A Scorpion’s Poison Antivenin R&D+i Project Case from a Mexican Public University.

All over the world there is a huge complex problem caused by the sting of poisonous animals.
In many countries all around the orb there are some animal species hazardous for human
beings. A case from a Mexican University R&D institute- Private firm innovation project
about scorpion’s antivenins health area is presented. The scientific-technological allied
participant organizations performed a long life cycle innovation project, which includes
research and development, knowledge transference, antivenin product development, sales
launch and diffusion of the antivenin products to society market contributing with the
problem solution within the country overseas.
The scorpion’s poison antivenin basic technology was first developed by the Biotechnology
Institute (BIT: Instituto de Biotecnología) from The Autonomous National University of
Mexico (UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México); and it was transferred to a
pharmaceutical firm: Silanes* Labs (Laboratorios Silanes) for its commercialization, this
Enterprise developed the poison antidote industrial fabrication process through Bioclon*, its
research and development Institute. Silanes first launched the antivenin product into the
Mexican local market and through the years it developed new markets in some North African
countries and in the USA. The R&D trajectories, the market conduit, the intellectual property
strategies along the project’s life cycles stages and economic social estimation innovation
impact are discussed.