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Lexicon
announces tech sublicensing programme for academic research
Lexicon
Genetics Incorporated announced on behalf of Lexicon and Taconic
Farms, Inc. a technology sublicensing programme that permits academic
research use of positive-negative selection and isogenic DNA technologies
for the generation and use of transgenic and knockout mammalian
models of human gene function. This program makes these patented
technologies available to academic institutions around the country,
while protecting the commercial interests of Lexicon and Taconic.
‘‘Academic
researchers at institutions that sign this agreement will benefit
from no-cost access to the patent rights necessary to generate these
models,’’ said Mark J Logan, Manager of Business Development
at Lexicon. ‘‘We believe our academic sublicensing program
benefits both industry and academia by providing a roadmap for eliminating
the intellectual property uncertainties surrounding the commercially
valuable discoveries made using these technologies.’’
‘‘The
flexibility provided by this agreement assures that researchers
have a number of collaborative options and resources to assist in
the development and testing of their models,’’ said Donna
Gulezian, Transgenic Division Product Manager at Taconic.
‘‘Furthermore,
this sublicensing program promotes the sharing of research tools
in the spirit of the recommendations of the National Institutes
of Health.’’
Several leading academic institutions have already signed this license
agreement, and Lexicon has received numerous additional unsolicited
inquiries from academic institutions seeking similar agreements.
Researchers at academic institutions that obtain sublicenses may
use the licensed technologies to generate transgenic and knockout
mammalian models of human gene function. The resulting models may
be used in-house for non- commercial research, and may be freely
transferred to collaborators at other licensed academic institutions.
Academic researchers at participating institutions may use models
made using the licensed technologies to engage in sponsored research
or commercial collaboration arrangements with companies that are
licensed by Lexicon. Researchers who wish to distribute or commercialise
the models may do so under separate material transfer arrangements
with Taconic. In addition to granting the research sublicense, the
agreement with Lexicon and Taconic allows each research institution
to receive knockout models from third parties, provided that all
conditions stipulated within the licensing agreement are met.
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