A Joint Symposium by PBSS and Stanford SPARK Program:

Promising therapeutic approaches and transnational medicine from SPARK: an academic-industry collaboration to advance novel therapeutics

The following topics will be covered:

• identifying promising therapeutic approaches and their clinical indications
• educating faculty and the future work force of biopharma
• use of new tools to identify and prioritize therapeutic targets
• developing innovative approaches in regulatory science
• showcasing exciting SPARK projects in drug discovery and translational research
• fostering academic – industry partnership
• how to license Stanford  technologies / therapeutics to industry
• novel financial models to support drug development
• the path to commercialization for successful projects