Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) generated 17 million euros ($24.6 million U.S.) in revenues from its technology transfer arm -- the Office of Technology Transfer, Licensing and Industrial Ventures (OTTLIV) -- in 2010.
OTTLIV raises income from license fees, royalties, and collaborative research projects.
AP-HP constitutes 37 Paris hospitals, including university and teaching establishments, as well as entities such as Inserm, the Institut Curie, the Institut Gustave Roussy, the Institut Pasteur, and France's nuclear energy agency (CEA).
In addition, the 201 requests for technology transfer assistance handled by OTTLIV last year were a new record for the organization. They included 42 patent applications, nine requests for software protection, and 127 projects for partnerships with industry.
