Lakeside Discovery, LLC, the collaboration between Northwestern University and Deerfield Management, will support the laboratory of Paul DeCaen, PhD in a multi-year partnership to advance new therapies for genetically driven polycystic kidney disease.

Lakeside Discovery, LLC, the collaboration between Northwestern University and Deerfield Management, will support two Northwestern labs to advance their drug-discovery projects.

Please welcome our new Director for Alliance Management Amie Phinney, PhD, MBA. Amie will manage the alliance between Northwestern and Deerfield Management.

Vowing to advance medical research designed to improve people’s lives, Northwestern University and Deerfield Management on Friday launched Lakeside Discovery, LLC, formally announcing the partnership to a capacity crowd at Hughes Auditorium in the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center on Northwestern’s Chicago Campus.

Northwestern University and Deerfield Management announced today the launch of Lakeside Discovery, LLC, with the mission to accelerate the translation of transformative biomedical technologies. Deerfield will provide up to $65 million of targeted funding and deep development expertise to advance promising Northwestern research.