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We're the charity helping turn promising science into benefits for patients
NEWS
LifeArc and Future Fund provide £3.0m in funding to Avvinity Therapeutics
Funding to help drive the development of new cancer therapies
About LifeArc
We support medical innovation through our own research and our work with a range of partners
NEWS
LifeArc appoints Clare Terlouw to lead its life sciences investment strategy
KQ Labs opens accelerator programme and announces LifeArc as a strategic partner
LifeArc backs 15 patient studies into therapies to fight coronavirus
LifeArc and MRC create £16m fund to establish Gene Therapy Innovation Labs
LifeArc provides £2m to the University of Edinburgh STOPCOVID initiative
LifeArc launches £10 million research fund to address the challenge of COVID-19
LifeArc announces seed fund investment in start-up GyreOx
Researchers
We can help to fund, develop and protect your academic research.
Working with TTOs
Our IP management skills can help protect and develop your medical research
Funding early stage research
Support for progression of medical science
Diagnostics development
Collaborative diagnostics development and validation
Drug discovery
As a charity we want to make sure your research reaches patients and minimise cost and risk for you
Apply here
LifeArc-CSO Fund for Scottish Translational Researchers
Joint fund of £300,000 for research led by Scottish institutes or the NHS
Charities
By working together we can increase our impact.
Helping charities
We help fellow charities fund, resource and develop medical research
Campaigning together
Through collaboration we give promising research every chance to succeed
Industry
We work with you to develop potential projects.
Licensing opportunities
Projects and products available for partnering and collaboration
Drug discovery pipeline
Explore the therapeutics portfolio from our Centre for Therapeutic Discovery
In vitro diagnostics
Partner with the Centre for Diagnostics Development
Antibody engineering
Our antibody engineering expertise has helped to put humanised antibody drugs on the market
Our Work
Keytruda: a new generation cancer treatment
Humanised antibody known as Keytruda (pembrolizumab)
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Pharma/Biotech
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