Basic biomaterials research threatened by industry liability fears, AAAS panelists say.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
BASIC BIOMATERIALS RESEARCH IS THREATENED BY INDUSTRY'S LIABILITY FEARS, academic panelists maintained Feb. 19 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Atlanta. "The industrial withdrawal from" biomaterials research and development "will eventually give us reduced manpower in the United States," said panelist James Anderson, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. "It already has had a major impact on industrial-academic collaborations in which research is carried out."