Pfizer, Alliance For Lupus Research To Co-Fund Translational Projects
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Pfizer’s partnership with the Alliance for Lupus Research to co-fund translational projects within the context of the pharma’s CTI program is a first. It’s a novel way to speed promising science into the clinic. But can Pfizer, a non-profit research foundation, and academic researchers reconcile their new roles and variant cultures to make the model work?
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