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Figure 1: The current model for producing biopharmaceutical innovation is economically unsustainable.
Figure 2: How to manage industry-academic partnerships as one would an investment portfolio.

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The authors thank E. Lium and T. Shen for contributing to the article.

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  1. Teri Melese is in the Department of Medicine at the University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.,

    Teri Melese

  2. Salima M. Lin and Julia L. Chang are at IBM Global Business Services, Armonk, New York, USA.,

    Salima M Lin & Julia L Chang

  3. Neal H. Cohen is in the Departments of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.,

    Neal H Cohen

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Melese, T., Lin, S., Chang, J. et al. Open innovation networks between academia and industry: an imperative for breakthrough therapies. Nat Med 15, 502–507 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0509-502

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