Practical experiences in starting up life science companies in the academic sector

1969 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Rodgers ◽  
David Catton ◽  
Gavin Scott Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
The Past ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Biotechnology Companies ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Biotechnology Sector ◽  
Academic Sector

The authors discuss their experiences in starting up life science companies in the academic sector as a means of identifying the key issues and highlighting ways of addressing these issues. Sheffield University Enterprises Ltd has led the formation of over 30 companies at Sheffield University in the past three years, many of which are in the biotechnology sector. Ithaka Life Sciences Ltd specialises in supporting the formation and growth of life science businesses by providing specialist expertise to assist the founders; it works with a number of universities and emerging companies around the UK. The paper focuses on the technical, commercial, intellectual property, financial and, above all, practical aspects of working with academic scientists to found biotechnology companies.

scholarly journals Regulatory brokerage: Competitive advantage and regulation in the field of regenerative medicine

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner
Keyword(s):  
Regenerative Medicine ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
The Uk

This article concerns the roles of entrepreneurial scientists in the co-production of life science research and regulation. Regulatory brokerage, defined as a mode of strategic planning and as the negotiation of regulation based on comparative advantage and competition, is expressed in scientific activities that take advantage of regulatory difference. This article is based on social science research in Japan, Thailand, India and the UK. Using five cases related to Japan’s international activities in the field of regenerative medicine, I argue that, driven by competitive advantage, regulatory brokerage at lower levels of managerial organization and governance is emulated at higher levels. In addition, as regulatory brokerage affects the creation of regulation at national, bilateral and global levels, new regulation may be based on competition in regulatory advantage rather than on ethical and scientific values. I argue that regulatory brokerage as the basis for regulatory reform bypasses issues that need to be decided by a broader public. More space is needed for international and political debate about the socio-political consequences of the global diversity of regulation in the field of the life sciences.

scholarly journals Advances in Application of Nanomaterials in Life Science

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Shimiao
Keyword(s):  
Life Science ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Nano Materials ◽  
The Past ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Great Progress ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Nano Sensors ◽  
Development Prospects

Nanomaterials had attracted much attention since their discovery with their unique structure, peculiar physical,chemical, mechanical properties and potential application prospects. In the past few years, the theoretical andexperimental research on biological nanomaterials has become the focus of attention, especially the biochemistry,biophysics, biomechanics, thermodynamics and electromagnetism of nucleic acid and protein, while its intelligentcomposites have become the forefront of life science and materials science. At present, nano-bio-chip materials,biomimetic materials, nano-motors, nanocomposites, interface biomaterials, nano-sensors and drug delivery systemshave made great progress. In this paper, the characteristics of these materials, research and development of theapplication were reviewed, a brief overview of the nano-materials in the life sciences of the main applications, and toexplore the development prospects of biological nano-materials.

Governing intellectual property

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-252
Author(s):  
C.S. Richenberg
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
University Research ◽  
Commercial Exploitation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
The Uk

During the past decade or so, a number of factors have conspired together to ensure that the universities in the UK have increasingly had to pay regard to the intellectual property (IP) created on-campus. The idea of the systematic commercial exploitation of commercially applicable university research is something many academics still do not find congenial — indeed, some think it incompatible with the tradition of scholarship and the free interchange of knowledge and ideas.

4. Supporting Members and Peers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Geddes ◽  
Jessica Mulley
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
House Of Commons ◽  
Digital Service ◽  
The Past ◽  
Members Of Parliament ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
Political Sources ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Sources Of Support ◽  
The Uk

This chapter examines the way the UK Parliament is administered and organized in terms of the support offered by the institution to Members of Parliament (MPs) and peers to fulfil their parliamentary, political, and policy functions. The House of Commons employs roughly 2,500 and the House of Lords around 500 members of staff, in addition to staff in the bicameral Parliamentary Digital Service. These staff provide invaluable and impartial support to Parliament. This chapter considers the political and non-political sources of support provided to MPs and peers in carrying out their role and how the resources available to parliamentarians have increased over the past two decades through a range of parliamentary reforms. It also discusses key issues and debates arising from the support given to MPs and peers, including the issue over whether staff exist to serve the institution of Parliament or to support parliamentarians.

From conflicting narratives to legal conflicts

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 191-203
Author(s):  
Shawn H.E. Harmon
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Legal Institutions ◽  
Commercial Activity ◽  
World Views ◽  
Intellectual Property Law ◽  
The Subject

Life sciences innovation has prompted both optimism and angst, and has been the subject of intensive economic and commercial activity. That activity has been supported by legal institutions and mechanisms in the form of intellectual property law deployments. However, recent jurisprudence has put the unaltered pursuit of commercial gain in the life sciences into some (slight) doubt, and has reinvigorated the so-called `life patents' debate. This paper considers these recent judicial developments, focusing in particular on how different narratives and approaches to biovalue have coloured litigant approaches. It goes on to consider briefly what these cases and the divergent world views represented within them might mean for the regulation of life science commercial practices moving forward.

Dowagers, Debs, Nuns and Babies: The Politics of Nostalgia and the Older Woman in the British Sunday Night Television Serial

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 769-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estella Tincknell
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Mature Female ◽  
Older Woman ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Position ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Popular Television

The extensive commercial success of two well-made popular television drama serials screened in the UK at prime time on Sunday evenings during the winter of 2011–12, Downton Abbey (ITV, 2010–) and Call the Midwife (BBC, 2012–), has appeared to consolidate the recent resurgence of the period drama during the 1990s and 2000s, as well as reassembling something like a mass audience for woman-centred realist narratives at a time when the fracturing and disassembling of such audiences seemed axiomatic. While ostensibly different in content, style and focus, the two programmes share a number of distinctive features, including a range of mature female characters who are sufficiently well drawn and socially diverse as to offer a profoundly pleasurable experience for the female viewer seeking representations of aging femininity that go beyond the sexualised body of the ‘successful ager’. Equally importantly, these two programmes present compelling examples of the ‘conjunctural text’, which appears at a moment of intense political polarisation, marking struggles over consent to a contemporary political position by re-presenting the past. Because both programmes foreground older women as crucial figures in their respective communities, but offer very different versions of the social role and ideological positioning that this entails, the underlying politics of such nostalgia becomes apparent. A critical analysis of these two versions of Britain's past thus highlights the ideological investments involved in period drama and the extent to which this ‘cosy’ genre may legitimate or challenge contemporary political claims.

Katalogisasi Naskah Sunda Kuno Koleksi Kabuyutan Ciburuy

Metahumaniora ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 392
Author(s):  
Mamat Ruhimat
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
West Java ◽  
The Past ◽  
Indonesian Archipelago ◽  
Historical Heritage

ABSTRAKTradisi tulis merupakan bukti kemajuan peradaban suatu bangsa. Naskah-naskahSunda Kuno yang ada saat ini merupakan peninggalan sejarah perjalanan bahasa dan budayaNusantara. Penelitian terhadap naskah-naskah Sunda Kuno tidak begitu banyak karenajumlah penelitinya sedikit. Bahkan katalog yang khusus mencatat naskah Sunda Kuno dimasyarakat pun belum ada. Katalogisasi Naskah Sunda Kuno di Jawa Barat merupakanupaya menginventarisasi dan mendokumentasi naskah-naskah Sunda Kuno di masyarakat.Katalogisasi juga merupakan direktori penelitian yang dilakukan terhadap naskah SundaKuno sehingga menjadi pembuka jalan bagi para peneliti yang ingin menggali kekayaanintelektual masa lalu. Katalogisasi naskah Sunda Kuno dimulai dari koleksi KabuyutanCiburuy di Kabupaten Garut. Kabuyutan ini menyimpan kurang lebih 30 kropak naskahSunda Kuno yang diperkirakan ditulis pada abad XVI-XVIII Masehi. Sebagian besar naskahlontar ini kondisinya rusak parah dan perlu penanganan yang serius. Dari ketiga puluhnaskah tersebut baru 15 naskah yang dapat diidentifikasi dan dibuat deskripsi lengkapnya.Kata kunci: Naskah, Katalog, Bahasa, BudayaABST RACTWritten tradition is evidence of the development of civilization of a nation. OldSundanese manuscripts still existing today is a historical heritage of linguistic and culturaljourneys of the Indonesian Archipelago. Unfortunately, most of the manuscripts are notappropriately preserved and from time to time continue to be damaged. Furthermore,the research on the Old Sundanese manuscripts is not so many due to the limited numberof the researchers. Even a catalogue especially listing Old Sundanese manuscripts in thesociety has not been made yet. The existing catalogues have only listed the manuscriptskept by the official institutions such as libraries and museums. Cataloging the OldSundanese manuscripts in West Java is one of the efforts to inventory and document theOld Sundanese manuscripts that are still scattered in the society, both stored in customaryinstitutions and personal collections. Cataloging is also a research directory that has everbeen conducted on Old Sundanese manuscripts, so it can be a pioneer for researchers whowant to explore the intellectual property in the past. As the first stage, cataloging theOld Sundanese manuscripts is started from the collection of Kabuyutan Ciburuy in GarutRegency. Kabuyutan stores approximately 30 compartments (kropak) of Old Sundanesemanuscripts that are estimated to have been written in the 16 to 18 century AD. Most ofthese manuscripts are badly damaged and need to be seriously taken care of. From thethirty manuscripts, only 15 manuscripts can be identified and can be completely described.Keywords: manuscript, catalogue, language, culture

Summary of Results

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Kuenzler
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Trademark Law ◽  
Intellectual Property Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Government ◽  
Networked Economy

The persuasive force of the accepted account’s property logic has driven antitrust and intellectual property law jurisprudence for at least the past three decades. It has been through the theory of trademark ownership and the commercial strategy of branding that these laws led the courts to comprehend markets as fundamentally bifurcated—as operating according to discrete types of interbrand and intrabrand competition—a division that had an effect far beyond the confines of trademark law and resonates today in the way government agencies and courts evaluate the emerging challenges of the networked economy along the previously introduced distinction between intertype and intratype competition. While the government in its appeal to the Supreme Court in ...

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