Johns Hopkins Drug Commercialization Expert Looks at Controversy over Alzheimer’s Treatment

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Senior Lecturer Supriya Munshaw – an expert in the commercialization of early-stage technologies, especially in the life science and medical device industries – offers her insights into the FDA’s rationale for approving the Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab, the price set by Biogen, the future of FDA leadership, and other related topics, in this Q&A.

Harrington Discovery Institute Announces New Fund to Advance Breakthrough Discoveries into Novel Treatments

The transatlantic, not-for-profit medical accelerator, Harrington Discovery Institute (HDI) at University Hospitals, has collaborated with leading venture investor, Advent Life Sciences (‘Advent’) in the launch of the Advent-Harrington Impact Fund. Advent’s new impact fund, structured alongside Advent Life Sciences Fund III, brings a total of $215 million to advance breakthrough discoveries into novel treatments for the benefit of patients and society.