Factors and Solutions of Industry-Academia Collaboration Pitfall

Abstract

In the past, there has been an increasing movement from "different industries" to enter the medical devices and healthcare industries. The large-scale R&D in the Late Phase of AMED cannot be applied unless companies and universities/hospitals are collaborated. So "Industry-Academia Collaboration" are increasing.In general, although the development of medical devices requires a very long-term perspective, there are not many cases where this is a long-term effort in the industry-academia collaboration. For this reason, it may not work well in the case of industry-academia collaboration.The author has consulted in various industrial fields and has seen examples of industry-academia collaboration and cross-industry collaboration. Many causes are due to lack of mutual understanding. We identify pitfalls in industry-academia collaboration and processes suitable for avoiding them, and propose measures to facilitate the output of young researchers and new entrants aiming at medical device development.