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Ep. 109 - Mind the Gap: Karen Knudsen on Fixing Cancer Drug Development

Ep. 109 - Mind the Gap: Karen Knudsen on Fixing Cancer Drug Development15 May36 min

Karen Knudsen, CEO of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, believes the central problem in cancer drug development is not discovery, but a broken “translational middle.” In a wide-ranging interview on The BioCentury Show with BioCentury Washington Editor Steve Usdin, Knudsen discussed the Parker Institute’s focus on accelerating the path from scientific breakthrough to medical impact. As it approaches its tenth anniversary, the institute has deployed about $400 million, catalyzing r...