Tech Transfer Roundup: Deerfield, Broad Institute Alliance Selects Two Cancer Programs

An alliance of Deerfield and the Broad Institute to accelerate research into high-mortality diseases identifies its first two research projects, while Janssen and UPenn look into gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease.

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Below is Scrip’s monthly roundup, including information from Strategic Transactions, of recent technology transfer agreements between companies and academic or other research institutions.

Deerfield Management and the Broad Institute have selected their first two projects – one aimed at understanding and dealing...

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