Innovation and health technologies celling science.ppt

Innovation and health technologies: celling science? Outline The emergent tissue economy Technology translation – an uneven story The case of tissue engineering Lessons and implications for innovation and take-up of new TE/hESC therapies Conclusion The emergent tissue economy Policy debates US OTA – Biotechnology in a Global Economy (1991) UK BIGT ([Red] Biotechnology Innovation and Growth Team) (2008) Australia – Innovation Review (2008) Globalisation of tissue production and exchange (Waldby, 2006) Seen as driver for new biotech growth Progress in the clinic Mixed progress in the clinical