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Recent translational deals by sanofi-aventis and Roche provide a glimpse into how the pharma companies are rolling out their global efforts to access early-stage research.
Published on 6/17/2010
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With £9.6 million in hand, U.K.-based drug development company TPP Global Development is now ready to start scouring the academic space for early-stage science it wants to translate into commercial-ready assets.
Published on 6/3/2010
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The Italian Institute of Technology wants to jump-start scientific entrepreneurship in Italy by creating a new drug discovery center that will occupy the preclinical development space traditionally held by venture-…
Published on 4/15/2010
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Translational Notes: Combining against tuberculosis Table 1. Tuberculosis pipeline. Clinical-stage compounds for treating tuberculosis. Source: BCIQ: BioCentury Online Intelligence; Working Group on New TB Drugs …
Published on 4/8/2010
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Drawing on lessons learned from the fight against HIV, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development has partnered with the Critical Path Institute to map out a strategy for testing combinations of new classes of …
Published on 4/8/2010
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A joint venture between Southern Research Institute, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and India's Jubilant Organosys aims to streamline development of therapeutics for cancer, infectious disease and metabolic …
Published on 12/10/2009
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Science for Export Table 1. Getting started. Selected list of companies that Emory University, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Max Planck Innovation GmbH, Northwestern University, …
Published on 6/25/2009
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Although every major university or institute would like to be located in a biotech hub and keep its discoveries close to home, only a few true hubs exist. For everyone else, the question is whether their research will …
Published on 6/25/2009
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Translational Notes: Stand Up Act Table 1. Stand Up To Cancer awards. The charity will pay out $73.6 million over 3 years to 5 groups of cancer researchers. Team leaders Research focus Grant ($M) Craig Thompson, …
Published on 6/4/2009
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Stand Up To Cancer has awarded the first round of funds raised during its 2008 charity drive, directing the $73.6 million to 5 teams of cancer researchers whose projects could enter the clinic within 3 years.
Published on 6/4/2009
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EMD Serono has partnered with the venture philanthropy organization Fast Forward to advance MS research in the translational space. Backed by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the deal could accelerate …
Published on 5/28/2009
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Faced with dwindling corporate and investor interest in early-stage IP, the Max Planck Society is collaborating with Life Science Partners to set up a venture arm to finance the development of promising projects until …
Published on 5/21/2009
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Although a New England Journal of Medicine commentary argues for a shift in resources away from genomewide association studies and toward deep sequencing of particular individuals to understand the highest-impact …
Published on 4/23/2009