Cancer Research UK’s CRT: A Bridge Between Big Pharma And Academia

Britain’s Cancer Research Technology says the dire financing situation facing European biotechs has forced it to become a bridge builder between research-based Big Pharma and academia, an intermediary role that it expects to expand on as the search for new oncology drugs intensifies.

Britain’s Cancer Research Technology Ltd. says the dire financing situation facing European biotechs has forced it to become a bridge builder between research-based Big Pharma and academia, an intermediary role that it expects to expand on as the search for new oncology drugs intensifies.

Lack of funding in Europe for early-stage biotech companies has forced CRT, the technology transfer arm of the charity

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