Research collaboration and development of intellectual property with the University of Southampton in the field of asthma and COPD

Stephen Holgate
Sue Edwards

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5912/jcb167

Abstract:

The University of Southampton, one of the UK's top ten research universities, has an active enterprise agenda encompassing commercial licensing, spin-out creation, commercial research collaboration, consultancy and staff development. Southampton aims to be a recognised world leader in its interactions with industry while maintaining the ethos of a leading academic centre of research and teaching excellence. This paper explores the creation of and ongoing relationship between Southampton and Synairgen plc, a spin-out from the University founded on its expertise in the field of asthma and COPD, as a case study of the benefits and balances to be found between academic, enterprise and corporate agendas.

Keywords:Synairgen plc ,Southampton ,collaboration ,spin-out ,asthma ,COPD ,en ,