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.
Deliverables
List of deliverables.
Report on the establishment of an Ethics Advisory Board
Documents, reports
2020-04-02 08:51:33
Report on the establishment of a secure IT platform for sharing project documents
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:47:40
Report on delivery of 1st screening sets to all 10 screening centres
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:45:30
Report on the establishment of a Legal and IP committee
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:47:33
Report on the HDB implementation for HCS
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:47:49
Report on established Sharepoint environment for secure data sharing outside the HDB
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:47:57
Report on application process being operational
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:47:14
Annual update on communication and dissemination activities (1)
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:45:49
Annual report on recruitment activities and number of submitted proposals (1)
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:45:06
Annual report on project output and post-QHL processes (1)
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:46:30
Project website established
Websites, patent fillings, videos etc.
2020-03-27 11:46:36
Report on the HDB implementation for HTS at all ESCulab screening centres
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:44:57
Report on the created communication and recruitment material
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:46:20
Annual update on the programme portfolio statistics (1)
Documents, reports
2020-03-27 11:46:07
Report on implementation of recruitment plan at 3 regional/national life science organizations
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