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Table 2 Soft skill set of innovation hunters

From: How to create innovation by building the translation bridge from basic research into medicinal drugs: an industrial perspective

• Active search for innovative solutions to disease

• Articulate the disease or therapeutic area challenge

• Radars a range of innovative technologies and solutions

• Bridges a range risk and time spans to proof of concept

• Looking for engagement with scientists and inventors

• Seek engagement with drug discovery units and therapeutic areas

• Be critical

  1. Source: Gordon Wong, personal communication 2012.