Finance Watch: Scripps Research Models A New Way To Fund Translation
Executive Summary
Private Company Edition: Scripps Research has a new model for translating academic findings into drugs, including a novel fund for financing that work. Also, in venture capital deals, Oyster Point closes a $93m Series B round and Peloton raises a $150m Series E.
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