Welcome to our beta version of Life Science Genealogy on Demand, an evolving new feature, that illustrates the “primary founding technology” by year established and city for more than 9,000 life science companies, federal laboratories, and non-profit research organizations located in the United States and Canada.

Life Science Genealogy was first developed in 1990 by Phil Ness, company founder & CEO, with his creation of biotechnology genealogy posters to communicate the historical depth, and breadth of the industry to the Washington State Legislature, and how it’s interconnected with the National Institutes of Health funded universities, federal labs, and non-profit research organizations across the nation.

In 1980, the Bayh-Dole Technology Transfer Act was passed by the U.S. Congress, and is a landmark piece of legislation that significantly impacts technology transfer and innovation. It allows universities, and small businesses to own intellectual property (IP) developed with federal funding, incentivizing commercialization of discoveries and fostering economic growth.

Today, technology transfer offices are common at universities, non-profit research organizations, and federal labs, and are the technology foundation for a growing number of life science companies in North America.

We invite you to explore Life Science Genealogy on Demand by state or Canadian province and locate your company, federal lab or nonprofit research organization while exploring the genealogy of the life science industry. If you have a correction, suggestion or question, please email: info@LifeScienceHistory.com.