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The IP Land Grab: New UK Tech Transfer Models

 
• By Melanie Senior

As VCs continue to woo later-stage assets, a new breed of companies has stepped in upstream to help UK universities commercialize their IP. The models vary, and it's unclear how successful they'll be either for investors, or for universities. But the attention and money they're attracting to the area are welcome.

By Melanie Senior

The feeding frenzy around late-stage, post–proof-of-concept assets makes upstream activities—IP commercialization from academic research institutes and university spinouts—look largely abandoned. While prices for clinical and even preclinical development compounds break...

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