TY - JOUR AU - Cheng, Feixiong AU - Ma, Yifang AU - Uzzi, Brian AU - Loscalzo, Joseph PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/13 TI - Importance of scientific collaboration in contemporary drug discovery and development: a detailed network analysis JO - BMC Biology SP - 138 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Growing evidence shows that scientific collaboration plays a crucial role in transformative innovation in the life sciences. For example, contemporary drug discovery and development reflects the work of teams of individuals from academic centers, the pharmaceutical industry, the regulatory science community, health care providers, and patients. However, public understanding of how collaborations between academia and industry catalyze novel target identification and first-in-class drug discovery is limited. SN - 1741-7007 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00868-3 DO - 10.1186/s12915-020-00868-3 ID - Cheng2020 ER -