At the 2013 BIO Conference, I sat in on a session discussing the challenges and issues with managing collaborations and transferring technology between academic research groups and companies. The session, Behind the Tech Transfer Headlines: What are You Missing? featured two panelist from pharmaceutical companies, Atul Saran, who oversees Corporate Development and Ventures at MedImmune, and Monica Rosoff who directs of Alliance Management at Gilead Sciences, as well as two from academic institutions, Leslie Millar who leads technology management at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, and Jonathan Sonderstorm who oversees the Office of Cooperative Research at Yale. Sonderstorm moderated the session.
To read the original article: A Look at What's Involved with Technology Transfer: Discussion at the BIO 2013 Conference
