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Putting translational science on to a global stage

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Global collaboration in translational science promises to accelerate the discovery, development and dissemination of new medical interventions. Here, we introduce a new international collaboration of translational science organizations and highlight our initial strategy to reduce or remove bottlenecks in translation.

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Correspondence to Anton E. Ussi.

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Gilliland, C., Zuk, D., Kocis, P. et al. Putting translational science on to a global stage. Nat Rev Drug Discov 15, 217–218 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd.2016.33

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