Welcome to our one-of-a-kind Life Science Genealogy on Demand, an evolving feature that illustrate the sources of ‘founding technology’ by year established and location for more than 11,000 life companies, non-profit research organizations and federal laboratories located in the United States and Canada. Please note that we now include up to three ‘founding technology’ sources with spin-off companies (e.g. universities, non profit research organizations, etc.).

Genealogy on Demand displays companies spun-off from a state’s or province’s universities or non-profit organizations, both in-state and out-of-state. It does not, however, illustrate the common company R&D agreements with National Institutes of Health funded universities, non-profit research organizations and federal labs which occur on a daily basis at almost every college and university in every U.S. state across the nation.

In 1980, the Bayh-Dole Technology Transfer Act was passed by the U.S. Congress, and is a landmark piece of legislation. Today, technology transfer offices are common at universities, non-profit research organizations, and federal labs, and are the technology foundation for an evergrowing number of life science companies in North America.

We apologize to the universities and organizations not yet comprehensively represented. It is a large project, but we are working diligently with daily updates. In the meantime, if you have corrections, suggestions or questions, please email: info@LifeScienceHistory.com.