NIH will host a virtual workshop on July 31, 2023, to discuss policies and practices that shape biomedical innovation and promote access to NIH-funded discoveries. Goals will include discussing how NIH, as a research institution, approaches the patenting and licensing of biomedical inventions. There will also be discussion on the agency’s role in the broader biomedical research enterprise in promoting the application of knowledge to enhance human health.
Webcast
https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=51051
Agenda
Background Information
- Background on Patenting and Licensing at NIH
- Public Health and Economic Impact Study of NIH Intramural Technology Transfer Licensing
- Participant Biographies
Information on Providing Comments
We invite members of the public to submit written comments on the topic of this workshop. For those wishing to make written comments, please submit those comments to SciencePolicy@od.nih.gov by August 18, 2023, so that they may be considered prior to preparing the report of this workshop. The comments we receive may be posted to the OSP website without redaction. As such, please do not include any information in your comments that you do not wish to make public. Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should also not be included in your comments.
Public Comments
Compiled Set of Written Comments (June 28 – August 19, 2023)
Final Report
Transforming Discoveries Into Products: Maximizing Levers to Catalyze technology Transfer
Slide Presentations
- Schwetz: NIH Mission and Workshop Objectives
- Shmilovich: Nanomouse case study
- Petrik: Coronavirus Prefusion Stabilized Spike Proteins
- Ano: Partnering the Use of Therapeutic Antibodies as Novel Treatments for MS
- Burke: Expediting Development of Adoptive Cell Therapy
- Kirby: How NIH Negotiates License Terms
- Mendoza: Universities Allied for Essential Medicines