Merck Serono and Fast Forward announce funding for multiple sclerosis research
Switzerland-based Merck Serono, a division of German drug major Merck KGaA, , and Fast Forward, a not-for-profit organization established by the US National Multiple Sclerosis Society to accelerate the development of discoveries into new or improved therapies, have announced the first four recipients of funding designed to speed research advances in mutually selected high potential areas of multiple sclerosis (MS) research.
The awards total nearly $1.5 million. Two are allocated to development programs which are available to for-profit entities and two to innovation projects, available to university-based investigators and seed-stage for-profit entities. Merck Serono and Fast Forward are currently soliciting proposals for the next round of funding available through this collaboration.
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