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Jeffrey Flier (from left), George Whitesides, and Srikant Datar listen intently to one of the speakers at the Spangler Auditorium symposium.

Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office

Lessons from past explored to expedite future research

People, knowledge, communication, and capitalism were front and center as authorities on innovation sought to shed light on ways to speed up the development of new medical treatments from discoveries in the lab.

The speakers, who drew on lessons from the computer industry and from past startup ventures, were part of the “Harvard Medical School Dean’s Symposium on Clinical and Translational Research,” sponsored by Harvard Catalyst: The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center.

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