Through our own work and in partnerships, we accelerate healthcare innovation by transforming promising life science ideas into life-changing medical breakthroughs for patients.

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LifeArc and Sarcoma UK fund research to guide treatment decisions in rare cancer

£150,000 grant will fund a study of a biomarker test that could improve outcomes for patients with a rare sarcoma cancer.
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LifeArc announces strategic partnership with PrecisionLife
LifeArc & Cystic Fibrosis Trust announce new £15m research funding
LifeArc launches £40m funding call to create Translational Rare Disease Centres
Dr Jason Slingsby joins LifeArc as Chief Business Officer
Rare Disease Day 2023 – Robbie’s story
The Aisling Burnand Daphne Jackson Research Fellowship, sponsored by LifeArc
Four ways we support rare disease research
LifeArc awards £3 million to advance promising early rare disease research from
Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
LifeArc Ventures – strong performance in 2022 & sustained investment in innovati
£1 million awarded to develop cutting-edge therapies for motor neuron disease
LifeArc portfolio company RQ Bio’s antibody enters clinical trials
Evolving our science to solve complex healthcare challenges
£10m funding call for new chronic respiratory infection therapies
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
MRC
Support for Medical Research Council scientists
Charities
By working together we can increase our impact
Helping charities
We help fellow charities fund, resource and develop medical research.
Campaigning together
We work with partners to maximise our impact on transforming science into benefits for patients.
Technologies and intellectual property
We have a wide range of technologies available for licensing or further collaborative development.
Antibody humanisation
Our antibody engineering expertise has helped to put humanised antibody drugs on the market.
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Pharma/Biotech
Medical Charity
MRC Scientist
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