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The 'Entrepreneurs in Transit' at University of Manchester
The University of Manchester Intellectual Property (UMIP) was established in 2004 as the University’s agent for intellectual property management and commercialisation.
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Invention Disclosure Document
At the moment an invention is disclosed to the Technology Transfer Office (TTO), the totality of information needed for assessing the invention and possibly filing a patent is often distributed over several persons.
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Guidelines: Licensing genetic inventions
Biotechnology and genetics research have been the subject of extensive investment by both the public and private sectors, with the resulting products and processes making a significant and increasing contribution to human health and health care.
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Guidelines: Teaching hospitals for entering into research agreements
This document presents the guidelines for entering into research agreements with private companies, which have been adopted by the Danish teaching hospitals.
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Guidelines: Human biobanks and genetic research databases
Human biobanks and genetic research databases which bring together and allow the sharing of human biological material and information derived from its analysis, are a key element of the scientific infrastructure underpinning such research.
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Guidelines: Collaborative Research and KT between Science and Industry
The handbook on Responsible Partnering provides guidelines aiming at improving strategic collaboration and knowledge exchange between companies and publicly-funded research organizations.
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Drug Discovery and Development: Understanding the R&D process
The path from understanding a disease to bringing a safe and effective new treatment to patients is lengthy and complex. Scientists work to piece together the basic causes of disease at the level of genes, proteins and cells.
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Drivers and Bottlenecks in the European Knowledge Transfer Process
This White Paper summarizes the reflections and discussions during the meetings of the Advisory Board of the EU FP7 project Entente (HEALTH-F1- 2012-305128 )
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Research and Development Collaborations training
“You don’t have to make all the mistakes yourself” - this September’s raft of ASTP-Proton training courses are lining up to make a real impact on the professional development and network community of the participants.
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Securing staff skills at Politecnico di Milano
The TTO of Polytechnic of Milan is one of the first technology transfer offices established in Italy and is among the founding members of the Netval (TTO Network of the Italian universities).
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Starting, financing and building life science technology to success
The development of life science technologies typically involve long timelines and stringent regulatory hurdles, which in combination result in a high investment capital need. In contrast, the financial and societal reward can be tremendous in case of success.