Industry partnerships

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Intro

We bring together world-class discovery science and pharmaceutical R&D expertise.

Our approach

We deliver impact through our partnerships with industry, sharing knowledge and disseminating findings through publication. Industry scientists are embedded in the Crick, where they work alongside Crick scientists to advance discovery research. Crick scientists also spend time in industry to access complementary technical skills and capability.

Our industry projects

Our industry projects cover a range of diseases, including cancer, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases and neurological disorders. The scope of activities include:

  • target identification and validation and understanding of disease 
    mechanism
  • early development of novel therapeutics
  • development of novel complex model systems to recapitulate 
    disease
  • technology development for targeted screening and improvement 
    of early-stage drug discovery
  • exploring diagnostics and prognostic biomarkers
  • bioinformatic and technology platforms for detailed data analysis
  • technology development for structure-based therapeutic discovery
  • application of AI/ML to develop next generation modalities to dissect molecular and mechanistic challenges in drug discovery

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Our pre-competitive partners

We have three major pre-competitive pharma partnerships, GSK, AstraZeneca and MSD. We also work with many other industry partners on a range of projects from individual research collaborations to large-scale consortia.

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