23 February 2011 -- The BioIndustry Association (BIA) welcomes the launch today of the model Industry Collaborative Research Agreement (mICRA) by the Department of Health. The mICRA, which was developed by the National Institute for Health Research Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI) and the Medical Research Council (MRC), provides template contracts to allow research studies involving the life sciences industry, universities and the NHS to start more rapidly.
One of the key features of the agreement is a series of options for handling the ownership of any intellectual property rights resulting from the collaboration with a guide to help collaboration partners decide which option is best suited to their needs.
Nigel Gaymond, BIA Chief Executive, said:
“The introduction of the mICRA will help speed the start of the collaborations between universities, the NHS and the life sciences industry, which are a key part of the development of new treatments. The BIA supports the mICRA and would encourage our members to make full use of it.”
For further information, please contact Robert Winder, Communications Manager, 020 7565 7193; mobile 07825 942 934.
Model Industry Collaborative Research Agreement
The template model contract and supporting information are available from the NOCRI website.
http://www.nihr.ac.uk/nocri
BioIndustry Association
Established in 1989, the BioIndustry Association (BIA) exists to encourage and promote a financially sound and thriving bioscience sector within the UK economy and concentrates its efforts on emerging enterprise and the related interests of companies with whom such enterprise trades.
With over 250 members, the BIA supports a wide range of sectors, majoring on the human health benefits of the technology and represents the interests of these innovative companies to a broad section of stakeholders from patient groups to politicians, advancing its members interests both within the UK and internationally to create a healthy UK bioscience sector which benefits society. For further information, please go to: www.bioindustry.org
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Up-Coming Events And Seminars:
Innovation is the future: An evening with Hermann Hauser CBE
24 February – London. Click here for more information.
Personalised Medicine Conference - The Evolving Regulatory Landscape
2 March – London. Click here for more information.
