Hub Meeting Packs (for users)

These documents are password protected

Please email the team for the password to access these documents. We can also provide these files in a range of accessible formats, please email for further information.

Hub Annual Report (2021-2022)

• Read our new 2021-2022 Annual Report pdf (open-access, no password required)

User Steering Committee

• FTHM Hub Engineering Biology Oct 2024 (view password-protected pdf here)
• FTHM Hub Engineering Biology Workshop Report (view password-protected pdf here)
• FTHM Hub User Steering Committee May 2024 (view password-protected pdf here)

Specialist Working Groups

• Cell-Free Synthesis Specialist Working Group May 2023 (view password-protected pdf here)
• Regulation Reimbursement and Policy June 2023 (view password-protected pdf here)
• ATMP Manufacture May 2023 (view password-protected pdf here)
• Formulation and Analytics June 2023 (view password-protected pdf here)
• Digital Decisional Tools July 2023 (view password-protected pdf here)

Webinars

• Developing therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19 at pandemic speed, with Dr. Brian Kelley, Senior Vice President of Process Development at VIR Biotechnology 
  (link to Nature Biotechnology article)

Workshops

• Re-imagining the Future of Biopharma Digitalisation Jan 2024
• Clinical Translation Focus Group March 2024 (view password-protected pdf here)
• Regulation of ATMPs Manufactured at the Point of Care  
• Link to Cell and Gene Therapy Insights article
• Ethical Issues Associated With The Manufacture And Use Of ATMPs workshop report (view pdf here)

Research Excellence

• Access to internationally-leading academics and top research graduates with expertise in bioprocessing, decisional tools, process control and analytics, cell therapy manufacture.
• Wider collaboration opportunities within the Hub User Group via Engineering Doctorate (EngD) studentships.
• Opportunity to create a Centre of Excellence with UCL focusing on a series of linked research projects for a more holistic and synergistic approach.

Influence in the Sector

• Steer the research agenda over the next 7 years, aligned to your organisation’s priorities.
• Participate in user feasibility projects to evaluate Hub outputs using your systems and processes.
• Boost your profile through joint peer-reviewed articles from user feasibility projects.
• Leverage funding for greater impact via industry-led InnovateUK projects.

Priority Access to Hub Outputs

• Early access to new process, analysis and control technologies and methodologies via the Collaboration Agreement and IP provisions.
• Benefit from novel decision-support tools providing a robust framework for selecting development and manufacturing options, thus reducing the risk of misallocating significant cost and time.
• Access to highly skilled graduating doctoral and PDRA researchers.