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2021
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Month Day PLACEHOLDER, 2021
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2020
December 10, 2020
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2020 Chicago VC Ecosystem Report
Chicago, the top U.S. city for exit value fueled by venture capital investment
By Jola Glotzer
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April 17, 2020
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The biotech living and the walking dead
A detailed look at the economic impact of university-licensed life science startups across the United States reveals vast differences in the effectiveness of different regions to create ventures and sustain them as viable entities.
By Jola Glotzer
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February 18, 2020
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U of I System, DPI and IIN gifted another $10 million!
University of Illinois Board of Trustees Chairman Edwards and his wife, Anne, give $10 Million to the University of Illinois, half of which will go to U of I System’s Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) and Illinois Innovation Network (IIN), adding momentum to the recently announced Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s $500 Million pledge to support the development of DPI
By Jola Glotzer
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February 12, 2020
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Chicago’s DPI to “emulate” Kendall Square in Boston
Gov. J.B. Pritzker to release $500 million in state capital funds towards the development of the University of Illinois’ Discovery Partners Institute (DPI), a potential game-changer for Chicago tech
By Jola Glotzer
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January 10, 2020
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Fulton Labs to strengthen Chicago efforts to become a biotech hub
Great news for the Chicago-area budding entrepreneurs and CBC-universities biotech spinoffs!
By Jola Glotzer
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2019
November 11, 2019
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Farewell, not goodbye
Former Executive Director of the CBC, Jim Audia, reflects on his time spent with the organization
By Jim Audia
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August 21, 2019
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Can we keep them in Chicago?
Two recent articles in Crain’s Chicago Business feature three CBC-linked entrepreneurial researchers who chose to take their CBC-university spin-offs to the Coasts, but also hope to retain links with Chicago
By Jim Audia
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2018
November 30, 2018
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CBC Catalyst Award Past and Future
By Jim Audia
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October 16, 2018
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True costs of drug discovery
By Jim Audia
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June 29, 2018
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Changes in FDA’s Approach to Predictive Toxicology
By Jim Audia
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June 4, 2018
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Modernization effort at FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
By Jim Audia
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May 22, 2018
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Medicinal chemistry (or drug discovery more generally) is hard. Some guidance for making it possible.
By Jim Audia
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May 14, 2018
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Precision Medicine ‘Of the people, for the people, by the people’?
By Jim Audia
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March 29, 2018
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A rising tide: Chicago biomedical research institutions to receive increased NIH funding in 2018
By Jola Glotzer
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March 13, 2018
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Connecting with my past and celebrating the chemistry of the future at the Lilly Grantee Symposium
By Jim Audia
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March 8, 2018
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How not to do it? Mastering (or not) the hyperbole
By Jim Audia
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March 5, 2018
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More recognition for Chicago, role of local universities in the startup community
By Jim Audia
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February 23, 2018
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Evolving FDA guidance for developing early Alzheimer’s Disease therapeutics
By Jim Audia
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February 13, 2018
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What do we mean by ‘discharging translational risk’?
By Jim Audia
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February 8, 2018
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Analyzing the Past to Predict the Future of Pharmaceutical R&D
By Jim Audia
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February 7, 2018
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Design Principles for Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
By Jim Audia
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