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UK spin-out spins back

Just as most public research bodies embrace commercialisation as their raison d'etre, the UK Medical Research Council is reversing the trend and taking a company it span out earlier back within its fold.
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Cambridge academics vote for new IP plan

Cambridge University is tightening its grip on rights to intellectual property generated by staff and students after academics voted overwhelmingly to endorse new plans
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A different kind of family business

Every cloud has its silver lining. So if it wasn't for his daughter's diabetes, Anders Essen-Möller might not have sold his company and started Diamyd Medical AB.
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Lab Notes

On inventive Californians, technology transfer, how to approach the business press, and other insights into R&D management.
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First find an agent

University tech transfer offices should stop trying to do the impossible, says Biofusion CEO David Baynes.
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