A Different Approach To Corporate Venture: An Interview With AbbVie Ventures' Scott Brun
Executive Summary
AbbVie Ventures is young, but the group was set up with specific goals: to invest specifically in tune with AbbVie's therapeutic focus areas and not to focus purely on return on investment.
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