Universities Roll-back Pharma’s Fees

Research universities are removing the licensing fees they charged industry companies for working with their scientists.

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A number of universities across the country have decided to do away with licensing fees it charged industry companies, citing the fact that the deals don’t provide much payoff to the schools. Both Pennsylvania State University and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities are withdrawing the requirement, in the hopes that it will attract more industry funding, which it deems more beneficial to the faculty and students.

The decision is also expected to greatly simplify intellectual property policies, which are often extremely time and resource consuming for universities. To date, many universities have written up agreements for any innovations produced by industry collaborations in the hope that one would become a blockbuster. Most, however, went nowhere, making it increasingly difficult to justify the expense. With the ...

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