Overview
Empire Discovery Institute (EDI) is an integrated drug discovery and development accelerator located in upstate New York formed as an equal partnership between the University at Buffalo, the University of Rochester, and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. We represent a nimble and transformative approach to the creation of new medicines, working at the interface between basic academic research, fundamental academic discoveries and the pharmaceutical industry. By coupling scientific innovation, pharmaceutical industry expertise and funding, EDI’s mission is to facilitate the efficient transformation of fundamental scientific discoveries into important new medicines for commercialization.