Publication Date:
1986-06-13
Description:
The growth of university-industry research relationships in biotechnology has raised questions concerning their effects, both positive and negative, on universities. A survey of over 1200 faculty members at 40 major universities in the United States reveals that biotechnology researchers with industrial support publish at higher rates, patent more frequently, participate in more administrative and professional activities and earn more than colleagues without such support. At the same time, faculty with industry funds are much more likely than other biotechnology faculty to report that their research has resulted in trade secrets and that commercial considerations have influenced their choice of research projects. Although the data do not establish a causal connection between industrial support and these faculty behaviors, our findings strongly suggest that university-industry research relationships have both benefits and risks for academic institutions. The challenge for universities is to find ways to manage these relationships that will preserve the benefits while minimizing the risks.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Blumenthal, D -- Gluck, M -- Louis, K S -- Stoto, M A -- Wise, D -- 100A-83/PHS HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1986 Jun 13;232(4756):1361-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3715452" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Antibodies, Monoclonal
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*Biomedical Research
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DNA, Recombinant
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Federal Government
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Government
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*Industry
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Periodicals as Topic
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*Research Support as Topic
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Risk Assessment
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Teaching
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*Technology
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United States
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*Universities
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major U.S. universities concerning their research activities and funding by
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industrial sources. The survey findings suggest that university-industry
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biotechnology research relationships have both benefits and risks for the
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university. Faculty members receiving industry support tend to be more
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productive. They publish, patent, and earn more. They participate in more
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administrative and professional activities, while teaching as much as other
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faculty members. However, their research also leads to more unpublished trade
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secrets, and commercial considerations may influence their choice of projects.
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The authors recommend public as well as commercial funding of research,
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protection of the right to publish research results, and university-industry
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agreements that do not unduly restrict faculty behavior.
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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