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Academic-Industry Partnership Symposium Presented by: Blank Rome LLP.
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Academic-Industry Partnership SymposiumPresented by: Blank Rome LLP
The mission of PhIND is to create a collaborative research organization that attracts excellent scientists, accelerates the pace of research on neurodegenerative disorders, and establishes a leading, internationally-recognized center of Neuroscience discovery and development.
Panel Members • Todd Abrams, PhD – BioStrategy Partners • Gordon Lutz, PhD – LifeSplice Pharma, LLC • Stephen Nappi – Temple University • David Gitlin, Esq. – Blank Rome LLP • Ezra Felker – Nupathe Inc. • John Reid, PhD, MBA – AstraZeneca
New Models of Collaboration • “Drug discovery on campus” one to one industry to University relationships with a new purpose • Disease focus interest groups model (PhIND, Philly Derm) • Consortium Model • Regional technology exchange (Science Center – QED) • Example models: Coulter; MaRS District, CPATH New Barriers: New purpose of research; Complex agreements including financial, IP, operations and governance issues different from sponsored research
New Models of Collaboration • Key points of Discussion: • Agreements some proprietary information such as compounds and targets not shared • Shared resource opportunities • Follow on research milestone based to reward success • Avoid IP argument by company having license to IP and data related to company compounds • Provisions to rewards academic innovation • Key to success: dedicated project and alliance management