Finance Watch: Scripps Research Models A New Way To Fund Translation

Private Company Edition: Scripps Research has a new model for translating academic findings into drugs, including a novel fund for financing that work. Also, in venture capital deals, Oyster Point closes a $93m Series B round and Peloton raises a $150m Series E.

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Scripps Research Institute has evolved into a new model that moves scientific breakthroughs in its academic labs into preclinical and initial clinical studies that translate those findings into proof-of-concept for new drug candidates. That new model includes a novel way to fund that translational work that turns ideas into valuable assets worthy of biopharmaceutical company investment.

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