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A serial entrepeneur

By mixing academic research with commercial ventures, Sir Richard Friend has returned to the scientific traditions of Faraday and Kelvin. He has also created a new role model for the modern scientist.

From lab to boardroom

How a Swiss university spin-off got to exit in six years - Interview with Joël Jean-Mairet, Chief Executive Officer and Joint Founder, GlycArt.

Roche buys Zürich spin-off

Acquisition gives Roche access to antibody-boosting technology - and possible anti-cancer treatments in the pipeline

Long live the corporate lab

Once upon a time, there were great businesses with massive central labs that did both product development and basic research. Today, most corporate labs have refocused on applied research. They do not know what they are missing.

A licence to print money

Not everyone can produce a Google, Stanford's way of doing business is making other universities look with interest at the revenue possibilities of equity deals.