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New data indicating underreporting of federal funding in academic biomedical patents highlight the pressing need for greater transparency under the Bayh-Dole Act.

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Figure 2: Percentage of academic life sciences research federally funded by year.
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Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute of the US National Institutes of Health under Award Number P50HG003391. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Human Genome Research Institute or the US National Institutes of Health.

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