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How to use patents to maximize value for your venture
In this follow up to last month’s Innovations column on intellectual property and technology transfer, Raymond A. Miller, J.D., and Steve Xu, M.D., FAAD discuss how to utilize patents to maximize value for your venture.

What you should know about technology transfer
One of the key considerations for a new innovation centers on intellectual property (IP). This is the first part of a two-part mini-series on IP with an initial focus on technology transfer.

Innovation dispatches from the AAD
Dermatology Innovation Forum is a one-day, pre-AAD meeting hosted by a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit called Advancing Innovation in Dermatology (AID).

Hacking the Biopharma Industry
Biopharmaceutical companies and their partners are taking a page from Silicon Valley by sponsoring hackathons and competitions to drive innovation in research and develop new solutions for patients.

Opportunities for collaboration with industry
Industry relationships are essential for innovation in dermatology. In this month's column, Steve Xu, M.D., and Michael L. Sierra, Ph.D., provide their insight on collaborating with industry.

DermSummit 2019: Putting Skin in the Game
For the sixth year in a row, JPM week kicked off with the Dermatology Summit at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

Digital health and dermatology
What exactly is digital health? The scope and definition of digital health is broadening and now, it seems, digital health is essentially anything that isn’t a drug or traditional medical device.

AID, HMI, and LEO Science & Tech Hub announce winners of Hacking Dermatology
Advancing Innovation in Dermatology (AID), Hacking Medicine Institute (HMi), and LEO Science & Tech Hub, the Boston-based R&D innovation unit of LEO Pharma, officially announce the final winners of Hacking Dermatology.

Medical societies can support innovation
Successful innovation requires an intimate understanding of underlying unmet clinical needs.