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Putting translational science on to a global stage

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery volume 15, pages 217–218 (2016)Cite this article

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Global collaboration in translational science promises to accelerate the discovery, development and dissemination of new medical interventions. Here, we introduce a new international collaboration of translational science organizations and highlight our initial strategy to reduce or remove bottlenecks in translation.

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  1. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20817, Maryland, USA

    C. Taylor Gilliland, Dorit Zuk & Christopher P. Austin

  2. Alzheon Inc., Framingham, 01701, Massachusetts, USA

    Petr Kocis

  3. EATRIS ERIC, European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Petr Kocis

  4. MRC Technology, London, WC1H 9LT, UK

    Mike Johnson

  5. Therapeutic Innovation Australia, Melbourne, 2000, Victoria, Australia

    Stewart Hay

  6. Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Marian Hajduch

  7. EATRIS ERIC, European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Marian Hajduch

  8. The Centre for Drug Research and Development, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, British Columbia, Canada

    Gregorio Aversa

  9. EATRIS ERIC, European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Florence Bietrix & Anton E. Ussi

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Gilliland, C., Zuk, D., Kocis, P. et al. Putting translational science on to a global stage. Nat Rev Drug Discov 15, 217–218 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd.2016.33

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