Survey Says Industry Support For Life Science Research On The Decline

While more than half the academic life science researchers responding to a 2007 survey indicated having some relationship with private industry, the prevalence of such relationships – particularly direct funding for research studies – appears to be dropping. The Results of a survey, appearing in the November/December 2009 issue of Health Affairs,also suggest that interest in commercial applications of research appears to be growing, even among investigators without industry funding. The new study is a follow-up to 1985 and 1995 surveys by members of the same team. read more

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