research universities with great science and visionary researchers. These cutting-edge, biology-based research and industry commercialization efforts continue to be the key drivers in moving invention into innovation to heal, fuel and feed the world. Because of this essential knowledge-driven relationship, the 2013 BIO International Convention will again bring together academic and research colleagues to focus Read More >

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2012 BIO Technology Transfer Symposium

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BIO’s Technology Transfer Symposium is right around the corner, next Monday, October 8th in fact. And whether you are planning on attending the BIO Investor Forum, the Tech Transfer offers a unique insight in to the value of biotech public-private partnerships. The Tech Transfer highlights recent and successful early stage technology transfer deals from a variety of perspectives, including universities, government and venture capitalists. Attendees will learn about how technology transfer offices and industry are working Read More >

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Technology Transfer: Promoting Public-Private Collaborations for Innovation

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BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood penned an op-ed for the September issue of BioPharm International on the importance of technology transfer from academia to industry, as encouraged by the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. The Bayh-Dole Act, which permits and encourages industry to partner with research universities to turn federally-funded basic research into new and valuable products, is a critical factor in driving America’s innovation economy. Because of this legislation, the U.S. leads the world Read More >

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Finding Value in Early Stage Collaborations at the BIO Technology Transfer Symposium

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The BIO Technology Transfer Symposium dissects recent academia-industry collaborations and evaluates the value in early stage biotechnology investments.  The event occurs in San Francisco on October 8th ahead of the BIO Investor Forum and provides a unique opportunity for bringing academia, industry, and the investment community together. This year’s event is headlined by Tom Thornton from the Cleveland Clinic, a leading academic medical center.  The first panel highlights the collaboration between Duke Translational Research Institute Read More >

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Preview: AUTM U.S. Licensing Survey: FY2011

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We’ve seen compelling evidence recently about the positive impact of university licensing activity. As we learned from “The Economic Contributions of University/Nonprofit Inventions in the United States: 1996-2010,” a report released by BIO in June, university/nonprofit licensing supported as many as 3 million “person years of employment.” Now there is even more good news to share. AUTM publishes a report of academic licensing activity at the end of each year for the prior fiscal year. Read More >

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