Intellectual property protection
Do you have a novel idea or discovery with potential for patient benefit? Let us help you unlock its clinical and commercial potential.
Researchers
We offer support wherever you are in the translational pathway.
Whether you're looking for access to drug discovery expertise and tools, just starting out with an innovative idea and want to learn more about your commercial options, or ready to progress your business idea to a start-up and beyond, we can help.
Our expert network
Entrepreneur support
Our world-class expert network, drawn from our extensive research community and partners, comprises leading business, scientific, clinical, investment, and industry experts across the oncology sector.
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Going further for childhood cancer
We've joined forces with LifeArc to launch C-Further, an international consortium that provides researchers with a supportive pathway and resources to advance novel therapeutic assets.
If you have a well-validated target in childhood cancer indications or are working on existing therapeutic assets for childhood cancers, we want to partner with you.
Our community of entrepreneurs
Are you interested in connecting with like-minded entrepreneurs and scientists? We're building a community through events, networking and other opportunities.
Frequently asked questions
The right time is whenever you're ready - as soon as you are keen to explore the potential to commercialise your IP and know-how. No team, business plan or commercial validation is needed. We will work with you to define and refine a commercialisation strategy, financing options, operating plans and build your team.
We can help you wherever you are on the pathway, so the best thing to do is contact our expert team for advice.
Whichever way you decide to translate your work, having a strategy around how to protect your intellectual property is key to maximising your chance of success. With over 20 years of experience, we can help you decide on how to approach this and advise you every step of the way.
If we agree to file a patent, we'll cover the cost and support you through the development of your project so it can reach its full potential.
Learn more about intellectual property protection and how we can help
We know that translating your idea might seem complex, and our entrepreneurial programmes provide training and support that will help you build a business.
You can learn how to pitch your idea, build a business and attract investment. And once you're ready to launch your new venture, we can also help you set up and build your start-up.
With our support, you can access funding, data and translational infrastructure to take your discoveries from the lab and turn them into tests, treatments and interventions.
Our drug discovery expertise spans target identification, validation and clinical positioning, through Hit identification and lead optimisation to the selection of candidate drugs for regulatory development, for both small molecule and antibody modalities.
Through partnership with the Cancer Research UK Centre for Drug Development we can also offer access to the capabilities and infrastructure needed to demonstrate clinical potential.
We host several events aimed at researchers including our Innovation Summit and Innovation & Entrepreneurial Awards. We also partner with a number of organisations to deliver training, support, networking and other events for researchers looking to translate their work.
We can support you at every step of your journey, from evaluating your idea, to building a business case, helping you secure funding and ultimately forming your own venture.
In addition to training and support, we also offer several opportunities to access funding related to translation of your research. This includes funding for projects designed to identify therapeutic potential, set up and sharing of datasets, and seed funding to launch your own start up.
Let us help you make an impact
We're here with support and advice for researchers at all stages of the translational journey.