BlueRock Therapeutics: Sizing Up The Regenerative Power Of Cells

An Interview With CEO Emile Nuwaysir

Bayer's novel 2016 joint venture with the venture capital group Versant Ventures has spawned something like a big pharma, new science start-up, with an open mandate to disrupt drug development through generous endowments in the scarce commodities of freedom, time and patience.

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Emile Nuwaysir, CEO of BlueRock Therapeutics

In Vivo talks to the CEO of BlueRock Therapeutics, Emile Nuwaysir, the exemplar of this new approach, which Bayer AG is trusting to strengthen its cardiovascular and neurodegenerative portfolio through the hard science of induced cell repair and restoration.

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