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Fed Up Of Poorly Run Academic Spin-Outs? Try This Instead

 
• By Sukaina Virji

Three big pharma and three major UK universities are working together to "find, fund and run academic drug discovery projects at a pharma quality level." The collaboration has had a productive first year with four programs underway, two more about to be finalized, and "a good flow" in the pipeline, according to CEO Dr Richard Butt.

Apollo Therapeutics LLC, a collaborative venture between AstraZeneca PLC, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Johnson & Johnson Innovation and the technology transfer offices of Imperial College London, University College London and the University of Cambridge, was set up in January 2016.

The "fundamental difference" between Apollo and similar initiatives is the choosing of the projects "independent of what the pharma partners...

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