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FAQs for Business Development and Partnering

Opportunities

What types of corporate partnerships or business opportunities are available at Children's Hospital?

With over $180 million in annual sponsored research funding and more than 680,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratory space, Children’s Hospital is home to the world's largest and most active research enterprise at a pediatric center. Our investigators are bringing genomics, proteomics, informatics, and other cutting-edge disciplines to bear on age-old diseases, including infections, hereditary illness, congenital disorders, and cancers. The Technology and Innovation Development (TIDO) provides access to Children’s Hospital researchers and their discoveries though exclusive and non-exclusive licenses, collaboration agreements, sponsored research, and start-up creation. Also, Children’s Hospital is exploring non-traditional ways of structuring partnerships that allow for the mutual benefit of the investigator and the partnering company.

Who do I contact about business opportunities?

Call TIDO at (617) 919-3019 or email us at tido@childrens.harvard.edu

What technologies does Children’s Hospital have for licensing or co-development and where can I find specific technologies?

Children’s Hospital has therapeutic, diagnostic, device, software, and research tool technologies. A searchable list of Children’s Hospital technologies available for licensing can be found here.

At what stage of development are Children’s Hospital technologies?

Children’s Hospital technologies range from conception of the idea to prototypes to human proof of concept. Recently, we launched a Technology Development Fund to advance the maturity of promising Children’s Hospital technologies and to increase the probability of commercial success.

What Children’s Hospital technologies are under development at Children’s Hospital?

Children's Hospital has various technologies under development funded through a variety of external development grants and our own internal Technology Development Fund. Information about the Fund and Children’s Hospital technologies under development are found here.

I am an entrepreneur looking for technologies to develop from Children’s Hospital. How can I find these opportunities?

Children’s Hospital offers a wide range of technologies that make attractive platforms to form a company around. Information about specific opportunities for in-licensing and our partnering opportunities are found here.

Licensing

Can a company gain exclusive access to Children’s Hospital technologies?

Through an exclusive license agreement, a company can gain rights to a technology as well as prohibit any licensing agreements with their competitors. Some terms of exclusivity are negotiable, such as the geographic territory, field of use or indication.

How many Children’s Hospital technologies are licensed?

To date, Children’s Hospital has 195 actively licensed technologies.

What Children's Hospital innovations are currently on the market?

Innovations that have been successfully translated into products on the market are found here.

In what specific areas does Children’s Hospital have technologies?

Areas of research specialization include Vascular Biology, Stem Cells, Neuroscience, Genomics, and Informatics. Specialty pediatric clinics include Adolescent Medicine, Oncology, Genetics, Diabetes, Neurosurgery, and Cardiology. However, the extent of innovation is not limited to the mentioned areas above. In order to experience the full range of expertise, please search our available technologies at the licensing opportunities listing.

What are the steps to license a Children’s Hospital technology?

1. Contact our office to have an introductory discussion to understand your interests, needs and goals.
2. Exchange more information to assess whether there is a good fit (possibly under a confidentiality agreement).
3. Negotiate a term sheet describing financial and legal terms.
4. Negotiate the language and terms of the contract.
5. Execute the agreement.

What are typical license terms?

Our license agreement terms follow the customary and reasonable industry standards and include the following provisions:

1. Up-front, milestone and/or on-going royalty payments for the institution to share in the financial return from our investment.
2. Coverage of costs related to obtaining and maintaining patents.
3. Licensee diligence requirements to ensure that the intellectual property is optimally utilized for the benefit of patients.
4. Reservation of the unrestricted right for investigators at Children’s Hospital to continue to use the inventions for research.
5. Indemnification provisions to protect Children’s Hospital from product liability and other claims arising from the commercialization of the technology.
6. Other customary terms for a license.

Disease Area interest

We are looking for expertise in a specific disease area. How can we make contact with a Children’s Hospital researcher?

Call or email TIDO and we can direct you to the right contact for a specific disease area. You can also search for Children’s Hospital researchers working in a specific area on our partnering opportunities page.

Does Children’s Hospital have technologies for adult indications?

Although we are a pediatric hospital, our research labs seek to identify factors that contribute to both childhood and adult diseases--and to develop effective treatments for them.

Contact

May I contact investigators directly?

We encourage companies to contact TIDO to talk with an investigator. We can direct you to the appropriate researcher, put the necessary agreements in place to protect your idea and set up a meeting. Call us today at (617) 919-3019 or email tido@childrens.harvard.edu.