NCI Solicits Views on Cancer Study Invention Rights
Published Date: 6/27/2025
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Summary
The National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Prevention wants your thoughts on a new rule about who owns inventions made during certain cancer studies. This rule would affect groups working with NCI-funded projects that use special tech or drugs from NCI collaborators. If approved, it could change how intellectual property is shared in current and future studies, so get ready to weigh in soon!
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New NCI 'IP Option' for Collaborators
If you run or work for an entity that conducts Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP)‑funded clinical studies and your project uses a proprietary agent or technology provided by an NCI collaborator, a proposed standard policy called the “IP Option” could apply to you. The policy would be added as a term to applicable existing and future DCP funding agreements and could change how intellectual property developed by funding recipients is handled. The National Cancer Institute is asking for public comments on this proposed policy.
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