Stratified Medicines Programme

Most medicines are developed and prescribed to a one-size-fits-all model. Perhaps then it is unsurprising that
most of them are only effective in 30-70% of patients. Because the technology to predict which medicines will
work for which patient is at a very early stage, prescribing usually follows a trial and error approach. Recent
advances in genetics and diagnostic technologies mean that in some cases it may now be possible to subgroup
patients (ie, to stratify them) according to which treatments will work best for them.
As part of an £11m programme in stratified medicines, with calls opening on 10 January 2011, the
Technology Strategy Board will invest:
 up to £5.6m in collaborative research and development projects in the field of tumour profiling and data
capture
 up to £1.5m in collaborative research and development projects that aim to develop and adopt business
models and value systems in this area Furthermore the Technology Strategy Board and Medical
Research Council (MRC) are to invest
 up to £4m in collaborative research and development projects developing biomarkers in the area of
inflammation and immunology
The Technology Strategy Board are running a set of 3 information days designed to set the scene for the
upcoming collaborative research funding call, to supply interested parties with information about the aims
of the funding call and to provide the opportunity to develop potential consortia

London - 29th November - Holiday Inn Kensington Forum

97 Cromwell Road, London SW7 4DN

Edinburgh - 6th December - Edinburgh BioQuarter, The Queen's Medical

Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ

Manchester - 13th December - The Core Technology Facility, The University of

Manchester, 48 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9XX

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To register for any of the meetings follow this link: http://www.partners4healthcare.com/index.asp