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Drug Discovery

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to spend big on drug development

by Megha Satyanarayana
January 16, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 3

A photo of a building bearing the UPMC logo.
Credit: UPMC

UPMC Enterprises, the commercialization arm of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, says it will spend $1 billion over the next 4 years to develop new drugs, diagnostics, and medical devices. The investment includes a previously announced $200 million to support an immunotherapy venture with the University of Pittsburgh. In the past 2 years, UPMC Enterprises has launched five companies and invested in another, Werewolf Therapeutics. In addition to immunotherapy, it will target respiratory disease and neuroinflammation, among other illnesses.

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