EMBLEM Technology Transfer GmbH
Executive Summary
Five years ago, the Heidelberg, Germany-based European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) spun out its first company, Lion Bioscience AG. Since then, EMBL has signed 120 license agreements and created five start-up companies.
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