RE: RG tweet16 Jan 2019 17:47
I"m rather proud of the relationship we have developed with CRUK, ..............................
Encouraging entrepreneurialism and internationalisation
Going forward, the organisation plans to expand its international footprint in cancer research and move towards a more global outlook. This is reflected in its Grand Challenge scheme, which provides up to £20 million of funding for international, multidisciplinary teams harnessing novel methods to take on the biggest challenges in cancer research. The 2017-2018 Grand Challenges span: tissue specificity; tumour vaccinology; treatment regimens; dormancy; lethal vs non-lethal; artificial intelligence; microbiota; cancer causes. “This is a good example of where we are addressing the big unmet need questions in oncology on an international playing field, and bringing the right people together to get those questions answered,” says Masterson.
The organisation is also ramping up efforts to assist researchers in better understanding the routes and funding options available for moving their ideas from the lab towards the market. “We will be doing a lot more around enterprise education and stimulating entrepreneurship, particularly at CRUK institutes and academic partners, and [we will be] working closely with our academic university partners to do that,” says Hickson. To launch these activities, in November 2018 CRUK hosted its first Innovation Summit. The event featured a range of panel and speaker sessions, workshops, networking and Q&A opportunities centred on fostering entrepreneurialism in oncology.
These new initiatives, alongside the existing frameworks through which the Commercial Partnerships team engages with industry, are both underpinned by and designed to realise the charity’s aim of accelerating progress in cancer research. As Hickson notes: “We want to position ourselves as a partner of choice for oncology translation and commercialisation, and help Cancer Research UK and patients achieve the overall objective of three out of four patients enjoying 10-year survival by 2034.”
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