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Information for Hospital Employees
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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) provides several services to employees of the hospital. The IPO works closely with employees to protect inventions and manage relationships with industry. The IPO is available to help researchers and other employees who:
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- make interesting discoveries that could benefit patients
- wish to transfer research materials to academic institutions, companies, or receive research materials
- seek corporate funding for research or collaborations with industry
- are considering participation in a clinical trial
- have been asked to consult for a company
- think they may want to play a role in starting a company
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Academic research has become an important source of innovation for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, increasing the level of interest in partnerships between academic, research-based centers and application-driven, for-profit organizations. Through partnerships with commercial companies, medical advances that originate at Children's Hospital Boston (CHB) can be fully developed and accessible to the greatest number of patients. For this reason, the IPO assists employees, who are interested in collaborating with companies, to assure that these relationships are both mutually beneficial and aligned with the mission and policies of CHB.
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