AVI Biopharma (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AVII]]), the Bothell, WA-based developer of RNA-targeted therapies, said today it has formed a collaboration with leading scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden to find new treatments for extensively drug resistant forms of tuberculosis known as XDR-TB. Funding and research support is provided by both parties, and intellectual property resulting from the work will be jointly owned, AVI said in a statement. AVI retains an exclusive right to acquire Karolinska’s interest in intellectual property, AVI said.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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