Karolinska Development Relationship 'No Longer Exclusive'
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Executive Summary
Karolinska Development AB and Karolinska Institutet Holding AB (the technology transfer company of the Karolinska Institute) have renegotiated their relationship into a new non-exclusive deal flow agreement. The move follows the appointment of new Karolinska Development chief executive Jim Van heusden earlier this year. He immediately began implementing a new strategy for the chronically underperforming Karolinska Development by positioning it as a venture capital company.
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