ARTICLE | Politics & Policy
Bayh, 91, dies; co-author of law that made biotech possible
March 15, 2019 4:55 PM UTC
Birch Bayh, the co-author of legislation that made the biotech industry possible, died Thursday. He was 91.
The Government Patent Policy Act of 1980 -- known as the Bayh-Dole Act -- first allowed universities and non-profit institutions to patent and own federally funded research...