title: Open for collaboration: an academic platform for drug discovery and development at SciLifeLab.
abstract: The Science for Life Laboratory Drug Discovery and Development (SciLifeLab DDD) platform reaches out to Swedish academia with an industry-standard infrastructure for academic drug discovery, supported by earmarked funds from the Swedish government. In this review, we describe the build-up and operation of the platform, and reflect on our first two years of operation, with the ambition to share learnings and best practice with academic drug discovery centers globally. We also discuss how the Swedish Teacher Exemption Law, an internationally unique aspect of the innovation system, has shaped the operation. Furthermore, we address how this investment in infrastructure and expertise can be utilized to facilitate international collaboration between academia and industry in the best interest of those ultimately benefiting the most from translational pharmaceutical research - the patients.
authors.affiliation: Science for Life Laboratory, Drug Discovery & Development Platform & Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: Per.Arvidsson@scilifelab.se.
authors.forename: Per I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Arvidsson
authors.affiliation: Science for Life Laboratory, Drug Discovery & Development Platform & Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sandberg
authors.affiliation: Science for Life Laboratory and Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Forsberg-Nilsson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055808:Drug Discovery; D004345:Drug Industry; D006801:Humans; D013548:Sweden; D014495:Universities