Health and Wellness

At One Mind, we are dedicated to fostering fundamental changes that will radically accelerate the development and implementation of improved diagnostics, treatments, and cures for diseases and injuries of the brain – all while eliminating...

FasterCures initiated the Consortia-pedia project to better understand the breadth and scope of approaches that a wide range of consortia have adopted to bring together nontraditional partners with a shared R&D goal. The report Identifies...

Multi-stakeholder collaboration isn’t just the participation trophy of biomedical research and development (R&D), a nice way to make sure everyone feels included. No one organization or sector alone can bring a scientific discovery through...

In biomedical research, both nonprofit disease foundations and academic research institutions are committed to translating research into effective therapies for patients. Despite this key area of alignment, universities and foundations have...

This FAQ of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 is part of our TRAIN program's Foundation University Partnerships Toolkit. It defines the Bayh-Dole Act, explains what the Act says about ownership of inventions and technologies, what requirements it...

Each Venture Philanthropy transaction involves numerous complicated issues: governance, intellectual property ownership and licensing, termination, indemnification, and publication, among others, but the issue that encompasses the most...

This report is one in a series on legal issues of interest to non-profit organizations engaged in or thinking about Venture Philanthropy work. It discusses the beginnings of Venture Philanthropy in drug development, the importance of an...

Since 1989, Schaner & Lubitz, PLLC has closed many transactions for disease foundation clients in the field that has come to be known as Venture Philanthropy. Though each charity and transaction have unique aspects, there are some issues...

FasterCures convened a small Intellectual Property (IP) expert panel in July 2012 to develop a set of guiding principles and points to consider that can serve as a useful tool for all parties in biomedical research, in particular nonprofit...

Our country is currently in the midst of two public health emergencies. The first one is clear to all of us, as the COVID-19 pandemic has had a widespread impact across our nation like few other events in our history. The second public...