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Varied partnerships
Overall, respondents reported that an increase in the number of BioPharma R&D
partnerships has led to a wide range of variety of partnering arrangements. Many
of these arrangements involve a reciprocal exchange of information and ideas, and
extensive collaboration between partners. Many relationships are based on con-
tractual relationships which use a framework approach definining inputs rather than
outputs. Even material transfer or patent licensing contracts are rarely based on arm's
length agreements. Instead, relationships tend to comprise a range of arrangements
along a “partnership continuum” extending at one end from arm's length activities
of transferring ready to use elements of a specific technology or piece of equipment
(similar to a license or consultancy arrangement), to collaborative arrangements
in which a partner undertakes a specified piece of work (depending on whether
they have defined the outcome or the problem); to joint ventures designed to solve
a problem using combined resources, including reciprocal “in-sourcing” arrange-
ments (Fig. 2).
Ready-to use
elements
Arm's
length
licensing
Experience &
equipment
Consultancy
services
Defined outcomes
Contract
research
Defined problems
Collaborative
Research
Shared problems
Joint
venture
Reciprocal IP
arrangement
Includes
in-
sourcing
Fig. 2.
Continuum of BioPharma R&D partnerships.
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