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Helping Scientists Succeed at Drug Development
The Centre for Drug Research and Development provides drug-development expertise and facilities to enable researchers throughout BC to develop promising drug candidates. Our organization draws on and develops discoveries made by scientists working in BC-based academic research and health institutions. Scientific and technical expertise guided by commercial insight allows our team to assess the chances that a discovery will result in a successful drug. We provide a collaborative framework through which drug development can become sustainable, cost-effective, and advantageous to society.
Mission
CDRD's mission is to improve the health of Canadians by advancing promising discoveries to a commercially attractive stage and to build a collaborative research infrastructure to increase research and development capacity in the life sciences in British Columbia.
Objectives
- Enhance the probability that research discoveries will be translated into medically important therapeutics by advancing them to the point where they become attractive for clinical development and commercialization
- Increase R&D capacity in BC by building a shared infrastructure to advance early-stage health-related discoveries
- Provide a new research and training model to build and broaden the pool of highly qualified personnel in drug discovery and development
- Fuel and strengthen the reputation of BC's life sciences community and attract investment
- Reduce the risks associated with commercialization of early-stage discoveries
- Become self-sustaining within ten years