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Managing Conflicts

13 of Interest (COI)

Additional Mass General Brigham policies Special note regarding start-ups: There are a number of issues that

and processes are unique to start-up ventures, whether they are undertaken with the
assistance of Innovation or independently. Innovators are advised to
Outside activity | General policies. Mass General Brigham policy on contact OII early in the process of forming a start-up for assistance in
identifying and handling those issues and in order to avoid complications
consulting and other outside activities is found in Section 4 (the Consulting with their official Hospital activities.
Policy) of the Policy for Interactions with Industry and Other Outside
Entities, http://www.partners.org/Assets/Documents/About-Us/OII/ An innovator’s services under any agreement to engage in
OII_Policy.pdf. While Mass General Brigham encourages relationships outside activities:
with outside companies, it imposes some requirements on those i. Must not result in engaging in promotional activity;
relationships in order to address potential conflicts, concerns about use of
institutional resources and intellectual property, and other issues. Principal ii. Must not be performed during regular hours at Mass General Brigham;
requirements include the following: iii. Must not involve use of students or trainees;

i. The Consulting Policy requires that most consulting or other iv. Must not overlap with Hospital responsibilities beyond simply being in
engagements with a pharmaceutical or medical device company, or any your general area of expertise;
other vendor or potential vendor of Mass General Brigham, be covered v. Must not involve the inappropriate use of the institution’s name;
by a written agreement.
ii. All written personal consulting agreements, with limited exceptions, vi. Must not involve the use of institutional funds or substantial use of
institutional resources; and
must be reviewed by the Office for Interactions with Industry (OII)
before the engagement to ensure compliance with institutional vii. Must provide for no more than fair market value payment for the
requirements set forth in the Consulting Policy. For details on the services you are rendering.
types of agreements that must be submitted to OII, please see:
https://pulse.partners.org/resources_training/wikis/resources_wiki/
interactions_with_industry/consulting__outside_activities.
iii. Innovators are responsible for ensuring that the terms of any
agreement with an outside activity are consistent with the requirements
of applicable Mass General Brigham policies, including but not limited
to, the Consulting Policy and the Intellectual Property Policy.