Mayo tries new model in clinical trial business.

摘要

"The worlds of academia and market economics don't have to clash," Gary Lubin says. But he quickly adds that, in the field of clinical trials, he'll have to prove that in the face of conflicting evidence.Lubin is chief executive officer of Centerphase Solutions, a company designed to help academic institutions efficiently conduct clinical trials in partnership with pharmaceutical companies. The company officially launched in January and is now in the early stages of planning three clinical trials with its first collaborator, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.