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Careers in Discovery is your window into the world of Pharma & Biotech. Featuring interviews each week with leaders in Drug Discovery and R&D, you’ll learn about the careers of these influential figures, the work they are doing, how they got to where they are and what advice they’d give their younger selves. Brought to you by Singular: Building Brilliant Biotechs. Connect with us at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/singular-biotech/ www.singular-biotech.com
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Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
"We have to be sure that the mechanism we're targeting can be followed through to a disease, and a clinical & medical need. It doesn't matter if the science is really cool if there's ultimately nowhere to translate it to, so it's really important that we stay on top of emerging trends."
Academia and industry have increasingly been joining forces to drive innovation in drug discovery, but they remain separate worlds in many ways.
We spoke to Richard Butt, CEO of Apollo Therapeutics, who have a unique approach to industry-academia collaboration, about:
🎓 The differences between the two sectors
🎓 Why commercial analysis is important, but shouldn't be overdone
🎓 What he looks for in a spin-out technology
🎓 The upward trends in UK biotech
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