Tech Transfer Roundup: Vanderbilt Teams With Deerfield; Expands Cancer Pact With Boehringer
Executive Summary
Vanderbilt launches new biotech with Deerfield aimed at reworking the drug development paradigm, while also expanding its cancer research work with BI. Grunenthal partners with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven to investigate ion channel modulation approaches in pain.
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