Materials transfer agreements

A primary research report should contain sufficient detail and reference to public sources of information to permit the author s peers to repeat the work. When requested, the authors should make a reasonable effort to provide samples of unusual materials unavailable elsewhere, such as clones, microorganism strains, antibodies, etc., to other researchers, with appropriate material transfer agreements to restrict the field of use of the materials so as to protect the legitimate interests of the authors. 

COSTECH is responsible for the review of most protocols for accessing natural resources. The application forms for access are simple and straightforward. Thus, for a foreign collaborator and a Tanzanian institution, the two parties must complete an Application for Research Clearance before they are allowed to continue and this is attached to the research proposal. There are then fees to be paid and a materials transfer agreement to be established. Academic research requests are processed through COSTECH, but commercial requests, depending on the aim, go through other ministries. 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Office of Technology Transfer, Patent Policy Board, Materials Transfer Agreement (Bethesda, MD National Institutes of Health, May 22, 1989). 

A written form requesting use of tissue from the biorepository should be available. The written request must include biologies requested, preservation methods, donor criteria, and evidence of institutional approval for the proposed use. A committee that operates from written procedures should review requests. An end-user agreement is used for distribution of approved tissues to end users. A Master Materials Transfer Agreement housed at the Association of University Technology Transfer Managers is a helpful reference document for this purpose (32) (see Note 17). 

We have successfully used CI-976 that was originally obtained through Material Transfer Agreements with GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals... 

Plants being studied as part of an ethnobotanical project need to be correctly identified with help from a botanist. In many cases, especially if the results are to be published, a sample of each species needs to be deposited as a voucher in a national herbarium and the voucher number given to each specimen quoted in publications. If plant specimens are to be transferred between countries then a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) is needed, such agreements are sometimes needed by a herbarium even when specimens are being transferred within a country. If specimens are to be taken out of a country then an agreement should be in place that deals with the fair and... 

Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) Standardized contract or binding legal agreement between the owner of genetic material and the recipient of the material [18],... 

Both pharmaceutical and academic research groups have been generous in sharing retinoids for academic research, provided that the appropriate material transfer agreements are implemented. 

There is a regretable trend of requiring Material Transfer Agreements to be signed for some stocks, particularly those carrying certain transposons that are covered by patent see the Web Site at ... 

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