How can we promote development of new drugs from academic knowledge?: Focusing on corporate perspective on contribution of basic research to innovation

It is well understood that academic knowledge generated from basic research at university contribute to innovation in industrial sector. In order to demonstrate the degree to which academic knowledge contributes to innovation, we conducted multiple surveys on private corporations. Based on the results of our surveys, we have found the existence of a recognition gap between inventors and business managers with respect to contribution of academic knowledge to innovation. The reason for this gap is the potential disconnect in information between inventors and business managers concerning the application of academic knowledge.