Academic Drug-Discovery Units Team Up To Share Knowledge, Facilitate Partnering
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Founded in 2012, the Academic Drug Discovery Consortium intends to serve as a clearinghouse for both academia and industry on research underway at U.S. and international drug research programs. It won’t undertake tech transfer work itself, but the ADDC hopes to make it easier for academics and biopharma to work together.
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