ITI Life Sciences: Scotland Minds the Funding Gap
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Scotlands ITI Life Sciences aims to create a unique model for plugging the widening funding gap between publicly funded research and venture-funded commercialization of technology. The firm's first four programs reflect the various ways it aims to drum up life sciences business in Scotland.
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