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Commercializing university scientific discoveries

30 Nov 2004

Cochrane is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, a Fellow of the American College of Physi- cians, a Diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics and Fellow, American Board of Nutrition. [...] He has been a member of numerous medical and research societies in Canada and the United States, and was President of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation in 1964 and President of the Canadian Pediatric Society in 1965. [...] The report of the Expert Panel on Commercialization of University Research published in April 1999 outlines extremely well some of the reasons, issues and problems associated with enhancing the innovation process and building an appropriate commercialization infrastructure for the effective transfer of discoveries from uni- versities to industry. [...] The recent Canada Research Chairs Program by the Government of Canada, and the scientist support programme of the Alberta Heritage Fund for Medical Research Foundation (AHFMR) by the Government of Alberta, are examples of giving significant support to outstanding scientists. [...] Therefore there is a challenge for the universities and the scientists to come to some agreement on policy in which the institution would be responsible for patenting the discovery, with the scientists accepting there might be a delay for a short time in publication while there is assessment of the value of the discovery and whether it indeed should be patented.
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Authors

Cochrane, William A

Pages
32
Published in
Canada

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