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Agreement Negotiation |
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Contractual, regulatory, policy and legal guidance,
education and assistance in executing appropriate agreements for the
exchange of materials with academia and the marketplace in order to
enhance the basic, translational or clinical research projects and
goals of NINDS. Transactional agreements, including Material Transfer
Agreement (MTA) and Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements
(CDA) provide mechanisms to transfer materials, data and information. |
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Collaboration Facilitation |
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Assist researchers in finding collaborators for the development
and commercialization of research discoveries. The NINDS TTO promotes
the translation of research into treatment and commercial product
by working with investigators to effect communication and collaboration
with qualified companies in the market place. As investigators initiate
contact with a commercial company or begin searching for contact with
a qualified commercial company, involvement of the NINDS TTO staff
should be initiated early on in the process. This team work will ensure
the policy, legal, and regulatory correctness of any agreements, and
assure the rights of the NINDS researcher and the company are acknowledged
and protected. These agreements include Cooperative Research and
Development Agreements (CRADA), Material Cooperative Research and
Development Agreements (MCRADA) and Clinical Trial Agreements
(CTA). |
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Commercial Sector Liason |
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Work in conjunction with executive and administrative offices of
NINDS to assure appropriate communication and relationship with the
commercial sector. |
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Promotion & Marketing of Patented Technologies |
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Promote patented technologies, working in conjunction with the NINDS
investigator and NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) to license
NINDS patented technologies and research materials. The NINDS TTO
supports and advances the development of “discoveries”
as reported by NINDS research staff including review and approval
for patenting, marketing of commercially viable opportunities and
promoting discoveries for licensing. For the technologies that are
licensed, the NINDS TTO facilitates the review and reporting of royalties. |
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Educational Programs |
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The NINDS TTO educates scientific, administrative, and executive
staff regarding the legal and regulatory policies surrounding transfer
of materials and exchange of intellectual property. Successful research
requires open exchange and interaction and it is the job of the NINDS
TTO to assure the transfer of materials and development of discoveries
to be executed as effectively and efficiently as is possible. |
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