Bridging the academic and industry interface to satisfy unmet clinical need
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
The MRC Proximity to Discovery scheme awards universities funds to help develop new collaborations, and ways of exchanging knowledge and skills. The awards can be used to support activities that promote the value of academic-industry partnership, and enhance academic and industry researchers’ understanding of each other’s needs and capabilities. This may be through people exchanges, creation of technology demonstrators, showcase events, commercialisation workshops and ‘entrepreneurs in residence’ schemes. Such exchanges of knowledge and skills will boost the most fruitful collaborations between UK universities and life science companies.
People |
ORCID iD |
| John Bligh (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | Cancer Research Wales |
| Amount | £800,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Cancer Research Wales |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Life Science Bridging Fund |
| Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Wales |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2016 |
| End | 02/2017 |
| Description | Life Sciences Bridging Fund |
| Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Wales |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2016 |
| End | 07/2017 |
| Description | Life Sciences Bridging Fund |
| Amount | £74,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Wales |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | Research Infrastructure Fund |
| Amount | £179,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Cardiff University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Title | Protocol Navigator |
| Description | an aid for ensuring accuracy and reproducibility of complex cell biology studies |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | improved accuracy and reproducibility of complex cell biology studies |
| URL | http://www.protocolnavigator.org/ |
| Description | Immunocore |
| Organisation | Immunocore Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | support the development of a new candidate immunotherapy for colorectal cancer and further investigate the complex involvement of LAG3 in colorectal cancer progression |
| Collaborator Contribution | Fund all future consumable costs and travel expenses incurred during a follow-on programme grant, estimated to be up to £5k per year for five years. |
| Impact | a five year £800,000 programme grant from Cancer Research Wales |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Nemaura |
| Organisation | Nemaura Pharma |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | 74,000 to continue to develop the mucoadhesive patch has been secured from the Welsh Government's Life Sciences Bridging Fund, |
| Collaborator Contribution | Nemaura's involvement will continue during this Life Sciences Bridging Fund project, where they have committed to provide ongoing regulatory advice to the academic team. |
| Impact | accelerate the clinical development of the mucoadhesive patches |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | AZ Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | a workshop, held at AstraZeneca, where researchers from Cardiff and AstraZeneca will come together to brainstorm innovative ideas for collaborative projects in the cell imaging/drug screening field. This targeted workshop has been recognised as an innovative way to encourage academia-industry interactions and will be adopted on a wider scale going forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |