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World’s First Pharmaceutical Collaborative Best Practice Crystallization Web-Portal launched
10.11.2009
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Mary Coughlan TD, has unveiled the world’s first Pharmaceutical Best Practice Portal http://www.BPX.ie designed for, and by, pharmaceutical industry and academic institutions. The event took place on Friday last, November 6th 2009.
10.11.2009
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Mary Coughlan TD, has unveiled the world’s first Pharmaceutical Best Practice Portal http://www.BPX.ie designed for, and by, pharmaceutical industry and academic institutions. The event took place on Friday last, November 6th 2009.
The website has been developed through the Solid State Pharmaceutical Cluster (SSPC). The SSPC, which is led by the University of Limerick (UL), is a collaborative research group of Ireland’s leading pharmaceutical companies and third level institutions, with Government funding being provided through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). The SSPC brings together leading researchers from: Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Eli-Lilly, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Roche, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Clarochem, Covidien, Schering Plough together with counterparts from University of Limerick, University College Cork, NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin.
Launching the portal, the Tánaiste said: “This is a landmark day for scientific research in Ireland and, indeed, on a global scale. The development of this secure online facility enables unprecedented collaboration among a range of industrial and academic partners, towards establishing best practice in the field of pharmaceutical compound crystallisation.”
The Best Practice Crystallization (BPX.ie) site is the result of a need highlighted by industrial partners to create a collaborative environment which would focus on best practice techniques. This in turn will assist key research efforts, while supporting the sector locally within Ireland in its strategy to move up the R&D knowledge and value chain.
The Tánaiste added: “This proactive and visionary arrangement illustrates the collective determination among Ireland’s scientific community to pool their resources and expertise towards achieving far-reaching outcomes for the benefit of Ireland, and for the stakeholders involved. For me, this unparalleled level of engagement signals the genesis of a new kind of multi-sectoral partnership which, it is hoped, will be adopted by other disciplines in the wider science and engineering arena, both here and internationally.”
Professor Kieran Hodnett, Scientific Director of SSPC at UL said; “The launch of the BPX portal is not only a world first in collaboration within the pharmaceutical community but it also further reinforces Ireland’s reputation as a leader and innovator in a sector which plays such a vital role in our economy. This project is an excellent example of academic institutions and industry partners working together in a collaborative manner to address a specific need and generating knowledge based solutions to a collective problem.”
Dr Stephen Simpson, Director, Life Science, Science Foundation Ireland, stated: “The SFI Strategic Research Cluster model clearly demonstrates the benefits of pooling resources and is creating new opportunities which can potentially accelerate commercial outputs and other beneficial consequences. The Best Practice Crystallization portal (BPX.ie) will create a focus point for industry and academia and build further on momentum generated by SSPC around its specialized discipline.”
Picture shows An Tanáiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Mary Coughlan, TD at the unveiling of the world’s first Pharmaceutical Best Practice Portal. Also included are UCC researchers, Dr Humphrey Moynihan and Dr Simon Lawrence, Department of Chemistry/Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility, UCC
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Launching the portal, the Tánaiste said: “This is a landmark day for scientific research in Ireland and, indeed, on a global scale. The development of this secure online facility enables unprecedented collaboration among a range of industrial and academic partners, towards establishing best practice in the field of pharmaceutical compound crystallisation.”
The Best Practice Crystallization (BPX.ie) site is the result of a need highlighted by industrial partners to create a collaborative environment which would focus on best practice techniques. This in turn will assist key research efforts, while supporting the sector locally within Ireland in its strategy to move up the R&D knowledge and value chain.
The Tánaiste added: “This proactive and visionary arrangement illustrates the collective determination among Ireland’s scientific community to pool their resources and expertise towards achieving far-reaching outcomes for the benefit of Ireland, and for the stakeholders involved. For me, this unparalleled level of engagement signals the genesis of a new kind of multi-sectoral partnership which, it is hoped, will be adopted by other disciplines in the wider science and engineering arena, both here and internationally.”
Professor Kieran Hodnett, Scientific Director of SSPC at UL said; “The launch of the BPX portal is not only a world first in collaboration within the pharmaceutical community but it also further reinforces Ireland’s reputation as a leader and innovator in a sector which plays such a vital role in our economy. This project is an excellent example of academic institutions and industry partners working together in a collaborative manner to address a specific need and generating knowledge based solutions to a collective problem.”
Dr Stephen Simpson, Director, Life Science, Science Foundation Ireland, stated: “The SFI Strategic Research Cluster model clearly demonstrates the benefits of pooling resources and is creating new opportunities which can potentially accelerate commercial outputs and other beneficial consequences. The Best Practice Crystallization portal (BPX.ie) will create a focus point for industry and academia and build further on momentum generated by SSPC around its specialized discipline.”
Picture shows An Tanáiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Mary Coughlan, TD at the unveiling of the world’s first Pharmaceutical Best Practice Portal. Also included are UCC researchers, Dr Humphrey Moynihan and Dr Simon Lawrence, Department of Chemistry/Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility, UCC
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