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ARTICLE | Politics & Policy

Translational research centers form alliance

January 24, 2013 2:25 AM UTC

Six translational health research centers formed the Global Alliance of Leading Drug Discovery and Development Centres to "strengthen the international academic and/or not-for-profit drug development and commercialization network" to improve the rate at which academic research is translated into new drugs. Through the alliance, member organizations will collaborate on "mutually-beneficial projects," develop common standards and performance measurements and share best practices, expertise and resources. The alliance is managed by a steering committee comprised of one representative from each member organization. ...