ABOUT MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Contact Us

Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) is internationally recognized as a leader in Eric Vieira, PhD
groundbreaking clinical and basic-science research, as well as for having an innovative Assistant Director,
approach to medical education. With a faculty of more than 3,400 in 38 clinical and ba- MSSM OTBD
sic science departments and centers, MSSM ranks among the top 20 medical schools eric.vieira@mssm.edu
in receipt of National Institute of Health (NIH) grants. T. 212.659.9680

MSSM’s Office of Technology and Business Development (OTBD) is the intellectual Please visit our poster to learn more
property commercialization arm of MSSM. The mission of OTBD is to foster a culture of about oncology-related research at
innovation, and to facilitate the development and commercialization of MSSM intellec- MSSM.
tual property and translation of MSSM research into products and services, in ways that
are consistent with the public good and traditional concerns for academic freedom and
independence.

ABOUT THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

One of the focuses of the OTBD is to develop early stage technologies to a stage that
they can overcome commercially relevant barriers and thus be more attractive to poten-
tial commercial partners. To that end, the OTBD of MSSM has negotiated licenses that
have resulted in 15 products coming to market and more than a dozen technologies
in preclinical or clinical development. In addition, 11 companies have been founded on
MSSM technology, seven of which have been acquired or gone public. In 2009, Mount
Sinai received over $25M in royalty & licensing revenues from products originated by
Mount Sinai investigators, placing it within the top 10% revenue-generating schools in
the nation according to the annual AUTM survey.

As part of this focus, OTBD is seeking partnerships with drug discovery companies and
investors to identify lead compounds to biologic targets identified at MSSM but which
may not be pursued in the absence of a technology development program.

For more information, please contact our office at: (212) 695-9680.

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