New Infographic: The Bayh-Dole Act

$1.3 trillion in economic output. Support for roughly 4.2 million jobs. The creation of more than 11,000 start-up companies. More than 200 new drugs and vaccines. This is the legacy of the Bayh-Dole Act, which for more than 35 years has empowered universities, small businesses and non-profit institutions to take ownership of innovations discovered through basic federally-funded research. Why? So these basic innovations may be developed into approved therapies that reduce suffering, treat the sic