Progress is being stifled by a crucial gap in the current research and development pipeline: collaboration, expertise and funding for early-stage innovations.
Working in collaboration, sharing expertise and knowledge and rejecting competition is a key part of the solution.
There are signs that traditional hierarchies are being replaced by new, much flatter structures, where collaboration and expertise are the currencies of success rather than a single-minded focus on reaching the next promotion.
The purchase also provides Microsoft with a wealth of p2p and collaboration technology expertise and intellectual property, an increasingly important asset to have these days.
He values the present size and intimacy of EML Research and says, "we focus on our core competencies and then build on collaborations for further expertise".
In the challenging process of developing novel hPSC-based therapeutic applications it is imperative to establish collaborations and engage expertise from various disciplines and organizations.
The plan has obvious benefits for postdoc, host, and CNIC, providing excellent training, cementing ongoing collaborations, and bringing expertise back to Madrid.
This will demand joint responses from member states and between-country collaborations so that expertise and experience can be shared, and benefits can be rapidly disseminated on a Europe-wide basis.
Furthermore, the OSD Consortium aims to foster collaborations and share expertise among and beyond the OSD network, and to connect scientists in a worldwide environmental movement.
The aims of such arrangements would include fostering relevant international regulatory collaborations, capacity building expertise (by facilitating the relevant trade in services) and overcoming regulatory safety concerns that might provide barriers to the entry of cheap generic medicines (for example from China to Australia).
