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Bayh-Dole: if we knew then what we know now

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More than 25 years after the US Bayh-Dole Act was passed to encourage technology transfer from universities, is it time to reexamine and revamp this key legislation?

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Boettiger, S., Bennett, A. Bayh-Dole: if we knew then what we know now. Nat Biotechnol 24, 320–323 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0306-320

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