Singapore, Oct. 3 -- Australia's Monash University has announced the establishment of the Monash Boston Hub located in Boston, US. The Hub is dedicated to deepening collaborations with North America and Europe to fast-track drug discovery and health innovations with the goal to ultimately deliver potential new life-changing pathways for patients in Australia and around the world.

In the last five years, Monash has completed more than 160 new license deals and created 30-plus spinout companies, which together have raised over A$1.5 billion in investment.

Importantly, many of these commercial successes have been the driving force behind getting much-needed new treatment options a step closer to tackling a broad range of major global healt...