Osteoarthritis Treatments Research Consortium
Funds a UK osteoarthritis drug-development consortium, up to £3 million over 5 years.
The Osteoarthritis Treatments Research Consortium is a grant from Arthritis UK (formerly Versus Arthritis) funding a single UK consortium to develop disease- and symptom-modifying osteoarthritis treatments, from small molecules and biologics to gene and cell therapies, regenerative medicine and repurposed existing drugs. This is a single-stage application process, but it opens with a mandatory Not…
This second osteoarthritis consortium call backs disease- and symptom-modifying pharmacotherapeutic treatments, spanning small molecules, biologics, gene and cell therapies, and regenerative medicine, plus repurposing existing drugs with known safety profiles. It wants a distributed portfolio of multiple treatments at different development stages, building a strong UK translational research community able to move quickly.
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