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Translational Research Office (TRO)

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Translational Research

The TRO provides practical support to Principal Investigators wishing to navigate the translational pathway for their project, to facilitate development of the project to therapeutic benefit.

funding

Over £9.7M funding provided to support early stage proof-of-concept projects.


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Over £150M funding (MRC, Wellcome Trust, NIHR etc) secured to support UCL preclinical/clinical projects.

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38.6% application success rate across all funders (RCUK average 25.8).

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Supported projects into 15 spinouts, collectively raising in excess of 1.4 billion in VC investment.

Contract Research Organisation
>50 Contract Research Organisation (CRO) GLP/GMP outsourced activities managed.

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6 Orphan Drug Designations (ODDs) supported.

*Figures last updated April 2021

Practical support to deliver impact

Translational research project support, provided by the Translational Research Group (TRG) within the TRO:

  • Build translational strategy and identity development critical path
  • Advise on funding applications 
  • Facilitate regulatory meetings, such as with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) innovations office and European Medicines Agency (EMA)
  • Project and risk management of milestone driven projects
  • Manage Contract Research Organisation (CRO) outsourced studies (e.g. GLP toxicology and GMP manufacture)
  • Provide funder liaison and reporting