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Turning science into breakthroughs
Accelerating biomedical discoveries and bringing life-saving therapeutics to market
On May 17th, 2021, Baylor College of Medicine and Deerfield Management Company, a healthcare investment management firm focused on advancing healthcare through investment, information and philanthropy, formed a major translational research collaboration to advance promising therapeutics and support pharmaceutical research and discovery.
Deerfield has pledged up to $130 million over 10 years, and will provide operational support to advance mutually agreed upon research initiatives to the market.
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston is recognized as a health sciences university and is known for excellence in education, research and patient care. It is the only private medical school in the greater southwest and is ranked 22nd among medical schools for research and 17th for primary care by U.S. News & World Report. Baylor is listed 20th among all U.S. medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding and No. 1 in Texas.
Located in the Texas Medical Center, Baylor has affiliations with seven teaching hospitals and jointly owns and operates Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, part of CHI St. Luke’s Health. Currently, Baylor has more than 3,000 trainees in medical, graduate, nurse anesthesia, physician assistant, orthotics and genetic counseling as well as residents and postdoctoral fellows. Follow Baylor College of Medicine on Facebook and Twitter.
Deerfield is a healthcare investment management firm committed to advancing healthcare through investment, information and philanthropy. For more information, please visit www.deerfield.com.
Project Submissions
To learn more about project sourcing and evaluation, please reach out to Blue Square Discoveries’ Scientific Business Manager Damian Young at damian.young@bcm.edu.
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Cure. is a Deerfield affiliate and premier healthcare innovation ecosystem headquartered in New York City, with a mission to accelerate cures by helping health innovators develop groundbreaking products and services from concept to commercialization.
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