London Life Sciences Week: Academic-Industry Partnerships in White City

A champagne reception for west London's life sciences community at Scale Space White City, built around how academic research actually reaches industry. Updates from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, the Drug Discovery Hub and the Imperial College London Partnerships Team, plus a talk from Novartis on how big pharma and early-stage innovators work together. Simon Youlton, Director of Early Strategic Partnerships UK at Novartis BioMedical Research, is the named speaker. Part of London Life Sciences Week, 17:00 to 20:00, in person. Free. An optional tour of Scale Space's labs and offices runs at 17:30 and needs a separate sign-up at registration. Why go: the White City cluster is where Imperial's research, the MRC labs and venture-backed biotech sit on one street, and this is the reception where those three groups are in the same room. Best for life sciences founders, tech transfer and partnerships people, and investors looking at UK biotech.