A Study of Industry-Government-Academia Cooperation Model in Biotechnology and Medical Care

Biotechnology is a very important and prospective investment currently and its applications are used in a variety of areas of science such as agriculture and medicine. The universities and research institutions are long taken as the origin of knowledge for industries. Through a well-designed cooperation, that is, industry-government-academia cooperation, those intellectual property rights, patents and technology generated from academic organizations could be applied in the industries to bolster industrial competency and economic growth. Although government in Taiwan has advocated and subsidized the industry-government-academia collaboration for many years, there are still certain regulations needed to be reformed and problems happened during the cooperation have to be contemplated especially in terms of biotechnology and medicine care fields. The thesis reviews the related literatures about the motives and models of industry-government-academia liaison in biotechnological field and describes the background of biotechnology, current development status, and future growth potentials. Also, the article compiles the norms and regulations with respect to intellectual property rights, patents, and technology transfer produced during the collaboration. Additionally, by analyzing case study “National medical center and Private biomedical enterprise Joint Research and Development” to identify the problems and potential obstacles happened in the time period of collaboration. Finally, the end of the thesis points out the difficulties including IP management, patent licensing, conflict of interests, the regulations for faculty promotion, medical dispute and contents of contract and recommends some resolutions for the universities, research institutions and governments accordingly.