Welcome to our beta version of Life Science Genealogy on Demand, an evolving new feature, that illustrates the ‘primary’ source of ‘founding technology’ by year established for more than 10,000 life companies, federal laboratories, and non-profit research organizations located in the United States and Canada.

Note that Genealogy on Demand does not illustrate the very common company R&D research agreements with universities, non-profit research organizations and federal labs which occur on a daily basis throughout our nation.

Life Science Genealogy was first developed in 1990 by Phil Ness, LifeScienceHistory.com founder & CEO, with his creation of a biotechnology genealogy poster to communicate the depth and breadth of the nascent industry to the Washington State Legislature. Of particular importance is how it’s interlinked with the state and 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 an ever growing number of life science companies in North America.

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