InnoCentive is an open innovation marketplace that is now working with the publisher of the well-known scientific journal Nature to stimulate scientists to get involved in solving global challenges.
The concept of “open innovation” addresses the research challenges that organizations face, by using external expertise to solve problems and drive development of new products and technologies.
Global challenges such as the development of better protection against malaria, finding ways to shorten the clinical trials process and the design of environmentally friendly, sustainable product packaging, to name a few, require broad and diverse expertise.
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