Expertise

Business development and intellectual property

Capturing, securing and sharing the value of our innovations

Our business development and intellectual property efforts complement technology development at the Center towards identifying the most efficient path to the clinic and to wider society.

Technology transfer at the Wyss Center is an intrinsic aspect of our model towards deploying innovative research to society.

Our business development staff work closely with our technical development teams, intellectual property experts and technology transfer professionals at our collaborating institutions to ensure that the discovery and development of novel technologies are disclosed, evaluated and appropriately protected.

Partnering with industry, interacting with clinicians and patients, creating startups and licensing to larger organizations are key to bringing technical inventions to patients around the world.  

Key areas in business development

  • Identification of technology translation opportunities
  • Technology and market assessment
  • Intellectual property protection and management
  • Technology cost and reimbursement analysis
  • Patient and clinician technology acceptance and adoption modeling
  • Valuation
  • Fundraising
ERIC CHANIE, ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE

“We work with patients, key opinion leaders, industry and investor partners to address the technical, societal and commercial challenges of translating our neurotechnology innovations to the market.”

To learn more about our technology transfer activities and opportunities to partner with the Wyss Center, please get in touch: busdev@wysscenter.ch

Team

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Emna Khediri, LLM

Legal Counsel
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Craig Cook, MSc, MD, MBA

Head of Business Development & Licensing
Jon Mark

Jon Mark Walls

Business Development Manager
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