ScanBalt develops new metrics for assessing knowledge transfer in life sciences

25 Feb 2009 | News
Technology transfer
The Steinbeis-Transfer-Institute for Intellectual Property Management has developed a set of indicators of the commercial viability of collaborative life-science projects.
Science|Business Reporting

Steinbeis University in Berlin

The Steinbeis-Transfer-Institute for Intellectual Property Management in collaboration with Steinbeis Team North East has developed a set of indicators for the assessment of commercially viable public-private collaborative projects in life science. The indicators are expected to significantly improve the possibility for successful trans-national knowledge transfer in the ScanBalt BioRegion.

The indicators target the four main aspects of: technology, intellectual property, the market and the ability to exploit technology transfer. The development of the indicators is part of the European Union Framework Programme 7 project Bridge-BSR.

Frank Graage, Head of Steinbeis Team North East says the indicators are a major step forward towards building bridges between life science academic research and SMEs in the ScanBalt BioRegion.

“We will now implement the indicators, for example, within environmental life sciences [...] to support the development of a strong eco-industrial sector. Overall, this will promote an effective eco-agenda for the Baltic Sea Region and assist in establishing the region as a frontrunner within a sector that is likely to boom the coming years.”

http://www.scanbalt.org/bridge-bsr


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