TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER
Technology
Transfer (TT or TOT)
Technology transfer, also called transfer of technology
(TOT), is the process of transferring (disseminating) technology from the
person or organization that owns or holds it to another person or organization
• Technology transfer is the process by which a developer of
technology makes its technology available to a commercial partner that will
exploit the technology
• In pharmaceutical industry, “technology transfer” refers
to the processes of successful progress from drug discovery to product
development, clinical trials and ultimately full-scale commercialization
Why??
Share skills, knowledge, technologies, manufacturing
methods, samples, and facilities among the participants
What??
To ensure that scientific and technological developments are
accessible to a wider range of users who can then further develop and exploit
the technology into new products, processes, applications, materials, or
services
Technology Transfer-
between whom??
• Between universities
• Businesses (of any size, ranging from small, medium, to
large)
• Governments, across geopolitical borders, both formally and informally, and both openly and secretly
TT-
Pharmaceuticals
• “Technology transfer” refers to the processes of
successful progress from drug discovery to product development, clinical trials
and ultimately full-scale commercialization
Or
• Technology transfer is the process by which the
manufacturing process and analytical method are transferred from one manufacturing
unit to another unit or from R&D to manufacturing unit
• Technology transfer from R&D to manufacturing site is
critical because of the scale-up of the product from pilot batch to large-scale
commercial batch
Importance
of TT
• Commercialization of university-discovered technologies is
a driver of economic growth and universities have played a major role in
bringing innovative ideas and inventions to market
• TT can potentially generate revenues for universities,
create research connections between academia and industry and enhance regional
economic growth and development
• Therefore the development and transfer of knowledge and
technology has been and will continue to be critical to success in all types of
industries
Reasons for
TT
1. Lack of manufacturing
capacity: The developer of technology may only have manufacturing equipment
which is suitable for small scale operation, and must collaborate with another
organization to do large scale manufacturing.
2. Lack of resources
to launch product commercially: The original inventor of technology may
only have the resources to conduct early-stage research such as animal studies
and toxicology study, but doesn’t have the resources to take technology through
its clinical and regulatory phases
3. Lack of marketing
and distribution capability: The developer of technology may have fully
developed the technology and even have obtained regulatory approvals and
product registrations, but it may not have the marketing and distribution
channels
4. Exploitation in a
different field of application: Each partner may have only half of the
solution i.e. the developer of the technology might be capable of exploiting
the technology itself in the field of diagnostic applications and may grant
exploitation right to commercial partner for the exploitation of therapeutics
application
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