An Analysis of Factors Affecting Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer Transactional Efficiency

Overview: The timely commercialization of research and technologies requires efficient partnership processes. Yet transactions commonly drag on. Speed is particularly important for biomedical given their historically long developmental timelines; until now, there has been no systematic analysis factors influencing innovation-focused transaction timelines. Here we assess how a host affect the time it takes to execute (that is, transactional efficiency) through an US federal laboratory technology transfer partnerships. Although find that number partners, size template document, external partner correlate significantly with longer times, neither presence intellectual property in form patents nor funding article concludes by offering steps agencies industry can take hasten efficiency.