BioLineRx, MaRS Innovation Sign Framework Collaboration Agreement
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BioLineRx Ltd has announced that it has signed a framework collaboration agreement with MaRS Innovation, the commercialization agent for fifteen of Toronto's top academic institutions. Under the terms of the agreement, BioLineRx intends to review innovative projects and assets of startup companies originating from MaRS Innovation's members, in order to identify in-licensing, co-development or other partnering opportunities.
Kinneret Savitsky, Ph.D., CEO of BioLineRx, said, "We are pleased to collaborate with MaRS Innovation, one of the largest technology transfer organizations in North America. MaRS Innovation represents and invests in early stage assets derived from 15 institutions in Ontario, Canada, including the University of Toronto and its 9 affiliated teaching hospitals. We view them as a valuable source of potential innovative technologies and look forward to working together towards the development of future therapies."
"BioLineRx has a proven track record of identifying promising early stage biomedical projects and successfully developing them through clinical stages," stated Dr. Raphael Hofstein, President and CEO, MaRS Innovation. "We believe that the combination of our pool of novel technologies and projects together with BioLineRx's drug development expertise and strategic collaborations with global players is a perfect match."
