
Johnson & Johnson Opens Partnering Office in London
The move is part of a strategy to cultivate innovation in key regions.
Johnson & Johnson Innovation, a division of Johnson & Johnson Finance, has established a partnering office at the UK-based bioscience campus Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst to support emerging entrepreneurs and biotech companies in the region. The move is part of the company’s strategy to establish innovation centers in key regional areas.
Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst is a bioscience community created to provide small biotech and life-sciences companies and start-ups with access to the expertise, networks, and scientific facilities traditionally associated with multinational pharmaceutical companies. Science and business experts from the London Innovation Center of Johnson & Johnson Innovation will have a regular presence at Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst to interact with companies in residence.
“Our goal in placing four regional innovation centers in life science hotspots such as London is to integrate our science and business experts with innovators and entrepreneurs in these communities so that together we can support a strong biotech industry and advance promising healthcare solutions,” said Kurt Hertogs, incubator strategy leader for Johnson & Johnson Innovation in the London Innovation Center in a June 20, 2013,
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