However, interRAI generally grants governments, service providers, and researchers royalty-free licenses in exchange for data that are collected for clinical use or research purposes [ 1].
Furthermore, we will condition all taxpayer-supported medical research on royalty-free licensing of all patentable inventions in order to stimulate competition among suppliers and reduce the costs of producing pharmaceuticals and other life-enhancing health technologies.
Any researcher wanting to make use of that information would have to pay an initial access fee, which would be followed by regular payments during the research process and royalties if the final result were a commercially viable drug.
If all milestones in the agreement are achieved, the total potential value of the agreement to Genmab would be approximately US$175 million, plus research funding and royalties.
RS and WKA have received research funding and royalties, respectively.
AFC received in-kind research support and royalties from Enzo Life Sciences Inc., for sale of OPN antibody products.
In return, AutoGen would provide Tonga's Ministry of Health with annual research funding and royalties from commercialized products based on gene discoveries; pharmaceutical drugs developed would be provided for free to the Ministry of Health.
In February 1982 Timex obtained a licence from Sinclair to sell the ZX81 directly through thousands of retail outlets in the US, paying Sinclair Research a 5 per cent royalty on all Sinclair hardware and software sold by Timex.
This work was supported by university inventor's (DA) research allocation of royalty proceeds from intellectual property unrelated to this paper.
Drug patents can be complex and may have multiple holders, including universities and governments who sub-licensed aspects of their research in return for royalties.
