User:Mac

I am characterizing the R&D process that brings diagnostic kits to market with a particular focus on which steps involve patent (or other IP) activity.

I keep notes real-time in Evernote and then transfer them to the wiki. You can view my ICP evernote collection here

current goals

• touch base on Monday w/ Carol
• work on skeleton of paper, meet to lay it out next Thursday (sept 3) morning
• re-read biotech section in april ICP report; discuss w/ Carol

ICP September Goals

• Publish report about Commons-based activity in Diagnostic Kit Sector by end of September **

Mac: focus on technology of kits

(first look at developmental process, then we will analyze access to the kit)

• What is a diagnostic kit?
• Where are kits sold, to whom, for what?
  • Diagnose a disease; predict a disease; Direct-to-Consumer kits
• What are the inputs needed to develop a kit?
• What is the development process / value chain that leads to a clinical diagnostic kit?
• Aare there commons-based models active anywhere along the kit development pipeline (w/ andrew)

Andrew talks about patents

Andrew there Thurs & Fri: Just enumerating the patents that might pertain to diagnostics is hard:

• multiple databases
• classification scheme for scope of protection
• Carol: "we know duke team behind oft-used duke patent database; we can get in touch with them"