Children's Hospital Boston
Children's Hospital Boston (CHB) is one of the world's premier pediatric academic medical center, and is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The institution has a research funding base of $160M annually supporting over 130 Principal Investigators. The opening of a new research facility in October 2003 expanded CHB's laboratory space to over 600,000 sq. ft. Areas of research expertise include Vascular Biology, Stem Cells, Neuroscience, Genomics, and Informatics. Specialty pediatric clinics include Adolescent Medicine, Oncology, Genetics, Diabetes, Neurosurgery, and Cardiology.
The Intellectual Property Office
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) provides a gateway to Children's Hospital Boston researchers and technologies in all major biomedical disciplines for both pediatric and adult markets. The IPO's 16-person professional team has backgrounds in business, law, and academic and industrial research. The IPO team manages all transactions with industry from start-ups, licenses, and clinical trials to material transfers. Results to date include over 300 licenses, 10 products in clinical development, and 6 medical products on the market. FY2006 revenues were $22.4M.
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