Abstract

The Merck-Purdue Center for Measurement Science is a win-win-win. Merck & Co. scientists get access to experts at one of the top U.S. programs in measurement science and the chance to contribute to projects outside their day-to-day work. Purdue University professors get real-world problems to work on and a source of new funding. And Purdue students get to collaborate with industry scientists and explore a potential career path. This center is by no means the first academic-industrial partnership. But a distinguishing feature of this one is that it’s not aimed at generating new intellectual property for the industrial half of the equation. The focus is instead on precompetitive technology that can help Merck solve some of its measurement challenges, such as reaction monitoring in flow systems and improved separation of proteins and peptides for therapeutics. And if things go well, the technologies could benefit the broader pharma industry. “Merck and

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