On this Vital Health Podcast, we speak to Joseph Allen, the Executive Director of the Bayh-Dole Coalition. Joe served as a Senior Staff Member of former Senator Birch Bayh and was instrumental in working behind the scenes to ensure the passage of the historic Bayh-Dole Act.

The Wall Street Journal has stated that The Bayh-Dole Act is one of the three greatest policies that helped create U.S. Jobs. Passed in 1980 with the bipartisan sponsorship of Senators Birch Bayh and Bob Dole, the act allowed for university researchers that had received government funding to license important discoveries commercially.

However, recent comments by members of the U.S. Senate and Biden Administration are threatening to upend the Bayh-Dole act, with increasingly bellicose demands for the government to ‘march-in’ and take back patents licensed under Bayh-Dole. Joe Allen provides many historical insights into the passage of the Bayh-Dole act, and outlines how this would be a disaster for U.S. patients and biopharma innovation. 

On this Vital Health Podcast, we speak to Joseph Allen, the Executive Director of the Bayh-Dole Coalition. Joe served as a Senior Staff Member of former Senator Birch Bayh and was instrumental in working behind the scenes to ensure the passage of the historic Bayh-Dole Act.
The Wall Street Journal has stated that The Bayh-Dole Act is one of the three greatest policies that helped create U.S. Jobs. Passed in 1980 with the bipartisan sponsorship of Senators Birch Bayh and Bob Dole, the act allowed for university researchers that had received government funding to license important discoveries commercially.
However, recent comments by members of the U.S. Senate and Biden Administration are threatening to upend the Bayh-Dole act, with increasingly bellicose demands for the government to ‘march-in’ and take back patents licensed under Bayh-Dole. Joe Allen provides many historical insights into the passage of the Bayh-Dole act, and outlines how this would be a disaster for U.S. patients and biopharma innovation.

Duane Schulthess is the CEO of Vital Transformation, host and producer of Vital Health Podcast.  Vital Transformation understands the implications of new medical procedures, technologies and regulations. We measure their impact upon treatment pathways and the biopharma innovation ecosystem in collaboration with health care professionals, researchers, and regulators. Through our web platform and client network, we are able to communicate our findings with international decision makers and stakeholders.

Duane Schulthess is the CEO of Vital Transformation, host and producer of Vital Health Podcast.  Vital Transformation understands the implications of new medical procedures, technologies and regulations. We measure their impact upon treatment pathways and the biopharma innovation ecosystem in collaboration with health care professionals, researchers, and regulators. Through our web platform and client network, we are able to communicate our findings with international decision makers and stakeholders.

Duane Schulthess, Managing Director of Vital Tran…

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