From academic laboratory to the market

Disclosed and undisclosed narratives of commercialization

Bibliographic Data

ID11923912
AuthorsAndre Sapir (0000-0002-6602-860X, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Leadership and Policy in Education, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, corresponding author), Amalya L Oliver (0000-0003-1394-2753, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel)
Year2016
Volume47
Issue1
Pages33-52
Publication date2016-10-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Studies of Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0306-3127 • E-ISSN: 1460-3659
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0306312716667647
PMID28195026
OpenAlexW2530042669
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited35

This paper examines how the Weizmann Institute of Science has been telling the story of the successful commercialization of a scientific invention, through its corporate communication channels, from the early 1970s to today. The paper aims to shed light on the transformation processes by which intellectual-property-based commercialization activities have become widely institutionalized in universities all over the world, and on the complexities, ambiguities and tensions surrounding this transition. We look at the story of the scientific invention of Copolymer-1 at the Weizmann Institute of Science and its licensing to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, which subsequently developed the highly successful drug Copaxone for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. We argue that, in its tellings and retellings of the story of Copolymer-1, the Weizmann Institute has created narratives that serve to legitimize the institution of academic patenting in Israel

Art · Commercialization · Engineering ethics · Institution · Intellectual property · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Biotechnology and Related Fields · Engineering · Intellectual Property and Patents · Law · Science, Research, and Medicine

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