Objective Europe is experiencing an unprecedented cancer epidemic, driven by our ageing population. Traditional cancer treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy have demonstrated very limited efficacy for patients with late-stage disease and often cause considerable side effects.Cell therapies are the next breakthrough in oncology, but autologous cells must be harvested from each patient, expanded for several weeks in vitro and re-administered to the same patient while hospitalized. TCB, a Scottish SME, brings the first allogeneic gamma delta T cell therapy (OmnImmune) where T cells harvested from healthy donors are used to treat multiple recipients. OmnImmune represents a truly disruptive, step-changing approach to the treatment of a wide variety of cancers. It has the potential to be manufactured for large market segments at a lower cost than competitors and provide valuable increases to the quality of life of life.OmnImmune will provide next generation cancer treatment at 20% of the cost of any other cell therapy, saving €24Bn per year for 60,000 patients treated.OmnImmune’s unique characteristics make it a truly disruptive treatment solution for patients and clinicians:Multifunctional treatment solution: available to all cancer patients, regardless of their disease grade or immune statusPredicted high safety profile: minimal side-effects based on clinical data from trials of autologous GDT cells (to be confirmed in dose-escalation clinical trial)Ease of use and lower cost: frozen dose-ready units available for immediate patient administration.The SME Instrument funding will accelerate the development of the OmnImmune therapy and reduce its time to market from 10 years to 6 years. This will allow OmnImmune to reach the market by 2024. Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgerymedical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugsmedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologycells technologiesstem cellsmedical and health sciencesclinical medicinehematologymedical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologyleukemia Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.1. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being Main Programme H2020-EU.3.1.3. - Treating and managing disease Topic(s) SMEInst-05-2016-2017 - Supporting innovative SMEs in the healthcare biotechnology sector Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017 Funding Scheme SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2 Coordinator TC BIOPHARM LIMITED Net EU contribution € 3 957 000,00 Address Maxim 1 parklands way 2 holytown motherwell lanarkshire ML14WQ Holytown United Kingdom See on map Region Scotland West Central Scotland North Lanarkshire Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
