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Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Po<strong>in</strong>t:<br />

Team for <strong>Innovation</strong> and Knowledge Transfer<br />

at the Medical University of Gdańsk<br />

address:<br />

tel.: +48 (58) 349 10 09<br />

website:<br />

created: 2009<br />

area: 20 m 2<br />

chief executive:<br />

contact:<br />

ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 3A, 80-210 Gdańsk<br />

www.naukaibiznes.gumed.edu.pl<br />

Izabela Kowalczyk<br />

Izabela Kowalczyk, e-mail: ikowalczyk@gumed.edu.pl<br />

Wioletta Kokorzycka, e-mail: wkokorzycka@gumed.edu.pl<br />

technology<br />

transfer centers<br />

In five years, it hopes to be a lead<strong>in</strong>g technology<br />

transfer center. Its major achievement has been<br />

the <strong>in</strong>ternational partnership <strong>in</strong> the VALOR project<br />

(www.valor-project.org) and the related exchange of<br />

experiences <strong>in</strong> the field of technology transfer and<br />

commercialization of scientific research.<br />

Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Po<strong>in</strong>t aims to use the most effective model for manag<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>tellectual<br />

property of the Medical University of Gdańsk which allows for enhanced application<br />

of the University’s patented knowledge. Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Po<strong>in</strong>t also participates <strong>in</strong> the process<br />

of commercialization of the research results conducted by the University. It fulfills its<br />

mission through a variety of means <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g support<strong>in</strong>g the protection of the legally<br />

protected property <strong>in</strong> cooperation with patent agents, identify<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation with<br />

substantial market potential, obta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g funds for protection and commercialization,<br />

promotional activities and cooperation with experts and capital sources. Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Po<strong>in</strong>t<br />

hopes to f<strong>in</strong>d partners <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> cooperat<strong>in</strong>g on build<strong>in</strong>g optimum methodologies<br />

for use of scientific research, its promotion as well as build<strong>in</strong>g relations with European<br />

scientific centers. It is also <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> creat<strong>in</strong>g a life science network aimed at<br />

develop<strong>in</strong>g competencies, resources and contacts with the <strong>in</strong>dustry <strong>in</strong> the field of<br />

technology transfer. It is look<strong>in</strong>g for companies which have specific needs <strong>in</strong> the area of<br />

life science, as well as <strong>in</strong>vestors <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> research commercialization.<br />

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