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          The FDA Licensing ProcessLicensing and Collaboration Opportunities The FDA Licensing Process
  
  	
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The FDA Licensing Process

The Licensing Process at FDA

Review the FDA listing of technology abstracts online and select the technology you are interested in licensing
	Discuss the technology with the contact listed on the abstract to confirm the next stepsSubmit any necessary Confidential Disclosure agreement for unpublished Patent Application to
	the Agency-level FDA Technology Transfer Program
	  **E-mail to**: FDAInventionLicensing@fda.hhs.govReview the technology with the scientist and the Technology Transfer Specialist
	Review the various types of licenses available for use online
	Submit a  License Application to the Agency-level FDA Technology Transfer Program
	  **E-mail to**: FDAInventionLicensing@fda.hhs.govInclude any necessary business development plan with the License ApplicationNegotiation of  a Non-Exclusive Agreement

Non-exclusive licenses, Biological Materials licenses, commercial evaluation licenses do not require public notice
	FDA Technology Transfer Program reviews the License application and negotiates a mutually acceptable agreementNegotiation of an Exclusive Licenses

FDA evaluates the license application using a number of criteria to determine if an exclusive license is warranted (see, 37 CFR §404.7)
	Exclusive Licenses are subject to a period, generally no more than 30 days, of public notice in the Federal Register
	Other organizations have this period during which they may object to the exclusive license and/or apply for an exclusive license to the technology
	After the notice and comment period, FDA will consider any objections and notify you of its decision about the licenseReporting

The signed license will list the specific reporting requirement for the license, which theh office will monitor.

                                                                                  Content current as of:
      02/26/2018Licensing and Collaboration Opportunities

          
                        FDA Technologies Available for Licensing and Collaboration
          Recently Issued U.S. Patents to FDA
          The FDA Licensing Process
          Types of Licenses
 
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