GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have joined with three leading British universities to create a new STG40 million pound ($A81.75 million) fund backing early drug research.The Apollo Therapeutics Fund, which aims to improve the speed and potential of university research being translated into new medicines, is a further example of a trend by Big Pharma to tap into academic science in the hunt for treatments.Each of the companies will contribute STG10 million pounds over six years, with technology transfer offices of Imperial College London, University College London and the University of Cambridge each paying in STG3.3 million, the fund said on Monday.Apollo aims to advance academic preclinical research to the point where it can either be added to the portfolio of one of the industry partners, following an internal bidding process, or be out-licensed to another party.
Olin StartUp Grants to award $50,000 to WashU, St. Louis-based startups
September 6, 2024
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WashU Olin Business School’s entrepreneurship program will award two $25,000 grants in December to WashU-founded or St. Louis-based startups. In addition to providing new funding
