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Commercialization of biopharmaceutical knowledge in Iran; challenges and solutions

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate the application of the university research findings or commercialization of the biopharmaceutical knowledge in Iran and determine the challenges and propose some solutions. RESULTS: A qualitative study including 19 in-depth interviews with e...

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Autores principales: Nassiri-Koopaei, Nasser, Majdzadeh, Reza, Kebriaeezadeh, Abbas, Rashidian, Arash, Yazdi, Mojtaba Tabatabai, Nedjat, Saharnaz, Nikfar, Shekoufeh
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24568555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2008-2231-22-29
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author Nassiri-Koopaei, Nasser
Majdzadeh, Reza
Kebriaeezadeh, Abbas
Rashidian, Arash
Yazdi, Mojtaba Tabatabai
Nedjat, Saharnaz
Nikfar, Shekoufeh
author_facet Nassiri-Koopaei, Nasser
Majdzadeh, Reza
Kebriaeezadeh, Abbas
Rashidian, Arash
Yazdi, Mojtaba Tabatabai
Nedjat, Saharnaz
Nikfar, Shekoufeh
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description BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate the application of the university research findings or commercialization of the biopharmaceutical knowledge in Iran and determine the challenges and propose some solutions. RESULTS: A qualitative study including 19 in-depth interviews with experts was performed in 2011 and early 2012. National Innovation System (NIS) model was employed as the study design. Thematic method was applied for the analysis. The results demonstrate that policy making, regulations and management development are considered as fundamental reasons for current commercialization practice pattern. It is suggested to establish foundation for higher level documents that would involve relating bodies and provide them operational guidelines for the implementation of commercialization incentives. CONCLUSIONS: Policy, regulations and management as the most influential issue should be considered for successful commercialization. The present study, for the first time, attempts to disclose the importance of evidence input for measures in order to facilitate the commercialization process by the authorities in Iran. Overall, the NIS model should be considered and utilized as one of the effective solutions for commercialization.
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spelling pubmed-39740672014-04-04 Commercialization of biopharmaceutical knowledge in Iran; challenges and solutions Nassiri-Koopaei, Nasser Majdzadeh, Reza Kebriaeezadeh, Abbas Rashidian, Arash Yazdi, Mojtaba Tabatabai Nedjat, Saharnaz Nikfar, Shekoufeh Daru Research Article BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate the application of the university research findings or commercialization of the biopharmaceutical knowledge in Iran and determine the challenges and propose some solutions. RESULTS: A qualitative study including 19 in-depth interviews with experts was performed in 2011 and early 2012. National Innovation System (NIS) model was employed as the study design. Thematic method was applied for the analysis. The results demonstrate that policy making, regulations and management development are considered as fundamental reasons for current commercialization practice pattern. It is suggested to establish foundation for higher level documents that would involve relating bodies and provide them operational guidelines for the implementation of commercialization incentives. CONCLUSIONS: Policy, regulations and management as the most influential issue should be considered for successful commercialization. The present study, for the first time, attempts to disclose the importance of evidence input for measures in order to facilitate the commercialization process by the authorities in Iran. Overall, the NIS model should be considered and utilized as one of the effective solutions for commercialization. BioMed Central 2014-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3974067/ /pubmed/24568555 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2008-2231-22-29 Text en Copyright © 2014 Nassiri-Koopaei et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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Rashidian, Arash
Yazdi, Mojtaba Tabatabai
Nedjat, Saharnaz
Nikfar, Shekoufeh
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24568555
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