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- Title
Commentary: University Technology Transfer Has Made a Significant Contribution to Fighting COVID 19 while Ensuring Global Access.
- Authors
STEVENS, ASHLEY J.
- Abstract
This paper reviews the response by public sector research organizations and their technology transfer offices to the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows that leading universities and technology transfer associations quickly enacted licensing principles for the duration of the pandemic to maximize availability and minimize delays in translating public sector research institutes' (PSRIs') COVID-19 inventions to the public -- in both the developed and the developing world -- while waiving payment of royalties. It discusses examples of vaccines, drugs, diagnostics and personal protective equipment that were developed in PSRIs and swiftly deployed throughout the world on socially responsible terms. It reviews the case cited by Herder et al. (2022) and concludes that their proposed mandates are unnecessary and may inhibit the free flow of healthcare innovation from bench to bedside.
- Subjects
HEALTH policy; HEALTH services accessibility; VACCINES; MEDICAL technology; MEDICAL care; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; PUBLIC sector; PERSONAL protective equipment; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Healthcare Policy, 2022, Vol 17, Issue 4, p26
- ISSN
1715-6572
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12927/hcpol.2022.26829