Kinks in the Triple Helix: From Bench to Bedside

Thu Feb 19 2026 at 09:00 am to 10:30 am UTC-05:00

ASU Barrett & O'Connor Washington Center | Washington

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Kinks in the Triple Helix: From Bench to Bedside
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Triple-helix innovation drove biomedicine, but unresolved legal questions still shape ownership, profits, and public benefit.
About this Event

Etzkowitz and Leydesdorff proposed the triple helical model of innovation (government, industry, and academe) three decades ago. Previously, Vannevar Bush attributed victory in World War II to successful partnerships among the three strands, and proposed that creation of new knowledge through research was a crucial government responsibility. Biomedical research subsequently grew by several orders of magnitude, driven by public investment, transformation of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and the emergence of biotechnology. Yet, key kinks in the triple helix have never been fully untangled: who owns what, who should capture the returns from new goods and services, who receives credit for their creation and development, how does the public ultimately benefit from the research "investments" made with their tax dollars, and what ownership stake, if any, do individuals have in their genes, genomes, and even malignant cancers? This talk explores concrete cases, enduring legal and policy dilemmas, and current proposals shaping how discoveries move from bench to bedside.

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ASU Barrett & O'Connor Washington Center, 1800 I St NW, Washington, United States

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