Institute For Life Science Entrepreneurship

Description

ILSE is an integrated research facility and network that accelerates life sciences innovation in medicine, medical devices and other technologies to improve human health. ILSE identifies and attracts scientific innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders and brings them together in a manner unique to our region, to

• Foster the identification of early innovation and expedite their transla:tion into medically and commercially viable solutions, and

• Develop a culture of entrepreneurship and train the next generations of entrepreneurs.

ILSE achieves its mission through the following four goals:

• Creating value by linking multiple sources of innovation in the region to create early life science R&D programs and/or companies

• Enhancing the value of the portfolio of ILSE research programs by providing R&D and business expertise and services, aligned with cutting-edge science initiatives

• Realizing value as programs mature and transition to new entities via new company formation or out-licensing to an existing company capable of bringing them to fruition

• Developing future entrepreneurs by creating opportunities for hands on, real world experiences for students and trainees via internships, training programs and access to cutting edge scientific and life science business leaders.