NIH Workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIH’s Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer
July 31, 2023
The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Office of Science Policy hosted a workshop focused on policies and practices that shape biomedical innovation and promote access to NIH-funded discoveries. Goals included discussing how NIH, as a research institution, approaches the patenting and licensing of biomedical inventions. There was also a discussion on the agency’s role in the broader biomedical research enterprise in promoting the application of knowledge to enhance human health.
UAEM Executive Director, Justin Mendoza, presented on the role of universities in ensuring access to biomedical research, and how the Affordable Access Plan provision has been implemented at universities to support health equity.