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European Screening Centre; Unique Library for Attractive Biology

Descripción del proyecto

Conectar la investigación con el desarrollo de fármacos

Acortar la brecha entre la investigación básica y el desarrollo de fármacos podría tener como resultado medicinas nuevas con grandes beneficios sociales. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos ESCulab permitirá la conversión de conocimientos científicos fundamentales en puntos de inicio innovadores para el desarrollo de fármacos. El proyecto permitirá a innovadores del mundo académico de la Unión Europa acceder a instalaciones industriales pioneras, conocimiento especializado en el descubrimiento de fármacos y una biblioteca con más de quinientos cincuenta mil compuestos adecuados para cribar posibles dianas farmacológicas. ESCulab iniciará la European Lead Factory y la ampliará apoyando 185 nuevos cribados. Proporcionará listas de resultados positivos, creará propuestas para atraer a inversores y desarrolladores de fármacos y los animará a una mayor explotación de los descubrimientos.

Objetivo

By bridging an important gap between basic research and drug development, ESCulab will facilitate the translation of fundamental scientific insights into innovative drug starting points. New biological ideas will be collected by crowdsourcing, novel targets, phenotypes and pathways translated and de-risked by delivering high-quality chemical starting points for drug development. Innovators from EU academics and SMEs are offered access to state-of-the-art industry-grade facilities, drug discovery expertise, and a top-quality, curated library with over 550,000 unique compounds suitable for screening potential drug targets. The ESCulab drug discovery data generated will allow the innovators to build a proposition that is likely to attract investors and/or drug developers and stimulate them to further exploit these findings. Ultimately, this will result in novel medicines – based on basic scientific findings – that will help patients (sooner).

ESCulab will achieve this by starting off the shoulders of the European Lead Factory (ELF), where this principle has been successfully implemented. 15 out of the 18 ESCulab consortium members were involved in ELF, thus ensuring maximum benefit from the ELF legacy. ESCulab will expand and enhance ELF by supporting 185 new screens. Important additions include the application of a much larger compound collection for screening, the ability to accommodate the more complex phenotypic screening assays, and the building of a sustainable business model to ensure access to Collaborative Drug Discovery activities beyond the funding period. The delivery of qualified hit lists (QHLs) is the end point for this project, but during the funding period, ESCulab will attract additonal funding for externally paid screens and hit-to-lead projects for organizations such as charities and foundations for long term sustainability of the initiative.

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Régimen de financiación

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinador

STICHTING LYGATURE
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 1 434 943,75
Dirección
JAARBEURSPLEIN 6
3521 AL Utrecht
Países Bajos

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Pyme

Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.

Región
West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht
Tipo de actividad
Other
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Coste total
€ 1 574 943,75

Participantes (17)