Article: VENTURE FUNDS GENE RESEARCH FORMER BEVERAGE EXEC ORGANIZES $3 MILLION AGREEMENT WITH CU TO STUDY SCHIZOPHRENIA.(Business)

Byline: Lynn Bronikowski Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

The former chairman of the Dr Pepper / Seven-Up Corp. on Monday created the first public-private venture into gene research that eventually could lead to products for treating schizophrenia.

John Albers, who retired from the beverage industry in April 1995 when Dr Pepper / Seven-Up was sold to Cadbury Schweppes, announced a $3 million three-year agreement with the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

``I believe that private people who have been successful have an obligation to give back to the community,'' said Albers, whose mother ...

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