Office for the Valorization of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research (UVaR)

The Office for the Valorization of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research (UVaR), at the Directorate General for Citizen Rights and Social Cohesion of the Region of Tuscany, supports the management of the calls activated to support health research, with particular regard to intellectual property and technology transfer. The office, which works in close collaboration with the Industrial Liaison Offices (ILOs) of the Tuscan universities and the four university hospitals of the regional healthcare system, also supports processes for the exploitation of the results of biomedical and pharmaceutical research. In particular, UVaR performs activities including patent due diligence, the management of intellectual property rights, business intelligence and technology transfer, as well as marketing actions and the dissemination of the intellectual property culture.