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Third Rock’s Mark Levin Warns of System-Wide Failure To Support Young Biomedical Companies

 
• By Michael Goodman

Third Rock Partner Mark Levin is excited about emerging science, but somewhat pessimistic about the environment for companies pursuing it.

Partner and co-founder of early stage life science venture firm Third Rock Ventures Mark Levin told the audience at a May 15 Manhattan Institute conference on The Digital Future of Molecular Medicine that he was excited about the emerging science but he sees a system-wide failure to fund and nurture innovative early-stage companies.

Levin's voice is one to be reckoned with. Over the past 38 years, he's worked as a project manager at...

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