The Business Development & Strategy group works to commercialize intellectual property generated by Fred Hutch researchers so our discoveries and innovations can contribute to better cancer care at the clinic level. We seek industry partners who share our drive to innovate, collaborate and accelerate development of new inventions and approaches. We also cultivate partnerships with philanthropic supporters, research colleagues and policymakers to extend the reach of our scientific advances.
Our areas of focus include:
Our scientists have developed a novel technique that delivers engineered genes into blood stem cells by using nontoxic gold nanoparticles as couriers.
Founded in 2009 by two young Fred Hutch researchers — computational biologist Harlan Robins and molecular biologist and geneticist Chris Carlson — Adaptive Biotechnologies has quickly become a leader in high-throughput DNA sequencing of immune system T cells and B cells for research and diagnostic purposes. In 2018, Adaptive announced a partnership with Microsoft Research to combine its sequencing technology with machine learning and artificial intelligence, with the goal of mapping the entire human immune system and eventually developing a universal blood test to detect any diseases a person’s body may be fighting.
This collaboration between Fred Hutch and two European partners — Hamburg-based drug discovery and development company Evotec SE and London-based venture capital firm Arix Bioscience — aims to speed up the development of new cancer and infectious disease drugs by providing funding and expertise for the formation of new companies based on discoveries made at Fred Hutch and elsewhere. Launched in 2018, the partnership is administered by the three partner institutions, and all projects are selected by a joint steering committee.
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