BMJ 1994;309:540-541 (20 August)

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Inventing a new diagnostic test

EDITOR, - I was most interested in the article by Tom O'Dowd and Nick Bourne about their experience in technology transfer from university to industry.1 They failed to mention how they handle the problems of indemnity against product liability and proof of intellectual property rights and how they and their industrial partners share this. It would be most helpful if they could give us the benefit of their experience on these issues.

P Sonksen

Division of Medicine, St Thomas's Hospital, London SE1 7EG

  1. O'Dowd TC, Bourne N. Inventing a new diagnostic test for vaginal infection. BMJ 1994;309:40-2. (2 July.) [Free Full Text]

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EDITOR, - We agree with Peter Sonksen that universities need to make sure that they have their act together in the complex world of exploiting medical research. He asks two important questions, on product liability and on proof of intellectual rights.

Under the terms of our arrangement, our licensee was required to indemnify us against product liability claims against third . . . [Full text of this article]


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Inventing a new diagnostic test for vaginal infection
T C O'Dowd and N Bourne
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