At the CRUK Centre for Drug Development (CDD) we translate today’s science into tomorrow’s medicine. The academic, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors across the globe trust us to realise the full potential of their research. This is why we are the partner of choice for early phase cancer drug development.
Translate your research

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Speak to our Opportunity Sourcing Team for more information and advice on how we can work together.
How we support drug discovery research
We fund a broad portfolio of investigator-led biotherapeutic and small molecule drug discovery, supported by an extensive core-funded infrastructure including four small molecule Drug Discovery Units and the CRUK–AstraZeneca Antibody Alliance Laboratory.
Commercial Partnerships
Our Commercial Partnerships team work with you to develop promising ideas into successful cancer therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics and enabling technologies.
The team can support you with specialist expertise including project development, patent filing, licensing and partnering.
Entrepreneurial Programmes
Our entrepreneurial programme will show you how to build a business, connect you to a network of like-minded people and help you find the right advice and support, when you need it.
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Our Opportunity Sourcing Team can advise you on the options available for translating your research and the support available from CRUK.
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