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Importance of intellectual property generated by biomedical research at
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Heus JJ
; de Pauw ES
; Mirjam L
; Margherita M
; Michael R H
; Michal H
J Clin Transl Res
2017[May]; 3
(2
): 250-259
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Biomedical research has many different facets. Researchers and clinicians study
disease biology and biochemistry to discover novel therapeutic targets, unravel
biochemical pathways and identify biomarkers to improve diagnosis, or devise new
approaches to clinically manage diseases more effectively. In all instances, the
overall goal of biomedical research is to ensure that results thereof (such as a
therapy, a device, or a method which may be broadly referred to as "inventions")
are clinically implemented. Most of the researchers' efforts are centered on the
advance of technical and scientific aspects of an invention. The development and
implementation of an invention can be arduous and very costly. Historically, it
has proven to be crucial to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) to an
invention (i.e., a patent) to ensure that companies can obtain a fair return on
their investment that is needed to develop an academic invention into a product
for the benefit of patients. However, the importance of IPR is not generally
acknowledged among researchers at academic institutions active in biomedical
research. Therefore this paper aims to (1) raise IP awareness amongst clinical
and translational researchers; (2) provide a concise overview of what the
patenting trajectory entails; and (3) highlight the importance of patenting for
research and the researcher. Importance for patients: Adequate patent protection
of inventions generated through biomedical research at academic institutions
increases the probability that patients will benefit from these inventions, and
indirectly enables the financing of clinical studies, mainly by opening up
funding opportunities (e.g. specific grants aimed at start-ups, pre-seed and seed
capital) that otherwise would not be accessible. As a consequence, patented
inventions are more likely to become clinically tested and reach the market,
providing patients with more treatment options.