They wanted to help the many small biotech companies devastated by the lack of venture capital funding since the financial crisis began in 2007. (sciencemag.org)
The reason some hiring managers are more critical of industry postdocs is that a number of smaller biotech companies consider positions at the postdoc level to be «cheap pairs of hands» jobs and not independent research positions. (sciencemag.org)
Lundbeckfonden Emerge is the early - stage investment unit of the Foundation, established to identify and invest in small biotech companies based on pioneering Danish - based research with commercial potential. (lundbeckfonden.com)