New Federal Bio-Technology Transfer Web Database
Rockville, MD ≠The Biotechnology Information Institute is now offering
the Federal Bio-Technology Transfer Directory as an online Internet Web
database. Besides being the largest specialized database of licensing
opportunities in the biomedical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical
areas, it is the only source for information about federal
bio-technology transfers and related commercialization activities. The
database has over 4,200 records covering all federal laboratory (e.g.,
NIH, DOE, USDA) inventions and technology transfers in the biomedical
and related biotechnology areas from 1980-present including about:
Ä 2,850 inventions (1,850 patents and 1,050 patent applications)
Ä 1,500 patent licenses (including over 502 exclusive licenses)
Ä 1,135 Collaborative Research & Development Agreements (CRADAs)
The Internet Web database is online at
http://www.bioinfo.com/biotech/fbdhome.html. The Web site also
provides news and analysis concerning federal bio-technology transfer.
All users may search and display titles/status information, but a
password (subscription) is required to display full records. The
database may also be obtained for use on your own computer; and is also
offered by a commercial online database vendor, Knowledge Express Data
Systems.
The Federal Bio-Technology Transfer Directory database is an essential
resource for organizations involved in biotechnology, pharmaceutical or
healthcare research, development and commercialization. The federal
and NIH patent portfolios rank number one in terms of U.S. biomedical
and biotechnology research and development; and federal labs spend over
$2 billion (NIH over $1.2 billion) annually on internal R&D in the
biomedical/biotechnology areas. The federal labs and NIH have the
types of technologies most needed by industryãfundamental new
technologies (e.g., gene therapy and sequencing); breakthrough
biopharmaceuticals and drugs; and broadly enabling technologies (e.g.,
new screening assays, genes, receptors, vectors, reagents). In many
respects, no search for new technologies in these areas can be
considered complete without using this unique database.
The database is also a unique source for competitive intelligence
concerning federal-private sector R&D activities. The federal labs
and, particularly, NIH are by far the most important sources for new
technologies for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and
healthcare-related industries. They rank number one in terms of
biomedical and biotechology patent licensing; collaborative R&D and
commercialization with U.S. biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies;
and novel therapeutics and technologies in active development. Over
30% of all federal biomedical inventions have been licensed and many
more technologies/products are being developed through Collaborative
R&D Agreements (CRADAs). The Federal Bio-Technology Transfer Directory
database is the only resource providing access to these patent
licenses, CRADAs and commercialization activities--over 2,500 strategic
relationships not reported anywhere else.
For further information, visit our Web site or contact:
Ronald A. Rader
President
Biotechnology Information Institute
1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20852-1631
Phone: 301-424-0255; Fax: 301-424-0257
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.bioinfo.com/biotech/
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