Helena Teede, chairwoman of the National Alliance of Advanced Health Research Translation Centres, and Hans Meij, executive director of the Melbourne Academic Centre for Health, wrote in The Australian (paywalled) that this funding would reduce barriers, funding limitations and silos to enable translational collaborative research and healthcare that would lead to better outcomes. (croakey.org)
A number of biotechnology clusters are emerging in several academic centres in Ontario, including London, Guelph, Kingston, Ottawa, and Hamilton. (sciencemag.org)
Key nongovernmental organizations, including IBFAN, Helen Keller International, and Save the Children, along with academic centres and selected countries have joined this network. (who.int)