Medicines
The medicines sector is characterised by a few large pharmaceutical companies and a large number of SME biotech companies.
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Support for companies of all sizes is provided by the Health Team across the sector but particularly linked with the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and advanced therapeutics. Members of the Health Team are closely aligned with the Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership and the Bioindustry Association.
Innovate UK KTN also organises the Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Community. Its core goal is to accelerate the outcomes from the medicines manufacturing ISCF Challenge which has seen £146m invested in different projects, including the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre and Advanced Therapy Treatment Centres.
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Flexible, agile, scalable and sustainable medicines manufacturing
Opens: 26/09/2023 Closes: 22/11/2023
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £5m for development and implementation of technologies for medicines development and manufacture.
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Canada-UK: Biomanufacturing of Biologics and Advanced Therapies
Opens: 26/06/2023 Closes: 17/10/2023
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3.5m to collaborate with Canadian SMEs on joint R&D to innovate in biomanufacturing biologics and advanced therapies.
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Biomedical Catalyst 2023 Round 2: Industry-led R&D
Opens: 20/09/2023 Closes: 08/11/2023
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £20 million to develop innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges.
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05/05/2023
Launch of Oncology Accelerator
Innovate UK’s Cancer Therapeutics programme has launched an Oncology Accelerator to support the development of early-stage health and life science innovation in the UK.
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28/04/2023
Exploring Microbiome Innovation: Insights from the Microbiome One Health Conference
Over 100 microbiome researchers and innovators gathered in Glasgow in March 2023 for the sold-out Microbiome One Health Conference, organised by members of the Innovate UK KTN Microbiome Innovation Advisory Board and the Health and AgriFood teams.
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Programmes related to Medicines
Biomedical Catalyst
Helps transform innovative ideas into commercially viable businesses.
Medimap: End-to-end medicines supply chain map
Medimap is a new interactive reference tool for the UK medicines sector, mapping and categorising over 3,000 sites of organisations engaged in or supporting the end-to-end supply chain for medicines.
Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Community
A now-completed programme that supported manufacturers of medicines in order to grow the UK economy – replaced by the Medicines Manufacturing programme.