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A survey of the ethical practices of bioscience companies suggests that although most firms feature ethics in their mission statement or code of conduct, fewer than half of the companies surveyed have made any formal efforts to assess how well these approaches are working.
If there's a positive message to take away from the FDA's seemingly endless troubles in 2005, it may be that smaller companies are increasingly registering on the agency's radar.
A survey of technology transfer of DNA inventions at 19 top US research universities reveals consensus, diversity and flexibility in intellectual property management. Patent filing and license terms are influenced by intended uses of inventions, outside market interest and NIH guidelines.
