• PLoS medicine · Jan 2005

    Should an institution that has commercial rights in a new drug or device be allowed to evaluate the technology?

    • Ross McKinney and David Korn.
    • Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA. ross.mckinney@duke.edu
    • PLoS Med. 2005 Jan 1; 2 (1): e9e9.

    AbstractIn the United States, the passage of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980 encouraged universities to license inventions for commercial development. Although this financial incentive can stimulate academic researchers to discover new drugs and devices, there is concern that the possibility of monetary reward could distort investigators' objectivity.

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