In view of the legal framework for innovation in the country - governed by laws 10.973/2004 and 13.243/2016 and by Decree 9.283/2018 -, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC/Fiocruz) makes public agreements, agreements and contracts signed, as well as opportunities to establish new partnerships in the field of innovation.

:: Technological Showcase in Covid-19 - Of strategic importance, the 'Technological Showcase in Covid-19 of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz' gives visibility to innovations that contribute to responses to the public health emergency caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Check it out here.

:: Established partnerships - The tripartite contract for "Pre-Clinical Assessment of the Relaxing Potential of Respiratory Smooth Muscle Evidenced by Synthetic Peptides Derived from Spider Venom - PHASE II node type 8" is coordinated by researcher Marco Aurélio Martins (Inflammation Laboratory/IOC/Fiocruz) and financed by the company Biozeus Biopharmaceutical SA. The operational management of resources is carried out through the Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development in Health (Fiotec) and the agreement is effective for 12 months, starting in February 2018. The contract was signed through process 25030.000939/2017 -02. [Posted on 09/03/2018.]

:: Partnership opportunities for innovation - As provided for in Laws 10.973/2004 and 13.243/2016 and in Decree 9.283/2018, the Board of Directors of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC/Fiocruz) makes public and communicates to interested parties that the Malacology Laboratory is available for the establishment of partnerships, agreements and/or agreements with Public or Private Institutions focused on encouraging innovation and/or scientific and technological research, providing for the availability of slugs of the species Latipes erinaceus. The availability of specimens of the mollusc in the context of such partnership opportunity, agreement and/or agreement will not compromise the Institutional collection and the public interest. At the same time, it is guaranteed to meet any demands for research from the laboratories of Fiocruz, according to the institutional mission. For information, interested parties should contact the Research Support Platform of the IOC/Fiocruz by email platform@ioc.fiocruz.br. [Opportunity published on 26/02/2018.]