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Technology
Transfer &
Business
Enterprise
Jean Farrall, DirectorSean Flanigan, Assistant Director, Technology Transfer
Anne-Marie Boudreau, Assistant Director, ContractsSelena Tsai, Business Development Officer
October 24, 2003
T T B ET T B EJean Farrall, DirectorUniversity of Ottawa
800 King Edward Ave, Room [email protected] Tel #: 562-5842
TTBE Offices opened 8:45 to 17:00, Monday to Friday
Tel # :562-5399; fax: 562-5336 [email protected]
Hospital Campus contact:Selena Tsai, Business Development Officer
Guindon Hall, 451 Smyth Rd, Room [email protected] Tel# 562-5800, ext# 8553
Contact also through: Faculty of Medicine Research Office, Géraldine Gautier, Administrative Secretary [email protected] Tel:
562-5800 ext# 8116 Fax: 562-5457
ContractsAnne-Marie Boudreau
Assistant Director (Contracts)Ext. 2411
Joanne Lauzon Contracts Officer 1247 [email protected]
Francine Payant Contracts Assistant 5955 [email protected]
Selena Tsai, Business Development Officer
(Faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences, CHEO Research Institute)
Ext. 8553
Located at 2036 Guindon Hall
Business Development for Life Sciences
Sean Flanigan
Assistant Director (Technology Transfer)Ext. 2407
Mark Pearson, Technology Transfer Officer 1246 [email protected]
Dinesh Kakadi, Technology Transfer Officer 1681 [email protected]
Ann Shilts, Technology Transfer Assistant 2412 [email protected]
Technology Transfer
TTBE MandateTTBE Mandate Created in March 2002, with locations at the SITE
building on the University of Ottawa campus and at Guindon Hall.
Focuses on: Research contracts Technology transfer Commercialization and business development Industrial Liaison
Helps fulfill University’s & associated hospitals’ commitment to expand the reputation as research intensive institutions for all disciplines.
Collaborates with CHEO’s Research Institute in Business Development and Commercialization through a focus on Life Sciences (basic and clinical sciences).
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
External Relations/Outreach Marketing and Communications Industry/trade journals, conferences, associations Networks: OLSC, TBI, CHLA BioContact Quebec, BioFinance, BioNorth, BIO Government relations: provincial and federal
biotechnology secretariats Industry Canada life sciences branch, NSERC IRAP
program Identifying collaborative opportunities for contract
research Identifying technologies with commercialization
potential
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
CIHR POP grant applications Business Case competitions Research Days Seminar series Identifying and securing
potential partners – grants requiring matching funds from industry.
Research Contracts at CHEO RIResearch Contracts at CHEO RIPrimary contact is:
Pat Brazeau, Office Managertel# 737-2686, [email protected]
TTBE’s role, with the CHEO RI, is supportive on a as-needed basis for:
Negotiating agreements with Funding Agencies. Insuring Terms & Conditions do not contravene the
Institute’s mandate For example, project outcome can be used for
research and educational purposes. Assisting researchers in preparing applications for
contract-funded research. Encouraging dialogue between Researchers and Funding
Agencies. Searching MERX regularly for opportunities.
Research Contracts…Research Contracts…
represent significant portion of research funding
are becoming more common as accountability requirements increase
increase visibility, enhance interaction with stakeholders
allow for cost recovery through overhead
Research Contracts…Research Contracts… cover range of activities:
Research Services (literature surveys, analyses,
etc) Consulting Collaboration
may come from: Any level of government Corporations, industrial organizations Other institutions NGO’s
• A legally binding agreement: it’s a contractual obligation
• An exchange, where each party gives and receives something of value.
•Deliverables and Timelines
• Intellectual Property Ownership issues
• Publication Rights
• Restrictions on what you can and can’t do
• Risk of liability for non-performance
• Other liability issues, eg product liability, Institution’s reputation, breach of confidentiality
• Complete cost recovery (ie overhead; PI time)
• Honorarium or professional fees
Key Factors in a ContractKey Factors in a Contract
IP Policy at CHEOIP Policy at CHEO
CHEO owns the intellectual property that arises from the research undertaken by its employees and on its premises
This places the obligation for commercialization upon CHEO
TTBE is how CHEO is meeting this challenge
Intellectual Property (IP)Intellectual Property (IP) IP: intangible property resulting from
human ingenuity IP rights can be protected by:
Patent Copyright trade secret industrial design plant breeder's rights Integrated circuit topographies trademark
IP protection prevents unauthorized use by others
Not all IP Issues are about Not all IP Issues are about PatentsPatents
Confidentiality agreementsConfidentiality agreements Material transfer agreementsMaterial transfer agreements Licenses to incorporate software Licenses to incorporate software
or technology in researchor technology in research Copyright and moral rightsCopyright and moral rights Tech transfer officers are Tech transfer officers are
available to help at all stages of available to help at all stages of your researchyour research
What can be commercialized?What can be commercialized?
The results of researchThe results of research Inventions discovered as part of Inventions discovered as part of
researchresearch Novel compounds, uses, Novel compounds, uses,
proceduresprocedures Testing methods developed as Testing methods developed as
part of your researchpart of your research Manuals and dataManuals and data
CommercializationCommercialization Patent licenses that produce royalties Future companies formed around research
results Licensing of Copyrighted works such as
textbooks, manuals or databases Software licenses Prototype funding and development Identifying markets for excess lab/equipment
capacity Marketing the expertise of a research group
or Centre
Why do Tech Transfer and Why do Tech Transfer and Commercialization?Commercialization?
Provides validation of the research Expands the research reputation of CHEO It is expected of many government funding
agencies To allow smaller opportunities to flourish Economic development for the region that
supports CHEO As a service to researchers who are
looking to commercialize And even, for revenue generation
Myths of CommercializationMyths of Commercialization
“Commercialization comes at the expense of an Institution’s research reputation”
“If you spin off a company, the researcher leaves the Institution”
“The Institution is becoming focused on commercialization. Nobody will care about basic research anymore.”
“It’s all about money”
How Do I Commercialize?How Do I Commercialize?
If you think you have something:If you think you have something: Talk to Selena TsaiTalk to Selena Tsai Get the invention disclosure form Get the invention disclosure form
and fill it outand fill it out Talk to Selena TsaiTalk to Selena Tsai Meet with Selena and a tech Meet with Selena and a tech
transfer officertransfer officer Talk to Selena TsaiTalk to Selena Tsai
To recap…TALK TO SELENATo recap…TALK TO SELENA
……in conclusionin conclusion
CHEO is committed to achieving CHEO is committed to achieving the significant opportunities that the significant opportunities that can be had as a result of can be had as a result of commercializationcommercialization
TTBE is at your service to help TTBE is at your service to help cultivate commercialization cultivate commercialization opportunitiesopportunities
It all starts with you and your It all starts with you and your researchresearch
MerciThank You
For more Information, visit us:
at 451 Smyth Rd, Guindon Hall Room 2036
or at 800 King Edward, S.I.T.E. Room 3042
www.ttbe.uottawa.ca or at www.vrtt.uottawa.ca
